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What do you think of the new Pope?
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1/4/2015 1:15:21 PM Posted: 2 years ago I personally like him and feel he's trying to bring Catholicism into the modern world, yet hear him called a false prophet by some Catholics. I was curious how you guys and gals felt about him.
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1/4/2015 1:16:37 PM Posted: 2 years ago I liked him there a couple of years ago I'm pretty sure. How long's he got left in his term?
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1/4/2015 1:18:45 PM Posted: 2 years ago At 1/4/2015 1:16:37 PM, AnDoctuir wrote: The Pope serves for life... unless he steps down of course. People who I've called as mafia DP1: TUF, and YYW |
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1/4/2015 1:20:47 PM Posted: 2 years ago At 1/4/2015 1:18:45 PM, YamaVonKarma wrote:At 1/4/2015 1:16:37 PM, AnDoctuir wrote: Does he not have to retire at 65? What if he gets, like, dementia or something, and wages unholy war on some bunch of people? |
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1/4/2015 1:21:39 PM Posted: 2 years ago Holy sh*t the dude is 78.
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1/4/2015 1:24:37 PM Posted: 2 years ago At 1/4/2015 1:20:47 PM, AnDoctuir wrote:At 1/4/2015 1:18:45 PM, YamaVonKarma wrote:At 1/4/2015 1:16:37 PM, AnDoctuir wrote: Idk. I'm not a Catholic, I just know what I hear and read about him. People who I've called as mafia DP1: TUF, and YYW |
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1/4/2015 1:25:38 PM Posted: 2 years ago .. can the Pope declare a Holy War?
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1/4/2015 1:31:51 PM Posted: 2 years ago At 1/4/2015 1:15:21 PM, YamaVonKarma wrote: I don't think he's the false prophet ... but he might be the false prophet http://www.inquisitr.com... David Hildebrand - The Progressive Alternative to Dianne Feinstein! http://www.davidforcalifornia.com... When the Fascist and the Communist argue over which ideology is better they're really just arguing over preferred styles of bureaucracy before getting sent to a death camp. Current Debate: Tyrion Lannister is the Best GoT Character http://www.debate.org... |
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1/4/2015 1:47:55 PM Posted: 2 years ago I find the man rather infuriating.
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1/4/2015 2:01:21 PM Posted: 2 years ago Hmm, he's obviously a lot more liberal than some of the other popes. Trying to modernize Catholicism isn't necessarily a good thing, as it could indicate that his motivations are more political than religious.
At 8/23/2017 2:40:57 PM, Wylted wrote: I have no idea how being a sack of flesh in an overly populated area will bring existential transformation. |
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1/4/2015 2:02:37 PM Posted: 2 years ago As if religion and politics shouldn't be one and the same.
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1/4/2015 2:03:13 PM Posted: 2 years ago At 1/4/2015 2:01:21 PM, Emilrose wrote: The modernisation of religion surely means the destruction of religion. No? To believe is to know nothing. |
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1/4/2015 2:12:50 PM Posted: 2 years ago At 1/4/2015 2:03:13 PM, Impartial wrote:At 1/4/2015 2:01:21 PM, Emilrose wrote: That presents the question to whether a religion truly can be "modernized". Providing that scripture is maintained as an integral part, realistically it's not possible. A religion could only really be considered "modern" if it is new, without any ancient set of fixed beliefs. At 8/23/2017 2:40:57 PM, Wylted wrote: I have no idea how being a sack of flesh in an overly populated area will bring existential transformation. |
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1/4/2015 2:23:38 PM Posted: 2 years ago At 1/4/2015 2:12:50 PM, Emilrose wrote:At 1/4/2015 2:03:13 PM, Impartial wrote:At 1/4/2015 2:01:21 PM, Emilrose wrote: I think that is possible. There are many religions that have died out, as we all know. They were modernised to the point of extinction because their content became obsolete. All current religions will eventually follow suit. To believe is to know nothing. |
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1/4/2015 2:53:46 PM Posted: 2 years ago At 1/4/2015 1:15:21 PM, YamaVonKarma wrote: I like him, although I believe most things he does are propaganda mixed with personal desires. If he were really a reformist, he would do something really remarkable, as far as it goes, he has done nothing but cheap newspaper headlines. |
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1/4/2015 3:19:22 PM Posted: 2 years ago What does everyone think about this guy protecting child rapists?
