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Pope Benedict XVI on Saints and SinnersPosted on May 11, 2007
Brazilian Catholics thronged to see Pope Benedict XVI in Sao Paulo on Friday as he officially added native-born 18th-century Friar Antonio Galvao to the canon of saints. While he was at it, the pope emphasized the importance of just saying no to drugs and premarital sex.
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By nelson, August 14, 2007 at 9:18 am #
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You know, it is really sad to see this day when everyone just loves to bash righteousness. The Pope is taking a stand for purity, human dignity, love, and respect. What is wrong with virginity and saving yourself for one in marriage? Is there anything wrong with helping the poor and those who are in need? Is the Pope saying something wrong? I don’t think so. He is not saying that if you go and sleep with your man or woman before marriage there is no hope for you. He is just asking that we acnknowledge right form wrong and repent by trying to fulfill righteousness dispite how difficult it could be at times. Those who do not agree or just simply don’t beleive in God, well, that’s your problem. I am not going to sit here and say you have no right to your opinion, but I am also not going to say to those who do (beleive in God), that we should appoligize for our’s if they should offend someone because God’s judgment is just and overrules anyone and anything and those who give witness to God’s ways are right in doing so.
Report thisBy QuyTran, May 12, 2007 at 6:15 pm #
Sitting in his throne then making any comments is very easy and anybody could do more better than Roman Catholic king.
Report thisBy John Lowell, May 11, 2007 at 8:39 pm #
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Rae,
Rather than post here, ace, why not join Billis at Stone Mountain (See Below). And if the Klan won’t take you in, there’s always the Communist Party. With them you might even be equipped with brass knuckles for those special re-education sessions for Catholics. And you just might get special mention in the Daily Worker or be named a hero of socialist labor. See, Rae, there’s a heaven even for bigots like you.
John Lowell
Report thisBy John Lowell, May 11, 2007 at 8:17 pm #
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Billis,
I’ve got a suggestion for you, chief. Rather than submitting us another time to that tired, old Robert Shelton impression, why not just go out and actually buy that bedsheet and show up at the next Klavern gathering at Stone Mountain. You can give full vent to your Catholic hating and everyone will encourage you. There won’t be any Catholics there like me to put a label on your symptoms, you’ll be able to light up crosses, string up a “nigra” or two, and call the Pope anything you’d like. But just don’t try it here on this blog. You’ll be identified for the bigot that you are.
John Lowell
Report thisBy THOMAS BILLIS, May 11, 2007 at 7:18 pm #
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What does a guy who was in the Hitler youth and brags about not getting laid know about sex with a woman.The Catholic Church should stick to what it knows about, sex with alter boys.
Report thisBy RAE, May 11, 2007 at 7:15 pm #
Who in their right mind gives a rat(zinger)’s ass what the Pope believes or says? He’s no more and no less than the politically elected figurehead representing the greatest con game on the planet.
You gotta hand it to the Catholics. They were paying attention in psych class - they know EXACTLY how to find the “weak,” to induce in them a profound level of guilt, to reduce them to Borg-like drones, completely unaware of how they’ve been taught to behave like sheep, and to extract their obedience and dollars for the rest of their lives.
In return the sheep are “protected” from the imaginary wolves.
What I’d like to know is how do the priests keep from breaking out laughing when waving their smoke (& mirrors), handing out their wafers and spraying their holy (tap) water over the groveling masses?
Report thisBy QuyTran, May 11, 2007 at 5:48 pm #
Dear Pope,
Saints and Sinners are two face of a coin. Stop making any noise, please !
Report thisBy John Lowell, May 11, 2007 at 12:30 pm #
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Mar Del Zur,
You say:
“Just say no to religion.
You don’t need it.”
Considering the specific content of the topic under discussion, are we to assume that this suggested approach of yours to religion implies saying yes to drugs? You leave us with little else to credit you.
John Lowell
Report thisBy Mar Del Zur, May 11, 2007 at 11:32 am #
Just say no to religion.
You don’t need it.
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