Catholic Church's "Child Abuse Officer" jailed for child porn

Serious question: is there anyone in the leadership of the Catholic Church who is not a pedophile? As if the past incidents with the priests molesting kids wasn't enough, we now learn that Roman Catholic "Child Abuse Officer" Christopher Jarvis has been jailed for 1 year on pornography charges.

From BBC News:

Christopher Jarvis, 49, was employed by the Diocese of Plymouth in Devon as a safeguarding co-ordinator in 2002.

But he was also compiling images of children, Plymouth Crown Court heard.

We're sure it was just for "research" and he just wanted to make sure he knew what he was dealing with.

It really makes you wonder though, what is it with church leadership and the high rate of pedophiles? The pedophile-to-normal-person ratio inside the church is probably like 100 times the national/world average. It's something that's made us curious for some time and it's sort of like the chicken and the egg puzzle: which came first, were these men normal but then became pedophiles after becoming priests? - or in this case, after becoming a "child abuse officer" in the church? Or were these people always pedophiles and went into the priesthood specifically to get access to children?

After much pondering, we believe we've come to an answer. Let's think about it for a moment, what type of person become a priest? The people who become priests are those who are the experts on the bible and their religion. They've spent their whole lives reading the bible and participating in church activities - it is their life. While everyone else is out having sex, drinking, playing sports, living life, having fun....these people are studying their bible. And what kind of person spends all their time growing up studying the bible? A person who is struggling with things in their life/mind and is looking for answers.

These guys obsessed over religion because they were struggling with their "demons". They knew something wasn't right and were trying to deal with it and solve their problem with religion. They learned everything they could and had the bible practically memorized...so when it came time to find a new priest, who better to hire for the job than the guy who's the expert?

The problem is, the demons that drove them to search for answer, the initial struggles, they are still there beneath the surface. The problem has not been solved. But here they are now in a position of power with everyone looking up to him like he's the guy that has it all figured out. It's very similar to the people with mental issues that go into psychiatry - they go in trying to fix themselves, and end up later hurting others.

AAMA Atheists Against Militant Atheism

We've decided today that we're going to create an organization called Atheists Against Militant Atheism (AAMA). We're not sure what it is with a lot of atheists but many of them are uhm...how do you say it..douchebags? Calling them militant is probably giving them too much credit but I guess it'll have to work for now.

Now in case you're unaware, we're atheists here at People Liking People. But we're friendly atheists. We actually think that religion can be a good thing, and we do see that a lot of our friends and family members find value in it. So who are we to try to stop them from doing it? Who are we to mock them?

First there's the clowns that want to remove "In God We Trust" from our currency. They point to the separation of church and state but you know what? There's a million bigger issues to worry about. How does it effect me to have "In God We Trust" on my dollars? It's the same with "Under God" in the pledge or when people get their panties all in a bunch about the 10 commandments being displayed on government property. Get over it and get a life.

Now back in the day I used to think these were just fringe morons and didn't really represent the majority of atheists. But now we have Youtube and there's this whole community of douchebag atheists on there that have a 24/7 circle jerk about how stupid Christians are. It's almost like they're trying to convince themselves that they're truly atheist. But what I really find interesting is their hatred for religion. It goes beyond just not believing. If you notice, they hardly ever want to talk about real science or ideas about the world. They'd rather focus all their time on coming up with good arguments against Christianity and how the bible contradicts itself 1,000 times. I could give a flying fuck about the bible, what are you guys wasting your time for?

I am going to say something here that may offend religious people but it needs to be said. A lot of religious people are actually unstable and the only thing holding them together is this belief in God and from that belief comes a sense of value and purpose to their lives. Would you really want to be around on the day they come out and say "Breaking news: after looking over new evidence, religious leaders around the world all concede that there is no God after all, and no afterlife, the whole thing was just a big fairy tale"? Could you imagine the shitstorm that would surely ensue?

Let people have their fairytale beliefs. If that's what keeps them "sane" I say have at it, as long as they're not hurting anyone else. Yes we know, people do bad things in the name of religion. But those people are "bad" to begin with, religion is their justification. I think a lot of you atheists out there became atheists NOT because you were intellectually curious and thought a lot about life and came up with your own ideas. But you wanted to be rebellious and you have a permanent stick up your ass. Let it go, whatever your pent up frustration is about. Focus on something positive, life is too short.

We'll leave you with an example of some atheist douchebaggery in action, this is one of the more widely known atheists on Youtube, Thunderf00t: