Friday, March 04, 2011

Filipino priests to reach out to atheists

It’s funny really. The Philippines is a very religious country:
Roman Catholic 80.9%, Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census)
Yet the pope calls for Filipino priests to reach out to that .01% of the population that calls itself atheist. It’s absurd, and simply for effect.