pope to the rest of you...

[David Jamieson]

apparently, your shit is fake...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/w...hristians.html

[Shaolinlueb]

just what we needed. instead of Jews and Muslims fighting, it will be Protestants and Catholics again. like the "good ole time" in Northern Ireland.

[5Animals1Path]

I know I haven't read the entire New Testament, let alone the various versions of it, but I don't remember Jesus ever saying I had to follow another man to follow him.

I could be wrong though. Maybe instead of the son of God speaking for me, it'll be a German with a thing for Prada shoes.

[Notintheface]

The new Pope just looks ****ing evil to me...... I want his head checked for the mark!

[Samurai Jack]

Religious intolerance is the backbone of Christianity. It is the entire purpose of the missionary imperaritive, baptism, the holy eucharist, and ultimately Christ's crucifiction. The essential message is;

1.We have the answers.

2.You don't.

3.Convert or be da mned.

Why is anyone surprised by this?

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

Ratzinger reminds me of the Evil emperor from Starwars.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Religious intolerance is the backbone of Christianity. It is the entire purpose of the missionary imperaritive, baptism, the holy eucharist, and ultimately Christ's crucifiction. The essential message is;

1.We have the answers.

2.You don't.

3.Convert or be da mned.

Why is anyone surprised by this?

Incorrect, never mistake what something is for what people have made it.

[rogue]

As a Roman Catholic all I can say is...

Whoooo hoooooo! We're number one!

And remember, nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

[lkfmdc]

This is his second controversial move in two weeks, first the return of the Latin mass with the prayer against the jews, now this.... so much for trying to build on John Paul's legacy

From a historical perspective, it seems that as soon as the primary figure in a religion is no longer around, peopel muck it up....

Study what Jesus himself taught and preached, understand what it meant in his day and in his context (psst he was a JEW), and compare it to the current Church, sad state of affairs. Much of it traces to Paul, a guy who never even met Jesus and whom Jesus' brother James disagreed strongly with

Similar situation in Islam, to the point that the actual family of Mohammed was slaughtered by the "majority"

[sanjuro_ronin]

This is his second controversial move in two weeks, first the return of the Latin mass with the prayer against the jews, now this.... so much for trying to build on John Paul's legacy

From a historical perspective, it seems that as soon as the primary figure in a religion is no longer around, peopel muck it up....

Study what Jesus himself taught and preached, understand what it meant in his day and in his context (psst he was a JEW), and compare it to the current Church, sad state of affairs. Much of it traces to Paul, a guy who never even met Jesus and whom Jesus' brother James disagreed strongly with

Similar situation in Islam, to the point that the actual family of Mohammed was slaughtered by the "majority"

Very true, too true.
Now the Pope wants to give the "real" interpretation of the Vatican II council, too bad that all that were there are now dead...

The fact that JC preached love and acceptence is irrelevant to these a-holes.

[RD'S Alias - 1A]

The fact that JC preached love and acceptence is irrelevant to these a-holes.

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Which is why I abandoned the Catholic church before my balls even dropped.

[synack]

But he's infallible

[SPJ]

I think somewhere in the bible;

if 2 or 3 people gets together, then a church/commune is formed.

the head of the churche is GOD.

the church is the body.

we are part of the body.

etc etc.

[sanjuro_ronin]

The corner stone of faith is faith, belief, NOT organized religion, as much as the different churches want people to believe it, they speak for NO ONE.

[SevenStar]

The corner stone of faith is faith, belief, NOT organized religion, as much as the different churches want people to believe it, they speak for NO ONE.

while this is true, spj hit it on the head. The bible states that where at least 2 or 3 come together, God will be among them. THAT is the basis for gathering at church - believers gathering to be in the presence of God. Naturally, this would spawn various organizations.