No, it's all about the Poop. Apparently you only follow the financial news: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Fals...holicism/former_hitler_youth_elected_pope.htm As KingSpeed likes to say, Learn the game, then post.
I'm not the one advocating abstinence. The Pope is. All I'm pointing out is that he's not a dipshit because he preaches his beliefs. Are you a dipshit because you're a L*ker fan?...Wait, I think I just proved the opposite point...
Like I said, I believe in freedom, be it speech or choice. You're free to disagree with the Pope. Ain't America grand?
In fact you did. Some beliefs do indeed make you a dipshit, no matter how sincerely you believe. barfo
Sure. It is just my opinion. What, in your opinion, does make someone a dipshit? Or do dipshits not exist? I will stipulate that no evidence of dipshits has been found in the fossil record, as of yet. barfo
So the leader of a faith group encourages the members of his group to stand fast with their beliefs, even when the a large segment of the world seems to be going away from it, and somehow he's a dipshit? Abstinence is taught multiple times in the bible. "Evil Condoms" are not.
Perhaps you're right...calling on his followers to "tackle violence, poverty, corruption and abuse of power, issues that have continually stifled the continent's progress" is the mark of a dipshit. What's he doing outside of the Vatican?
So if you are raped by an AIDS-infected criminal not using a condom, you deserve to die more than someone who cheats with a condom? If you're infected by a health-care professional, you deserve to die more than someone who cheats with a condom or willingly prostitutes themselves for the fun of it, but wears a condom? What does "deserving to die" have anything to do with it? I submit that if you asked the Pope, he might say that we all deserve to die (Romans 3:23/6:23), but for the sacrifice of Jesus for the remission of sin and propitiation of God's wrath.
I say no. That does not make him a dipshit. In that case, teaching abstinence is in keeping with his faith. Ridiculous in my opinion when applied as the main approach to prevention of disease and pregnancy, but at least consistent. So where did the "condoms are evil" come from, and why is the Pope promoting that line? barfo
Actually, there are health care workers who work with imporverished prostitutes around STD and AIDS prevention. While Bush has gotten praise, even from those who disagree with him on everything else, for his AIDS initiatives, a criticism is that his program explicitly prevented using funds for such programs. You can be against prostitution while still recognizing a live prostitute can change. A dead one can't. No, safe sex is not generally practiced in sexual slavery. But according to the pope, that should not change. Believe it or not, there are rapists who use condoms. In their own interest, as it means no DNA to trace them with. Not that it alleviates rape effects, but according to the pope, if you're going to be a rapist, you should also give her/him AIDS. Health care workers don't put condoms on used equipment, of course. But a person who gets HIV from infected equipment can prevent passing the virus to a partner by using condoms. The pope says not to.
Um, maxiep, check your facts. The pope WAS a member of Hitler Youth. The fact that you don't know that easily obtainable information, which was widely publicized at his election, says a lot about you.
Well, I'm not particularly religious. But, which is the greater demonstration of ignorance? Not knowing that the current Pope served Germany in the last days of an evil regime, or not knowing that the rites of passage are the same for both Catholic girls and boys? And as for the Hitler Youth, here's what is said about his time there: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI So, he did something that was required, that he didn't support. I signed up for Selective Service when I turned 18; does that make me a baby-killer? Your analysis once again is not particularly wide, yet only a millimeter deep. So, were you ignorant to the circumstances or just disingenuous?
Wow...I seriously did not know that, but I was out at sea during the whole Papal election thing, and I never knew a lot of the rules/bio that came up. Then again, I tend not to like a lot of what the Pope says anyway, and I can't say I ever have looked up information on him, other than knowing he was a German and that back-to-back non-Italian popes are rare. Thanks for the heads-up...I thought you were being sarcastic.
Lots of stuff I didn't know...I'm not sure how being a deserter right before your side loses can be seen as honorable or good in any situation. I admit to being myopic on this, though.
Add it to the pile of reasons.... http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard-pitts/story/948713.html
