Hey, you Pagans. Pope "Mr. Wonderful" Francis says you're uppity and selfish.

[Arugula Latte]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/18/pope-francis-trashes-the-prosperity-gospel-pompous-christians-are-ugly-pagans/

At his weekly General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged Christians to imitate Jesus Christ by being humble and “small among the small.”

“It is an ugly thing,” he said, according to Vatican Radio, “when you see a Christian who doesn’t want to humble himself, who doesn’t want to serve, a Christian who struts about everywhere: it’s ugly, eh? That is not a Christian: that’s a pagan!”

He warned Christians against placing themselves above others and called on the faithful to be in solidarity with the poor.

“Jesus Himself reminds us: He who has fed, welcomed, visited, loved one of the smallest and poorest of people, has done it for the Son of God,” the pope said.

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To which I reply: Fuck you, Francis.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. But I love Shellfish!

Oh, wait. Never mind.

[idwiyo]

2. Fuck pope.

[Vashta Nerada]

3. I really hate the love for this guy on this website.

I don't get it. He shares the same exact views as Ratz did, but, for some f'ed up reason, everyone loves Francis.

If Francis was a politician in this country, he'd be a hardcore Republican.

[Arugula Latte]

4. Oooh, but he washed someone's feet and hugged a guy with a disfiguring condition!

So, you know, that means he's super duper awesome in every single way!*

*pay no attention to his anti-gay, anti-women, anti-pagan views

[Vashta Nerada]

7. Yep. Exactly.

Oh, and he drives an old Renault with 934753497534057938 miles on it. And he apparently leaves the Vatican at night and helps the homeless.

Batman Pope.

[PassingFair]

5. I was going to say..."I'm not a pagan....I'm a heathen".

But I see I am neither....

http://voices.yahoo.com/what-heathen-7305350.html

Just a rank and file atheist.

[malthaussen]

6. Rather ironic isn't it?

He does not see his statement as placing himself above others, i.e. pagans.

-- Mal

[mr blur]

8. Same shit...

Different arsehole

[idendoit]

16. Can I Get An AMEN, Brother blur?

[Curmudgeoness]

9. I guess that he hasn't paid much attention

to Christians and their actions, at least in the last 1500 years or so. All I ever see is strutting about and being anything but humble.

But since I am not a pagan, he didn't offend me.

And as to this pope and people liking him, on some issues, I have found him to be a breath of fresh air. Yes, he has a lot of opinions that are against everything that I believe, but I like it when he stands the conservatives at the Vatican on their ears.

[JNelson6563]

10. Well said.

As usual.

[uriel1972]

11. As it was said in the religion forum...

"Nothing says humble, like the Vatican."

[Arugula Latte]

12. The Vatican itself is not much more than a shack, really. Very homespun.

[AtheistCrusader]

13. Good grief, I want to see what the 1.0 verison was like.

Nope, nope, not gaudy enough. Do it again.

[Marrah_G]

14. He knows nothing about pagans

Just another pope with a better PR firm.

[wyldwolf]

15. Just because the Pope is a little more progressive doesn't mean he isn't a 'fundamentalist.'

I've applauded many things he's said but that doesn't mean I'd pick him for my team.