Scratchings in the Cyberverse

no, don't bother to thank me.

This showed up on my twitter feed, but I was unsure of its authenticity - after all there's only one story on Google News about it.

Anyway - I've delayed you for too long:

Pope Benedict XVI Suggests Pedophilia Was Acceptable in 1970s

Wow. Just wow.

(as for the age of consent in Vatican City being 12 - it seems more likely that it's actually 14 - the age of consent under the Italian criminal code.)

10 Things that both Christians and Atheists agree on

(for nyssa_p  and robinpen  )

(I think, while it's a pretty good list, he badly mischaracterises atheism - which he's taken to task for in the comments.)