Originally posted by ScriabinBut the pope isn't here talking in these forums. (I'm not sure about User 8269 though.) If he were, then he would be in the role of chessplayer, not as a leader for one billion (plus) people.
Could we say that this assertion is rather true of most contributors to this forum?
How many posts are comprised simply of the assertion"I'm right and you are wrong," without any substantive information with which to support the assertion?
How many posts are intended merely as automatic gainsaying of what someone else with a contrary view (i.e., I'm r ...[text shortened]... many posters here take the time and trouble to learn something about that which they opine?
If I were to say something weird, nothing happens. If the pope is telling anything weard (like condoms help to spread aids) and a billion people listen, what will be the impact? Yes, you guessed right, some ignorant people will think that this is a message from god (and therefore I will continue to make sex without condoms).
So, whatever the pope says, it has to be right! He can't just babble around, like we do here at the forum of RHP. That's the difference.
Originally posted by ScriabinEvasion of what?
Is this practice of evasion your only recourse?
This was your post:
must we belabor the point? is it that important to you, FMF, that someone else say that you are right and he is wrong? why do you obstruct the progress of the discussion so? and why do you use "me" when you should use "I?" Is that what you meant by a common British usage?
Pompous drivel.
LOL. Evasion of what?
Originally posted by pawnhandlerUS politicians who are Roman Catholic have been informed in the past that their church status could be dependent upon how they voted for or against legislation that included hot-button items such as abortion and "gay marriage."
The church doesn't teach that the people have the right to decide to believe anything contrary to what the church teaches. It talks about following your conscience, but for many people doing so can lead to excommunication. US politicians who are Roman Catholic have been informed in the past that their church status could be dependent upon how they vote ...[text shortened]... lved in politics, it would still be impossible to accurately claim that the RC church isn't.
this is bs.
Nancy pelosi is a catholic, how do you explain that?
For all we know, the pope may be ticked off that he can only meet with world leaders now and make speeches at them instead of still being allowed to select and install those leaders.
this is just more BS.