Pope Francis to Catholics: ‘Who are you to judge others?’

Religion News ^ | June 20, 2016 | Rosie Scammell

[HLPhat]

>>I read somewhere that there were some noble Bereans that JUDGED what they were TOLD against what the SCRIPTURES said.

I've read that too!

Gotta love that Guttenberg printing press thingee.

>>I've ALSO heard that there is a VERY large religious organization that does not LIKE being checked against the Scriptures. 

It seems translating the Word into the language of the common people sort of put a dent in the indulgent cash flow; and, temporarily, thined the walls of the hierarchical termite mound out a bit.

Hence the Jesuit response - and Ignatius being immortalized in stone with his Fallible and Uninspired foot assuming dominion on Martin Luther's reformed neck:

http://www.catholicconvert.com/blog/2013/12/26/st-ignatius-steps-on-luther/

Doesn't seem very accommodating, does it?

[Elsie]

So, once again, Matt 16:19.

Matthew 16:19 New International Version (NIV)
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be[a] bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be[b] loosed in heaven.”

So; what has your pope LOOSED lately?

What has he BOUND?

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WHY do you NEED a pope?

[Elsie]

I've got 4 1/2 Opel Gt's but they are in much worse shape than the one Agent Smart used to drive!

[maxwellsmart_agent]

How about his Triumph 99? I always liked the Triumph.

[Elsie]

Orwell quotes:

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

 

One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.

 

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness

 

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

 

Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

 

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.

 

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

 

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.