Pope Benedict XVI to resign
-
- 3 Star Admiral
- Posts: 13071
- Joined: Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:27 am
- Commendations: The Daystrom Award, Cochrane Medal of Excellence
- Location: New Hampshire
- Contact:
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
I saw this earlier. Lots of 'firsts' with this guy.
- Teaos
- 4 Star Admiral
- Posts: 15379
- Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:00 am
- Commendations: The Daystrom Award
- Location: Behind you!
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Looking at this guys record he is rather anti gay marrage... and only a year younger than Benny was, although he looks to be in better shape.
What does defeat mean to you?
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
-
- Fleet Admiral
- Posts: 35635
- Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:04 am
- Commendations: The Daystrom Award
- Location: down the shore, New Jersey, USA
- Contact:
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Wait, let me go find my "surprised-face" emoticon... a Catholic priest who's anti-gay marriage? Who would have thought?Teaos wrote:Looking at this guys record he is rather anti gay marrage
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
- IanKennedy
- Site Admin
- Posts: 6204
- Joined: Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:28 pm
- Location: Oxford, UK
- Contact:
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Yes, on average they seem to prefer young boys.Mikey wrote:Wait, let me go find my "surprised-face" emoticon... a Catholic priest who's anti-gay marriage? Who would have thought?Teaos wrote:Looking at this guys record he is rather anti gay marrage
email, ergo spam
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Are there any of them that are not anti-gay?Mikey wrote:Wait, let me go find my "surprised-face" emoticon... a Catholic priest who's anti-gay marriage? Who would have thought?Teaos wrote:Looking at this guys record he is rather anti gay marrage
"Don't underestimate the power of technobabble: the Federation can win anything with the sheer force of bullshit"
-
- 3 Star Admiral
- Posts: 10654
- Joined: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:49 pm
- Location: Jeri Ryan's Dressing Room, Shhhhh
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Some of the more liberal individual churches might just not gay bash but I don't think a major territory of the church could say, "Be gay, it's ok!" and not get yanked back into line real fast.
- Teaos
- 4 Star Admiral
- Posts: 15379
- Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:00 am
- Commendations: The Daystrom Award
- Location: Behind you!
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
There is one or two Cardinals who are loud supporters of "God loves everyone equally" which as as close as they come to saying "gay pride"
What does defeat mean to you?
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
Nothing it will never come. Death before defeat. I don’t bend or break. I end, if I meet a foe capable of it. Victory is in forcing the opponent to back down. I do not. There is no defeat.
- Deepcrush
- 4 Star Admiral
- Posts: 18917
- Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:15 pm
- Location: Arnold, Maryland, USA
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
It varies a lot. Catholics and Baptists are still very angry about... everything. Most of the other Christian groups have taken the "free will" stance.
Jinsei wa cho no yume, shi no tsubasa no bitodesu
-
- 4 Star Admiral
- Posts: 21747
- Joined: Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:38 pm
- Location: Forward Torpedo Tube Twenty. Help!
- Contact:
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
"Hate the sin, love the sinner." - My uncle.Deepcrush wrote:It varies a lot. Catholics and Baptists are still very angry about... everything. Most of the other Christian groups have taken the "free will" stance.
That's still a rather presumptuous attitude regarding the will of God.
There is only one way of avoiding the war – that is the overthrow of this society. However, as we are too weak for this task, the war is inevitable. -L. Trotsky, 1939
- Deepcrush
- 4 Star Admiral
- Posts: 18917
- Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:15 pm
- Location: Arnold, Maryland, USA
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Trying to figure the will of anything or anyone is a rather presumptuous attitude. But that is why there is such a violent collision between faith and religion.
Jinsei wa cho no yume, shi no tsubasa no bitodesu
-
- Fleet Admiral
- Posts: 35635
- Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:04 am
- Commendations: The Daystrom Award
- Location: down the shore, New Jersey, USA
- Contact:
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Umm, that quote might just predate your uncle.Tsukiyumi wrote:"Hate the sin, love the sinner." - My uncle.Deepcrush wrote:It varies a lot. Catholics and Baptists are still very angry about... everything. Most of the other Christian groups have taken the "free will" stance.
That's still a rather presumptuous attitude regarding the will of God.
Of course it seems presumptuous to those if us who don't follow it. To pious Catholics, however, the pope and to a lesser extent the other clerics are specifically called and empowered - by G-d - to interpret the will of G-d. I'd call it presumptuous that the Church has crucifixes with the image of Jesus on the cross... considering, you know, the concrete and explicit message of commandment #2... but obviously all sorts of Christians worldwide don't have an issue with it.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
- Deepcrush
- 4 Star Admiral
- Posts: 18917
- Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:15 pm
- Location: Arnold, Maryland, USA
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
The Cross as long as its not meant to depict God himself and isn't the item of worship but merely the symbol of worship isn't a problem. However, the problem comes when some religions use the Cross and Christ as the very items to worship towards rather then their symbolic connections.
Jinsei wa cho no yume, shi no tsubasa no bitodesu
-
- Fleet Admiral
- Posts: 35635
- Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:04 am
- Commendations: The Daystrom Award
- Location: down the shore, New Jersey, USA
- Contact:
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
I get that it's symbolic; but many Catholic and Orthodox rituals involve specific veneration of a crucifix, cross, book, or relic. My own faith's interpretation of the 2nd Commandment is that it is both prohibited and impossible to make a depiction of G-d, no matter the purpose; since the Nestorian view of diaphanysis was branded heretical, Catholic dogma must unquestioningly consider a depiction of Jesus to be the same as a depiction of G-d.
The point, however, isn't that I give damn how Catholics choose to worship - it's that what seems contrary to every established tenet to one person or group may seem commonplace and necessary to another.
The point, however, isn't that I give damn how Catholics choose to worship - it's that what seems contrary to every established tenet to one person or group may seem commonplace and necessary to another.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
- Deepcrush
- 4 Star Admiral
- Posts: 18917
- Joined: Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:15 pm
- Location: Arnold, Maryland, USA
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Catholics never made much sense to me anyways. Being gay is a sin but child rape is okay... Never claim divine guidance, unless you really want too... Live for each other, unless it costs money then to hell with it...
Jinsei wa cho no yume, shi no tsubasa no bitodesu
Re: Pope Benedict XVI to resign
Worshiping he cross isn't as bad as basically 'worshiping' ancient relics from the Early Christian era. Like praying to bones of martyr. Or a fragment to an object.
That is just me. Always thought it was odd.
That is just me. Always thought it was odd.
"Don't underestimate the power of technobabble: the Federation can win anything with the sheer force of bullshit"