Pope says something stupid; atheist tells him to suck it

Pretty much. This is a few days old, but it's still worth mentioning as perhaps one of the greatest comebacks ever.

First, we have Pope Benedict XVI saying something that, I think, means that environmental problems are atheists' fault (or something):

Is it not true that inconsiderate use of creation begins where God is marginalized or also where his existence is denied? If the human creature's relationship with the Creator weakens, matter is reduced to egoistic possession, man becomes the "final authority," and the objective of existence is reduced to a feverish race to possess the most possible.

Well, at least, it's supposed to sound like old Pope Ratzinger is blaming the godless for Global Warming, though I just see a lecture on hedonism and greed.

Which brings us to our comeback, from Terry Sanderson, the President of the U.K. National Secular Society:

This is rich, coming from the leader of an organization that has plundered the world to enrich itself. As he sits in his golden palaces, surrounded by unimaginable luxury and material wealth, he lectures the rest of us about restraint and greed. We have nothing to learn about environmentalism from this hypocrite.

W00T!

(via Dispatches from the Culture Wars)

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