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Is the pope a reactionary or a prophet?
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| March 23, 2010
| John Hooper
Posted on 03/23/2010 1:55:21 PM PDT by NYer
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03/23/2010 1:55:21 PM PDT
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NYer
To: netmilsmom; thefrankbaum; markomalley; Tax-chick; GregB; saradippity; Berlin_Freeper; Litany; ...
Benedict XVI is facing the biggest crisis of his reign as pope. Photograph: VINCENZO PINTO/AFP
The idea that today's Catholic church hostile to abortion and contraception, antipathetic to homosexuality and dismissive of the idea of women priests might be a bastion of enlightened values is one many Britons will find hard to accept. But then it is difficult to think of a society that provides Benedict with a greater challenge to his ideas than multicultural Britain, with its anti-discriminatory ethos and increasingly vociferous atheist minority. The growing popularity of writers such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and AC Grayling, who argue that religion is not just irrelevant but pernicious, is a key difference between the Britain that Benedict will find when he visits and the altogether more respectful one John Paul II experienced 28 years ago.
I hope they plan to outfit him with a bulletproof vest.
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posted on
03/23/2010 1:56:54 PM PDT
by
NYer
("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)
To: NYer
Reactionary = Not Progressive.
That's a good thing.
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:01:38 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: NYer
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:02:28 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: NYer
I really like that photo, btw. Prayers for our beloved Pope Benedict.
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:10:35 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: NYer; monkapotamus
Is me or what does that of the Pope remind me of Michael Corlone in that dark room in Godfather 3
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03/23/2010 2:14:22 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us ,resistance is futile")
To: NYer
Pope John Paul II refused and Pope Benedict XVI refuses to admit that the true scandal is
not that there were some individual sinful priests -- the true scandal is that there was the collaborative
coverup and the
reassignment of those priests by the
bishops!
The evidence is growing that Bishop Ratzinger was one of those bishops.
Is the pope a reactionary or a prophet?
I still tend to think of him as a liberal, pro-Vatican-Two, Patristico-Rahnerean Phenomenologist.
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:19:23 PM PDT
by
Dajjal
(Obama is an Ericksonian NLP hypnotist.)
To: Dajjal
I tend to think of him as a future saint.
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:21:13 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: NYer
“Is the pope a reactionary or a prophet?”
Can’t one be both?
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03/23/2010 2:29:26 PM PDT
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Tublecane
To: NYer
Anyone that holds to an absolute standard is held in contempt.
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:30:02 PM PDT
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TASMANIANRED
(Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
To: NYer
I consider him a placeholder/theology professor who doesn’t compare to his great predecessor.
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:30:43 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: NYer
The viciousness with which the media is going after him convinces me you Catholics picked the right person for the job. Although he sometimes drives me crazy (global warming, immigration), on the key stuff he’s a rock. “All who desie to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”
To: TASMANIANRED
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:31:51 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: circlecity
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:32:36 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
One of the problems of now is....The Catholic Church stands as she has always stood...many others have run towards liberalism, socialism and moral equivalency.
They point at the church and decry her absolute values, her holding to truth and say how she has moved to the right wing.
They have moved, not the Church.
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03/23/2010 2:38:11 PM PDT
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TASMANIANRED
(Liberals are educated above their level of intelligence.. Thanks Sr. Angelica)
To: TASMANIANRED
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:45:21 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: TASMANIANRED; trisham
Anyone that holds to an absolute standard is held in contempt.
Bingo!
The Catholic Church is an easy target because it is the only religious body with a central authority figure. Non-Catholic christian denominations lack any centralized authority, as does Judaism and Islam. They are broken down into sects.
There is a good reason why the pope wears red shoes.
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:56:28 PM PDT
by
NYer
("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)
To: NYer
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posted on
03/23/2010 2:59:06 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: SevenofNine
We’re probably supposed to think he looks sinister, but I think he looks like he needs a hug, a glass of wine, and a big Cuban dinner!
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posted on
03/23/2010 3:36:58 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(It's a jungle out there, kiddies. Have a very fruitful day.)
To: NYer
"Returning home, you'll find the children ...Not anymore. Italy's birthrate is in the running for lowest-low in dying Europe.
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03/23/2010 3:38:28 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(It's a jungle out there, kiddies. Have a very fruitful day.)
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