It sounds to me like he's saying "Christian" when he means "Giving" or " understanding".

ed11563 wrote:

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It sounds to me like he's saying "Christian" when he means "Giving" or " understanding".

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 That's pretty much what he meant.

Ohfour wrote:

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Well, thats calling the kettle black...

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The Roman Catholic Church has been stuck in the past for far too long. This Pope is a breath of fresh air.

flan

flan327 wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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Well, thats calling the kettle black...

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The Roman Catholic Church has been stuck in the past for far too long. This Pope is a breath of fresh air.

flan

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 Meh.  There are some changes that I appreciate.  But he needs to keep his nose out of our elections.  And our leaders should keep their noses out of their conclave.

flan327 wrote:

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When polled, 23% of Americans list their religion as "Catholic." That's a lot of people.

From the article:

The pope made a point of stressing that he was not suggesting whom American voters should support in the election.

flan

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Well, a lot of people here list their religion as Catholic.

 That's because they were baptized in the Catholic religion, but haven't set foot in a church since then.

While we're on the subject of Pope poophead, what about his wall? Huh? Vatican City is a walled-in country. Talk about a hypocrite.

Ohfour wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Ohfour wrote:

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Well, thats calling the kettle black...

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The Roman Catholic Church has been stuck in the past for far too long. This Pope is a breath of fresh air.

flan

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 That lives among his own walls...

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 The difference is that he DIDN'T build the wall.

flan

FNW wrote:

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And he isn't tearing it down any time in the near future, is he?

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I don't know, but if he did, everyone would be screaming that he "defamed" Vatican City.

flan

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huskerbb wrote:

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I have no idea whether or not Trump is a Christian. However, what the pope is basing his nonsense on has NOTHING whatsoever to do with Christianity.

The pope is a fool--and apparently doesn't even know what being a Christian is or means.

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 I'm sure he'll step down as soon as he hears YOUR opinion.

flan

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 What? Youre not going to scold Husher for name calling? Or is that little peeve reserved for just me? Ah!!!!! The power!!!!! 

flan327 wrote:

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huskerbb wrote:

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I have no idea whether or not Trump is a Christian. However, what the pope is basing his nonsense on has NOTHING whatsoever to do with Christianity.

The pope is a fool--and apparently doesn't even know what being a Christian is or means.

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 I'm sure he'll step down as soon as he hears YOUR opinion.

flan

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 What an odd and ridiculous thing to say.  No one really cares about anyone's opinions on here--yet people still post them.  

Matthew 23New Living Translation (NLT)

Jesus Criticizes the Religious Leaders

23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The teachers of religious law and the Pharisees are the official interpreters of the law of Moses.[a] 3 So practice and obey whatever they tell you, but don’t follow their example. For they don’t practice what they teach. 4 They crush people with unbearable religious demands and never lift a finger to ease the burden.

5 “Everything they do is for show. On their arms they wear extra wide prayer boxes with Scripture verses inside, and they wear robes with extra long tassels.[b] 6 And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues. 7 They love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi.’[c]

8 “Don’t let anyone call you ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters.[d] 9 And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father. 10 And don’t let anyone call you ‘Teacher,’ for you have only one teacher, the Messiah. 11 The greatest among you must be a servant.12 But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

13 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.[e]

15 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn that person into twice the child of hell[f] you yourselves are!

16 “Blind guides! What sorrow awaits you! For you say that it means nothing to swear ‘by God’s Temple,’ but that it is binding to swear ‘by the gold in the Temple.’ 17 Blind fools! Which is more important—the gold or the Temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 And you say that to swear ‘by the altar’ is not binding, but to swear ‘by the gifts on the altar’ is binding. 19 How blind! For which is more important—the gift on the altar or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20 When you swear ‘by the altar,’ you are swearing by it and by everything on it. 21 And when you swear ‘by the Temple,’ you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.22 And when you swear ‘by heaven,’ you are swearing by the throne of God and by God, who sits on the throne.

23 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens,[g] but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things. 24 Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel![h]

25 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and self-indulgence!26 You blind Pharisee! First wash the inside of the cup and the dish,[i] and then the outside will become clean, too.

27 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs—beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people’s bones and all sorts of impurity. 28 Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.

29 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you build tombs for the prophets your ancestors killed, and you decorate the monuments of the godly people your ancestors destroyed. 30 Then you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would never have joined them in killing the prophets.’

31 “But in saying that, you testify against yourselves that you are indeed the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started. 33 Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?

34 “Therefore, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. But you will kill some by crucifixion, and you will flog others with whips in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city.35 As a result, you will be held responsible for the murder of all godly people of all time—from the murder of righteous Abel to the murder of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you killed in the Temple between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 I tell you the truth, this judgment will fall on this very generation.

huskerbb wrote:

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Even though I am not Catholic--I do have a lot of respect for some of the Catholic traditions.

HOWEVER--how can Catholics seriously follow this guy? Defining whether one is a "Christian" by a political position? A position that, unlike abortion, the Catholic church has NEVER taken a stand on. That is ludicrous.

I'm sorely tempted to put something on facebook about it--but I know it will come across as being very negative towards Catholics and Catholicism (even though that would be intentional, I don't want to lose my Catholic friends)--but seriously, I'm going to talk with some of them about this. I just don't see how this is in any way justifiable.

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 The Catholic church has had a lot of ups and downs through the years.  It can be a wonderful organization and does a lot for the world.  That being said, this Pope has some very strange ideas about Christianity and the teachings of the Bible.

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I'm really surprised the deep left has not spoken out against the Pope making a political comment on OUR candidates.

Must be selective thinking about separation of church and state.

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Oh, the left is LOVING this.  In general, the left is FAR removed from any vestiges of Christianity--but they'll happily use a schism like this if it suits their purpose.  They'll proclaim loud and long how Trump must not be a Christian because the pope says so.  

flan327 wrote:

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Many past Popes behaved as if they were living in an Ivory Tower, with little connection to the lives of millions of Catholics. This pope is different, and I applaud that.

flan

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 Um, you do know the Vatican City has walls, right, and he isn't making a move to take those down.  

FNW wrote:

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While we're on the subject of Pope poophead, what about his wall? Huh? Vatican City is a walled-in country. Talk about a hypocrite.

 

-- Edited by FNW on Thursday 18th of February 2016 03:28:43 PM

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Pope Poophead? 

So far, we have a Pope Poophead, pope is a fool, and pope is a retard.

I'll remember that next time someone accuses me of being disrespectful of their religion.

Unbelievable.