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1/4/2015 3:26:50 PM Posted: 2 years ago Joe Osteen >Rick Warren > Kenneth Copeland > The Pope >Mystery Babylon > they all add UP! O don't foreget the pope going to Islam and saying Allah is our god TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Mystery Babylon all the way BABY! Enjoy
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1/4/2015 3:29:58 PM Posted: 2 years ago Pope Francis: Church Would Baptize Aliens
In a quirky morning Mass, the pope used a far-out example of little green Martians seeking Jesus to preach about the church"s inclusiveness. Is Pope Francis willing to go to extremes to fill the pews? Apparently so, if his latest outreach message is an indication. Speaking on Monday during the homily at his daily morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta inside Vatican City where he lives, he told his mostly clerical audience that they should keep an open mind to anyone"or anything"seeking God. "If"for example"tomorrow an expedition of Martians came, and some of them came to us, here... Martians, right? Green, with that long nose and big ears, just like children paint them... And one says, "But I want to be baptized!" What would happen?" he asked parishioners. "When the Lord shows us the way, who are we to say, "No, Lord, it is not prudent! No, let"s do it this way..."" One assumes the pope doesn"t actually think an alien ship filled with little green men hoping to convert to Catholicism will land in St. Peter"s Square any time soon, and Vatican Radio quickly interpreted the message as one about "inclusion" lest anyone start worrying about the Holy Father"s faculties. Apparently the Pope"s message about Martians meant, "Who are we to close the doors to the Holy Spirit?" |
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1/4/2015 3:32:24 PM Posted: 2 years ago I will have to do a post on Nephilims and what the bible has to say about them {I see the pope does not read the bible} Enjoy.
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1/4/2015 3:55:03 PM Posted: 2 years ago As Obama goes to meet Pope Francis, I"m thinking of a different meeting. This one happened in Tucson, Arizona and was co-hosted by the Vatican Observatory and the University of Arizona"s Steward Observatory. This meeting was a conference called, The Search for Life Beyond the Solar System: Exoplanets, Biosignature & Instruments. The goal of this meeting was to talk about" to" talk" about" "wait.
The Vatican is involved in the search for extraterrestrial life? As in aliens? The Roman Catholic Church has an observatory" on Mount Graham" spending oodles of money each year" for the sole purpose of looking for" alien life. The Vatican is looking for" Alien" life. Is it just me, or is that the most bizarre statement that you"ve ever heard? That why I call the catholics a cult They don't understand bible prophecy >the rapture > the second coming >Israel or anything else of the last days >if the pope cant get it right who in the catholic church can?????? |
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1/4/2015 4:10:47 PM Posted: 2 years ago At 1/4/2015 2:12:50 PM, Emilrose wrote:At 1/4/2015 2:03:13 PM, Impartial wrote:At 1/4/2015 2:01:21 PM, Emilrose wrote: The Catholic Church has 'modernized' plenty of times in the path. It has a pretty rich history of a reforming movement, which actually saved the church following certain chaotic times. The alliance between Constantine and the Papacy against the Lombards, Gregory the VII's ecclesiastical reforms, Leo IX's reformation of the Church, Aquinas reconciliation of Aristotle and the Western Christian tradition, leading to the advent of Scholasticism, Erasmus's humanism, the Avignon Papacy and Western Schism, ultimately resolved by the Council of Constance, and the Counter-Reformation lead by St. Ignatius. Hell, if the church had been capable of reforming itself and extracting it's interest from Italian power politics during the onset of the Reformation, it could have held on to its Northern holdings and prevented the excision of the Church from public life. Pope Adrian VI, if he had lived, may have been able to accomplish these reforms in a moderate, gradual manner and preserved the unity of the Church. All of these movements were opposed by Conservative critics, and had those critics been heeded then the Church would have long ago faded into irrelevance. The man who 'stands athwart history, yelling stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so', is the man who dooms his cause to suicide should it heed him. "See now Oblivion shimmering all around us, its very tranquility deadlier than tempest. How little all our keels have troubled it." - Lord Dunsany - "Over her head the stars, the thoughts of God in the heavens, Shone on the eyes of man, who had ceased to marvel and worship" - Henry Longfellow - "We enjoy, we see nothing by direct vision; but only by reflection, and in anatomical dismemberment." - Thomas Carlyle - |