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41. The pope disagrees with that assessment

Reply to cbayer (Reply #37)

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 03:34 PM

Jan 2015

He continues to condemn homosexuality. He probably expects all the other priests in the RC to back him up.

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Pope Francis uses new year mass to condemn slavery and human trafficking [View all] Eugene Jan 2015 OP

Excellent choice of 2015 priority cbayer Jan 2015 #1

Me too. rug Jan 2015 #2

Those uniforms could cause one to die cbayer Jan 2015 #3

Here's a list of their weapons TexasProgresive Jan 2015 #6

Thanks for that. I was just teasing them. cbayer Jan 2015 #8

I've read that some of the classic clown attire in the European tradition were from the same period. pinto Jan 2015 #4

Is this an excellent choice too? "Pope says same-sex marriage threatens family" cleanhippie Jan 2015 #84

I'm calling BS on the Pope Cartoonist Jan 2015 #5

Calling BS on the Pope? cbayer Jan 2015 #7

literalists Cartoonist Jan 2015 #10

That does not define a literalist at all. cbayer Jan 2015 #14

The Pope is a Catholic. Catholics, unlike fundamentalists and evangelicals, aren't literalists. pnwmom Jan 2015 #61

"Taking a stand against slavery and human trafficking is a very good and very christian thing to do" cleanhippie Jan 2015 #85

Oh Lord help me! hrmjustin Jan 2015 #9

Keep praying Cartoonist Jan 2015 #11

I have no desire to run you out of here. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #12

Do you agree or disagree with the Bible? Cartoonist Jan 2015 #13

Yes I believe in the bible but I don't believe everything is literal. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #15

He appears to be a literalist and unable to see the contradictions or cbayer Jan 2015 #18

Agreed! This line of argument is ridiculous imo. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #19

What is your evidence for that? The Catholic Church does not teach a literalist view of the Bible. pnwmom Jan 2015 #62

I think you may have misunderstood. I was speaking of cartoonist, not the pope. cbayer Jan 2015 #64

So those quotes don't bother you in the least? Cartoonist Jan 2015 #20

They were the cultural values of the time. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #21

So we're on the same page Cartoonist Jan 2015 #23

I have no links to give you. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #24

At the same time Cartoonist Jan 2015 #26

I don't attend those churches but yes I detest thst they use those verses. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #27

Common Ground Cartoonist Jan 2015 #30

You said the pope had to revise the bible. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #32

Some one should Cartoonist Jan 2015 #38

That is not possible. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #40

Why not? Cartoonist Jan 2015 #42

You can not touch the scriptures. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #43

That's why atheists like myself have no respect for religion Cartoonist Jan 2015 #45

Would you respect religion is the scriptures were changed? hrmjustin Jan 2015 #48

It would go up a notch Cartoonist Jan 2015 #52

Many believers love science and are scientists. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #54

And your particularly dogmatic and rigid position may be cbayer Jan 2015 #50

"the scriptures" have been touched repeatedly over the last 2500 years or so. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #56

No. I am not changing the scriptures. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #58

They have not. okasha Jan 2015 #53

Wasn't there just a thread recently about this? Cartoonist Jan 2015 #59

No. okasha Jan 2015 #66

Did Jesus free the Gays? Cartoonist Jan 2015 #68

First century CE gays didn't need freeing. okasha Jan 2015 #73

Oh Hai Okasha Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #81

Oh, hai Warren. okasha Jan 2015 #82

Again accusing me of copping out, when I clearly have not. cbayer Jan 2015 #39

Making up data destroys your argument. cbayer Jan 2015 #37

The pope disagrees with that assessment Cartoonist Jan 2015 #41

Hey, check this out. cbayer Jan 2015 #46

To the contrary: on the subject of gay people, Pope Francis said: "Who am I to judge?" pnwmom Jan 2015 #67

I guess you missed the backtracking. nt Cartoonist Jan 2015 #70

He didn't backtrack. The paper produced for the Synod said gay people should be welcomed into pnwmom Jan 2015 #72

pnwoman was good enough to provide a direct source. Can you provide one for the "backtracking". cbayer Jan 2015 #76

Here's a post by somebodt named cbayer Cartoonist Jan 2015 #80

Well played….. to a point. cbayer Jan 2015 #83

Religious leaders have said this over and over again. You must have missed it. cbayer Jan 2015 #31

Cop out Cartoonist Jan 2015 #35

Oh, they probably didn't get your memo that they were supposed to say something about the cbayer Jan 2015 #44

The Church teaches that you can't take individual sentences out of context and rely on them to be pnwmom Jan 2015 #65

From the article cited in the OP - pinto Jan 2015 #77

I neither copped out nor said "never mind". cbayer Jan 2015 #16

You read that line literally. Cartoonist Jan 2015 #22

One of the most amusing things about you is how you think I am stupid. cbayer Jan 2015 #25

I have no idea who HR is. Cartoonist Jan 2015 #28

You are a literalist. If you think that incorporating historical context when reading the cbayer Jan 2015 #33

Let me diagram it for you. Cartoonist Jan 2015 #36

Ah, is that what you meant? You meant to dismiss both of us. cbayer Jan 2015 #47

Now you got it. nt Cartoonist Jan 2015 #49

Well, how did that work out for you? cbayer Jan 2015 #51

You still can't counter it. Cartoonist Jan 2015 #55

Can't counter what? cbayer Jan 2015 #57

Is there anything in the bible Cartoonist Jan 2015 #60

Of course it doesn't need a deity. cbayer Jan 2015 #63

0-7 Leave It Bryce Butler Jan 2015 #78

. libodem Jan 2015 #17

That will make the Republicans very angry! jen1980 Jan 2015 #29

I love to make republicans angry, but I really don't think cbayer Jan 2015 #34

But they do support corporations that import cheap products made by slaves pnwmom Jan 2015 #69

Ok, that's a good point. cbayer Jan 2015 #71

This is the line I was referring to: pnwmom Jan 2015 #74

I see what you are saying and what I hope the person I was responding to was expressing. cbayer Jan 2015 #75

Might help if the slavers and human smugglers were good Catholics, mr blur Jan 2015 #79

He also confirms his anti-gay, homophobic bigotry. cleanhippie Jan 2015 #86