Merry Christmas and love from the Pope

[Moonbeam]

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Bigotry and ignorance are found even in high places. Learn to question authority. Be careful of fundamentalist thinking, where because some respected authority or document says something, you, yourself, are trapped by the same ignorance of those who propounded the ideas in the first place. Think for yourself. The rain forest if full of gay animals and especially, our closest relative the Bonobo chimp.

 

[jonks]

Hard to take a guy seriously who's dressed like such a i love you.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: jonks
Hard to take a guy seriously who's dressed like such a i love you.

No need for name calling!!
Even the Pope is entitled to his opinion!!

Even if I blatantly disagree.....he is still entitled!
You would not believe how many Catholics also disagree with the Pope!!

As my friend Moonbeam said --

Bigotry and ignorance are found even in high places. Learn to question authority. Be careful of fundamentalist thinking, where because some respected authority or document says something, you, yourself, are trapped by the same ignorance of those who propounded the ideas in the first place. Think for yourself. The rain forest if full of gay animals ..

Merry Christmas!!

 

[dphantom]

+1 to the Pope.

 

[Farang]

Hard to take seriously a man who owns like 100 cats

 

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: jonks
Hard to take a guy seriously who's dressed like such a i love you.

This.

The papacy is so quaint. He's like the Queen, but with fancier outfits.

I had tremendous respect for JP II, and was very upset when he passed. Although I'm sure that he had similar views to evil Emperor pope (they were very close friends), his comments, to me, never came off as blunt and vitriolic.

Ratzinger is much more conservative than JP II, and I feel like it may contribute to reversing the good PR JP II built up over the years.

Ultimately, if Benedict wants to protect humanity from the queers, he should round up his own closest flock and do a stiffy check after parading through some young tender choir-boys. Way to go after people who don't bother you and yours, all the while ignoring the predatory butt-spelunkers in your own halls. I guess it's not gay if the 12 year old boy you're porking back at the rectory looks like a 12 year old girl from behind.

:roll:

 

[DealMonkey]

That's awfully white of the pope to use Christmas to spread his message of intolerance. It's certainly what Jesus would do too. :roll:

 

[frostedflakes]

Only took the church a few hundred years to embrace heliocentrism. Perhaps in a few hundred more they'll finally accept homosexuals.

 

[babylon5]

Just happens, another popular religion also share his belief.

 

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: babylon5
Just happens, another popular religion also share his belief.

Southern Baptists?

 

[babylon5]

How could you have guessed? 😀

 

[MotF Bane]

I just read what the Pope says for laughs. He's not worth taking seriously.

 

[ZzZGuy]

Originally posted by: JEDIYoda

Originally posted by: jonks
Hard to take a guy seriously who's dressed like such a i love you.

No need for name calling!!
Even the Pope is entitled to his opinion!!

Even if I blatantly disagree.....he is still entitled!
You would not believe how many Catholics also disagree with the Pope!!

As my friend Moonbeam said --

Bigotry and ignorance are found even in high places. Learn to question authority. Be careful of fundamentalist thinking, where because some respected authority or document says something, you, yourself, are trapped by the same ignorance of those who propounded the ideas in the first place. Think for yourself. The rain forest if full of gay animals ..

Merry Christmas!!

He is the representative for all of christianity, by saying this he is saying all devout christians hate gays.

-Edit- Oh and I now have now lost the last bit of respect I had for christianity as a religion.

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: ZzZGuy

He is the representative for all of christianity, by saying this he is saying all devout christians hate gays.

And the President of the U.S. represents the entire world.

 

[ZzZGuy]

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: ZzZGuy

He is the representative for all of christianity, by saying this he is saying all devout christians hate gays.

And the President of the U.S. represents the entire world.

No, he represents everyone in the USA, the pope does not represent islam.

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: ZzZGuy

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: ZzZGuy

He is the representative for all of christianity, by saying this he is saying all devout christians hate gays.

And the President of the U.S. represents the entire world.

No, he represents everyone in the USA, the pope does not represent islam.

The Pope also does not represent Protestants.

edit: I'm shocked I had to clarify the meaning behind my comment.

 

[ZzZGuy]

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: ZzZGuy

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: ZzZGuy

He is the representative for all of christianity, by saying this he is saying all devout christians hate gays.

And the President of the U.S. represents the entire world.

No, he represents everyone in the USA, the pope does not represent islam.

The Pope also does not represent Protestants.

edit: I'm shocked I had to clarify the meaning behind my comment.

Ok, my mistake.

He is still a hateful bastard that represents a lot of people.

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: jonks
Hard to take a guy seriously who's dressed like such a i love you.

Shoes to die for.

 

[Kadarin]

I disagree with the Pope, and do not take him seriously. Though, to be fair, I am not a Christian.

 

[compuwiz1]

Sure he wasn't addressing the priesthood?

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Sure he wasn't addressing the priesthood?

Gay != pedophile.

 

[compuwiz1]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Sure he wasn't addressing the priesthood?

Gay != pedophile.

I think there is such a thing as a gay pedophile. Why else did they pick on boys?

 

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Sure he wasn't addressing the priesthood?

Gay != pedophile.

I think there is such a thing as a gay pedophile. Why else did they pick on boys?

Pederasts, dude.

 

[CycloWizard]

Originally posted by: ZzZGuy
He is the representative for all of christianity, by saying this he is saying all devout christians hate gays.

-Edit- Oh and I now have now lost the last bit of respect I had for christianity as a religion.

Literacy fail? Please show me where he said he hates gays.

 

[CycloWizard]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
That's awfully white of the pope to use Christmas to spread his message of intolerance. It's certainly what Jesus would do too. :roll:

Yes, the pope should instead preach moral relativism, since that's how he feels. It's always ironic that those who claim the pope is an ignorant bigot never even consider his statements before labeling him as such, thereby demonstrating that they are no better than they think he is.