"Popes a Liberal" ask republicans.

Bentleyspop

brianlux said:

JUST A GIRL said:

The popes go through a satanic ritual when being appointed as the new pope. God only knows what that white smoke we see is.

Google it (since I know I'll be asked for links)

Can't trust everyone who claims to be religious. Wish I could but I can't

Smoking trolls perhaps?

Then wouldn't the smoke be blue?

brianlux

Bentleyspop said:

brianlux said:

JUST A GIRL said:

The popes go through a satanic ritual when being appointed as the new pope. God only knows what that white smoke we see is.

Google it (since I know I'll be asked for links)

Can't trust everyone who claims to be religious. Wish I could but I can't

Smoking trolls perhaps?

Then wouldn't the smoke be blue?

LOL!

JUST A GIRL said:

The popes go through a satanic ritual when being appointed as the new pope. God only knows what that white smoke we see is.

Google it (since I know I'll be asked for links)

Can't trust everyone who claims to be religious. Wish I could but I can't

OK, so what makes one ritual satanic and another holy? We could argue this forever. The rituals are part of the culture, who cares? What counts is that the Pope (any Pope) has a LOT of influence over many people so anytime a person in that kind of position is showing care for the people and care for the earth I don't give a shit if he smoke trolls with the Devil on his off hours. He's doing good things, that's what counts.

As for you last statement, don't you claim to be religious? Or are you one of those fundies that claims to be closer to God than the religious masses?

dignin

hedonist said:

Baby steps. Better than no steps.

Exactly

gimmesometruth27

i heard the satanic ritual involves chanting "yes we can!!" over and over again while listening to stairway to heaven backwards.

gimmesometruth27

by the way, that was said purely in jest.

oftenreading

gimmesometruth27 said:

i heard the satanic ritual involves chanting "yes we can!!" over and over again while listening to stairway to heaven backwards.

And I thought stairway to heaven forward was bad enough.

rgambs

oftenreading said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

i heard the satanic ritual involves chanting "yes we can!!" over and over again while listening to stairway to heaven backwards.

And I thought stairway to heaven forward was bad enough.

Whooooooaaaaaa der fella.
There's a reason it's the most nauseatingly overplayed song of all time!

oftenreading

^^^ with emphasis on the "nauseating"

brianlux

oftenreading said:

^^^ with emphasis on the "nauseating"

LOL! But ya gotta love Robert crooning byyy-ayy-ing-GA stair-air-way to...

But seriously, I mainly hate it because I can't do all the part. Damn it JIMMY!

hedonist

rgambs said:

oftenreading said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

i heard the satanic ritual involves chanting "yes we can!!" over and over again while listening to stairway to heaven backwards.

And I thought stairway to heaven forward was bad enough.

Whooooooaaaaaa der fella./
There's a reason it's the most nauseatingly overplayed song of all time!

Heart did a badass cover of it. Even initially-surly/emotional Plant came around.

(Page was a happy motherfucker from the get-go. Love me some Jimmy)

brianlux

hedonist said:

rgambs said:

oftenreading said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

i heard the satanic ritual involves chanting "yes we can!!" over and over again while listening to stairway to heaven backwards.

And I thought stairway to heaven forward was bad enough.

Whooooooaaaaaa der fella./
There's a reason it's the most nauseatingly overplayed song of all time!

Heart did a badass cover of it. Even initially-surly/emotional Plant came around.

(Page was a happy motherfucker from the get-go. Love me some Jimmy)

Yes, Page! A gentleman, a master and a legend. Love him in "It Might Get Loud" too!

Why, it would not surprise me in the least if the Pope rocks out to a little Zep now and then!

know1

I'm not a republican, but I am religious and I think most people really have no clue that there are a lot of religious people out there whose beliefs do not conform to what is attributed to them by religion-haters.

callen

jeffbr said:

callen said:

Think republicans are digging themselves a hole.

