The Pope has passed away.

[Anonymous]

John Paul II has passed away in The Vatican. We all, regarless of our beliefs, lose a great man. May he rest in peace.

[Videoskooter]

I'm not very religious but one can't deny that he was a remarkable Pope. He did many good things and also bad things, just like all of us.

May he rest in peace.

[JussiK]

Didn't this Pope pass judgement on all sort of issues many people see as personal, like didn't he claim birth control is a mortal sin? He laid a lot of guilt on people suffering from aids, too. Not the kind of man I would keep company with.

[Anonymous]

That was a low punch. May God bless you and forgive your words Jussik.

[BrunoRepublic]

Originally Posted by JussiK

Didn't this Pope pass judgement on all sort of issues many people see as personal, like didn't he claim birth control is a mortal sin? He laid a lot of guilt on people suffering from aids, too. Not the kind of man I would keep company with.

Yes, this pope recently claimed that my friends and I subscribe to an "ideology of evil" and that we're a huge danger to society. Gosh, and he's never even met us.

[JussiK]

Originally Posted by Anonymous

That was a low punch. May God bless you and forgive your words Jussik.

Hopefully it hit where it hurts. Who knows what his holiness was up to during his papacy, just think what goes on behind all those walls - plenty of 11-yrs old choirboys and good sisters around, and what about all those fetching Vatican guards in their snazzy, almost-Armani uniforms. Forty hail marys, a bit of self-flagellation afterwards and all will be forgiven.

[SandraDee]

Right on Jussi. My partner reckons popes in the past were regularly seen in gay bars in Rome so why Catholisism should be so anti-gay I'll never know. I'm hoping that that type of hypocracy is becoming a thing of the past.

[nrgbeat]

I think the church needs to modernize itself with the times.

Priests being allowed to marry, etc.

I'm not condemning Pope John Paul but perhaps a new younger pope might be able to institute some change.

The priest scandal of the last couple of years really created a sour note with a lot of people.

[Anonymous]

I see a couple of you have nothing to say but to insult a great man. It's no fault of the Pope that some of you are potential disease carriers because you live a deviant life style which you want the rest of humanity to accept as normal. I, myself, don't have a problem with people being "gay" (homosexuals), but please, accept the reality that your condition is not accepted as normal in any part of the world by just about any society. That's why God made MEN and WOMEN, and for those of you who don't believe in God, Mother Nature.
Please do not confuse tolerance with normality. Respect is something you earn, and it's not done by mocking those that don't agree with you. If you want people to "tolerate" you, then, you must show some respect for those you want respect from. The Catholic Church, like any other organization, has standards, and if those standards do not conform to your life style, then you just don't join that organization and go somewhere else. Remember this, what ever negative remarks you can say about others, others can say worse about you.

[Anonymous]

Guest: I initiated this thread and I'm 100% with you. I was interested in the site but after what I have seen I won't waste my time. My interest in disco music is substantially less than my interest in my faith.

I invite you to visit these sites, which I am sure will be more satisfying than this one:

www.beliefnet.com

www.focusonthefamily.com

[remicks]

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--------- I've never understood the desire of some to grovel at the feet of someone else simply because that someone else has the audacity to make the insulting claim that they are so much more special that they have been chosen to be superiorly closer to God than little ol' inadequate you.

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[JussiK]

Originally Posted by Guest

I see a couple of you have nothing to say but to insult a great man. It's no fault of the Pope that some of you are potential disease carriers because you live a deviant life style which you want the rest of humanity to accept as normal. . Remember this, what ever negative remarks you can say about others, others can say worse about you.

You're more than welcome - I always thought hysterical rants by constipated fundamentalists groveling in their guilt make for great entertainment. As a straight man, I'm well aware that most aids cases are now transmitted thru unsafe heterosexual sex but still, don't give up on us darling, keep the insults (?) coming!

[Videoskooter]

Nowwhichguestiswichguestorisitanotherguestorisitam emberthatcantlogin. I'mbeginningtofindallofthisveryconfusing :o

And now back on topic. I respect everyone's religion but I just can't cope with people that are judging in the name of. "Don't judge or thou shall be judged" and "He who is without sin, casts the first stone". If you are really devoted to God, you'll love every creature on earth! That's what the bible says.

[markydefad]

Videoskooter,

Here's my theory....

(on second thought)...forget it.

[DiscoMan]

I understand that anti-Catholicism is the last acceptable prejudice but keep your remarks to yourselves. :evil: