Spain's Stolen Babies (BBC, This World, 2011), Part 1/4

This is a BBC documentary describing the allegations that the Catholic Church in Spain is responsible for the systematic abduction of hundreds of thousands of infants over a course of several decades.

The associated BBC article is here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15335899

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• catholic church
• pope
• spain
• catholicism
• priests
• nuns
• god
• religion
• atheism
• children
• abduction
• bbc
• documentary

[xcundarix]

@LukeScientiae

Well said. 

[philipmarie1854]

@LukeScientiae Besides, the scandal didn't involve the fact that a Priest or two molested children. Teachers are known to rape children (obviously) yet like Priests, they're a minority. Why doesn't anyone close schools down? Wait, because people are angry at the BISHOPS covering these abuses up and not acting. Pity they weren't Pius V. According to Horrendum, he'd publicly expose them and hand them over to be burned.

[philipmarie1854]

@LukeScientiae No, it means that some Priests and nuns and general Franco who was himself a abstard did it. It doesn't mean that the whole Church did it or that it is exclusive to it. This only happened in Spain. O f course, it also happenes in America. Search Nancy Schafer and her allegations on CPS. So please don't be anti-catholic and say that we are all child kidnappers. Pius XII certainly didn't support it, especially not in the case of Jewish families.

[philipmarie1854]

@mariob16 Yeah, lets nuke the Vatican to destroy the Catholic Church why don't we?

[redcolt777]

The Papacy, Identified by the protestant reformers from Luther to knox as 'The Great Harlot of revelation', Daniel's 'Man Of Sin', and Paul's 'AntiChrist'. Responsible for the Genocide of circa 150000000 Christians, and the defilement of countless innocents in its 2000 year history. If the cap fits, wear it.

[pelukkas]

Well , what can you expect from Spaniards?. They've been thieves generation after generation. Tell me something new.

[rusda2]

@LukeScientiae well i just wanted you to answer the question personally, what if you are wrong? but thats ok. thanks anyway.

[LukeScientiae]

@rusda2 There is no evidence for the supernatural, God included. The brain, air, time and so on are perfectly well evidenced using methodologies repeatable to anyone who cares to repeat the experiment. It's not a faith issue, it's a question of accepting valid logical inferences from available data - data not available in the case of God. As for "What if you're wrong?": /watch?v=6mmskXXetcg

[rusda2]

@LukeScientiae this is not meant to be sarcastic just to make a point...do u have a brain? u would say yes...but since I cant see ur brain I might say no. do u believe in the air u breathe but CANNOT see? sure. why? because even tho u cant SEE the air, u have FAITH that it exists because of the EVIDENCE that it exists. do u believe in time? why? u cant see time but u have FAITH it exists. I have faith in ur brain tho I cant see it. now the most important question: what if u are wrong?

[LukeScientiae]

@rusda2 No hard feelings. I'm just sorry that you can't accept a simple point about evidence being the ultimate arbiter of what is real, and not belief, revelation, texts or authority. Human beings are great at fooling themselves, which is why science refers to error bars, logic and peer-review, amongst many other practices designed to get away from bias in judgement. Religion does none of these, which is how people end up believing silly myths passed down from ignorant people millenia ago.