I am so glad something Christian is aligning with peace loving socialist pinko liberals. We are anti death penalty. Medicine for the poor. Just never understood how republicans claimed the virtue card. Yeah abortion. Guess we could work on that one to minimize it's use. Science will fix this I'm sure. Republican war mongers are then doomed.

So this guy now represents liberals (or at least is being praised by the left)? What about reproductive rights (not just abortion, but birth control). Women in the priesthood. Gays in the priesthood. Gay marriage - remember just a few months ago that the Irish vote for gay marriage was a "defeat for humanity".

I'm guessing neither this pope's views, nor that church's doctrine is a liberal's wet dream. I think it is safe to say that this church is probably out of touch with the views of many on both sides of the divide. I don't know how someone with conservative views can support this church (and by extension, this pope). But I also don't know how someone with liberal views can either.

Never said he represents liberals. Not my point. It's republicans claim to represent Christianity and family values. And they are criticizing popes values.

Many liberals don't believe but the love and protect the planet and poor align with popes message.

callen

JUST A GIRL said:

The popes go through a satanic ritual when being appointed as the new pope. God only knows what that white smoke we see is.

Google it (since I know I'll be asked for links)

Can't trust everyone who claims to be religious. Wish I could but I can't

Not sponge worthy ah ah I mean google worthy.

callen

know1 said:

I'm not a republican, but I am religious and I think most people really have no clue that there are a lot of religious people out there whose beliefs do not conform to what is attributed to them by religion-haters.

Think we get that. Have family and friends that identify as religious and we all have same views on real world stuff.

Cliffy6745

Ohhhhhhhh, boy. If his opening remarks are any indication of things to come over the next few days, the right is not going to be happy.

He did touch on the institution of marriage

hedonist

callen said:

JUST A GIRL said:

The popes go through a satanic ritual when being appointed as the new pope. God only knows what that white smoke we see is.

Google it (since I know I'll be asked for links)

Can't trust everyone who claims to be religious. Wish I could but I can't

Not sponge worthy ah ah I mean google worthy.

Excellent injection of sponge-worthiness

jeffbr

callen said:

jeffbr said:

callen said:

Think republicans are digging themselves a hole.

I am so glad something Christian is aligning with peace loving socialist pinko liberals. We are anti death penalty. Medicine for the poor. Just never understood how republicans claimed the virtue card. Yeah abortion. Guess we could work on that one to minimize it's use. Science will fix this I'm sure. Republican war mongers are then doomed.

So this guy now represents liberals (or at least is being praised by the left)? What about reproductive rights (not just abortion, but birth control). Women in the priesthood. Gays in the priesthood. Gay marriage - remember just a few months ago that the Irish vote for gay marriage was a "defeat for humanity".

I'm guessing neither this pope's views, nor that church's doctrine is a liberal's wet dream. I think it is safe to say that this church is probably out of touch with the views of many on both sides of the divide. I don't know how someone with conservative views can support this church (and by extension, this pope). But I also don't know how someone with liberal views can either.

Never said he represents liberals. Not my point. It's republicans claim to represent Christianity and family values. And they are criticizing popes values.

Many liberals don't believe but the love and protect the planet and poor align with popes message.

I see what you're saying. I agree that he is stirring things up, and I think he's been the most interesting and progressive pope I've seen in my lifetime. But for me, he still presides over the largest organized pedophilia ring in the world. They have unmarried, celibate dudes counselling couples about marriage. They have massive wealth and the trappings of wealth for the sake of pomp and circumstance, while portions of their flock starve. They do missionary work and convince these poor, under-educated people to continue to reproduce. They actively campaign against many progressive initiatives (like gay marriage). And with all of the rituals, mythologies, and bizzaro ceremonies, I don't think he has much to offer me. So for a number of reasons, while I think he's the most progressive pope we've seen, it is all relative. I give kudos to the guy for doing something, but it is a stretch to think that he will have the ability to affect the kind of change that will bring the church into the 21st century.

dignin

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jeffbr

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