Boaz:
I'm glad you took the time to write, now perhaps you would like to take some time to actually read the posts you're responding to.
Here is probably my most pertinent comment "I would concur that a lot of them (christians) are just as opposed to pedophilia as us atheists"
Despite your offering of someone elses opinion or translation of an old fictitous novel, an opinion which agrees with yours, I really don't know what causes christianity, other than brainwashing.
I only know that if I can offer another human being relief from this affliction, then I am only too willing to do so, human being to human being, it's an atheist thing.
Irrespective of your protestations and threats, you offer no counter argument, so the conclusion is that the fact remains that "ALL PEDOPHILES ARE CHRISTIAN", and the decades (centuries) of cover ups by the church (and not just the catholics) only serve to make it worse.
BTW I totally support the laws in Victoria, even though I am not a resident, and I have abided by them throughout all my comments.
I have no problem with someone choosing the christian lifestyle, and remember that is all christianity is, "A LIFESTYLE CHOICE".
People should not be vilified because of their decision, I just dont think we should be forced to celebrate it.

Why do Christians keep referring to an old book on mysticism and superstition when they know dammed well we don’t believe a word of it. I have often asked Christians what they expect when they die and I have yet to have an answer. The supposed soul is invisible, has no weight, and cannot be authenticated in any way but by sheer imagination. Therein lays the problem. How do these invisible souls communicate with each other? They have no brain, no vocal chords, no eyes or ears, no limbs, and no organs of any sort. Do they masticate, defecate, urinate, fornicate, fabricate? If they masticate who grows the food? Are there animals to keep them company? If a child dies in infancy how does it communicate with dead adults? Do they speak or think to each other? Do the elderly get any older or younger? Is there a mean age for all the spirits? Please BOAZ_David tell me what it is like in the afterlife. Please try to refrain from quoting the bible. You never know I may like to go there one day if you make it interesting. Or then again maybe I should adopt the Moslem faith. At least they get a heap of virgins to keep them company. I wonder if those virgins are recycled. As it is it sounds a very boring place to spend eternity.

Hey Christians all! You are fond of referring us to internet sites to read the truths contained in the bible so do us all a favour and allow me to reciprocate. Go to this site and see the light IF YOU DARE! http://www.evilbible.com/

Frankly, I don't think we will hear from BOAZ again. The kitchen is getting to hot for him. Besides he is off on other sites where the heat is less intense and he has a more gullible audience.

I’ve just had a little giggle to myself. When a Theist convinces an Atheist to read and believe the bible – that is conversion, When an Atheist convinces a Theist to understand science – that is education.

Thanks for your reply AJD. You have certainly looked into the issue with your Department and other departments. Who is the best person to speak to about statistics in these departments? Would it be better to talk to your actual team? Which team were you or are you in there?

I don't equate pedophilia with homosexuality. I was just drawing an analogy between the homosexual abuse in the Catholic Church and Christian Churches with rampant pedophilia as I assumed similar issues would be present. Using the Catholic Church as the example precluded the issue of molestation of girls as until very recently priests had no access to them. Catholic priests are celibate and don't have families and all young people they had access to were male. Thus silence was not an issue in that example. However some Bishops certainly failed in their duties in being silent about molestations of seminarians etc.

I don't know if it would be worthwhile commenting on what you have heard about the vatican and laundering jewish teeth gold. I haven't heard that before. Do you know who investigated that one?