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Pope George Ringo II

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14. He also wanders around in the "hate the sin, love the sinner' equivocation.

Reply to Bretton Garcia (Reply #13)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 07:32 AM

Aug 2018

He's not letting go of the error that there's something fundamentally wrong with actually doing gay things, even if he's willing to concede that gays may be people too.

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Wasn't this supposed to be the "good" pope? Merlot Aug 2018 #1

We keep hearing that. Pope George Ringo II Aug 2018 #2

I bet many 81 year olds think that. n/t pnwmom Aug 2018 #3

And why do they think that? Mariana Aug 2018 #5

You must be very young. "Sexual orientation disturbance" wasn't removed from the DSM-11 pnwmom Aug 2018 #6

I doubt most 81 year olds have read the old DSM editions. Mariana Aug 2018 #7

Men the Pope's age grew up in an era where gay men got arrested and charged with CRIMES pnwmom Aug 2018 #9

And those laws that criminalized homosexual acts Mariana Aug 2018 #10

Do you think Pope Francis was born the Pope? He was a baby in 1936 pnwmom Aug 2018 #11

Al Capone wasn't born a mob boss either. Pope George Ringo II Aug 2018 #12

Why were those views so entrenched in society? Mariana Aug 2018 #15

Age does not give you a pass for narrow mindedness Major Nikon Aug 2018 #16

As a general statement, those "associated psychological and behavioral disorders" Pope George Ringo II Aug 2018 #8

Roman numerals giving you trouble? Act_of_Reparation Aug 2018 #18

It's also cited by people who don't understand what it really is Major Nikon Aug 2018 #19

I believe so. MineralMan Aug 2018 #4

I study ambiguous, equivocal language; in religion, etc... Bretton Garcia Aug 2018 #13

He also wanders around in the "hate the sin, love the sinner' equivocation. Pope George Ringo II Aug 2018 #14

Given the context of the pope's statements, he's doing a piss-poor job of equivocating Major Nikon Aug 2018 #17

Before and after Major Nikon Aug 2018 #20