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VanillaRhapsody

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38. That was my first reaction......FUCK the Pope!

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 09:18 AM

Feb 2015

sideways!

He can kiss my childless ass. I think its SELFISH for the Catholic Church to KEEP all the treasure it stole from indigenous peoples .......and to continue to live lavishly in the Vatican with all their "Holy Booty".

Give it BACK you greedy assholes!

Lets not even consider all the children they have damaged hiding the pedophiles in their ranks...

He has one helluva nerve!

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Pope says chosing childlessness is "selfish." [View all] SunSeeker Feb 2015 OP

Having children you don't want because society says you should hedgehog Feb 2015 #1

+++++1,000,000,000 Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #32

Exactly! I recall well my sister and her husband having serious marriage RKP5637 Feb 2015 #54

Game, set and match. hifiguy Feb 2015 #63

The Church needs more altar boys. Lots and lots more. blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #2

so he is selfish ? why doesn't he adopt all those poor kids without parents around the world ? JI7 Feb 2015 #3

How about the asshole starts talking about feeding the ones Tsiyu Feb 2015 #4

I think he's being a little hard on himself. cer7711 Feb 2015 #5

Shit like that hurts BubbaFett Feb 2015 #6

If people can't have kids then it's not a choice. fbc Feb 2015 #10

There are also the folks who want kids, but know they can't afford to care for them. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #27

Yet the culture it creates when the pope says something like that... trotsky Feb 2015 #41

I didn't get to choose and LittleGirl Feb 2015 #7

That was my first reaction......FUCK the Pope! VanillaRhapsody Feb 2015 #38

Says the man in charge of a whole bunch off men and women who are themselves childless CBGLuthier Feb 2015 #8

Exactly! smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #67

This planet has got to stop breeding people so fast. It's dangerous on every single front. loudsue Feb 2015 #9

^^ This ^^ Duppers Feb 2015 #13

+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #16

Pretty much. romanic Feb 2015 #20

I sort of agree with this statement. fbc Feb 2015 #11

He acts as if that kind of selfish is a bad thing Android3.14 Feb 2015 #12

He's got it backwards loyalsister Feb 2015 #14

So the Duggars are less selfish than most? hatrack Feb 2015 #15

Due to my exposure to Agent Orange madokie Feb 2015 #17

hey frankie... Javaman Feb 2015 #18

A great thinker wheniwasincongress Feb 2015 #19

I dunno. I actually do think he is more progressive than the rest of the Church in a few ways. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #29

Dear Pope: How Not To Be A Dick To Your Childfree Friends Triana Feb 2015 #21

^------Comment really worth reading above. Triana put up a lot of good food for thought there. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #31

+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #74

I chose not to have children because Holly_Hobby Feb 2015 #22

You selfish minx. randome Feb 2015 #25

Your decision was the complete opposite of selfish. trotsky Feb 2015 #42

Thank you for your choice. It was intelligent and reasonable. Shrike47 Feb 2015 #76

Those who live in glass palaces... Tom Ripley Feb 2015 #23

The Pope also said he understood the Charlie Hebdo killers. Yorktown Feb 2015 #24

It isn't a selfish choice Bettie Feb 2015 #26

I have been told that by quite a few people in my life, rude as they are. I am nearly 63 years old livetohike Feb 2015 #28

Please explain why god refuses to send children to millions of childless people who want them? peace13 Feb 2015 #30

So does this finally mean the Church is going to let priests get married? Rex Feb 2015 #33

And thus the Pope sheds his veneer of liberalism rurallib Feb 2015 #34

Huh. Whatever Happened to Pope Groovy? Smarmie Doofus Feb 2015 #35

Hahahahahahahaha RedCappedBandit Feb 2015 #36

Says a childless man who presides over a church where all of its leaders MineralMan Feb 2015 #37

My first thought was "How many kids does he have?" panader0 Feb 2015 #43

Well, it's the old "Do as I say, not as I do" thing. MineralMan Feb 2015 #44

If you're not playing the game you shouldn't be making the rules. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2015 #58

That seems fair to me. MineralMan Feb 2015 #60

The pope clearly does not understand what the life of an unwanted child IS! Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #39

I think you stated it best. malokvale77 Feb 2015 #61

Thank you... Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #69

I think you stated it so eloquently... malokvale77 Feb 2015 #70

It is The2ndWheel Feb 2015 #40

Having more than 2 kids.. sendero Feb 2015 #45

And yet he himself and the 1.2 million or so celibates he commands are all childless by choice... Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #46

The church always needs new tithers. displacedtexan Feb 2015 #47

say what you will about the Mormons DonCoquixote Feb 2015 #48

Quite the hypocrite the Pope is bobjacksonk2832 Feb 2015 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author uppityperson Feb 2015 #71

This Pope is awful bigwillq Feb 2015 #50

The pope really needs to butt out of peoples lives. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #51

What a nut Politicalboi Feb 2015 #52

I saw this as "Pope says childlessness is 'shellfish'" betsuni Feb 2015 #53

Fuck Frank EvolveOrConvolve Feb 2015 #55

Ya know what, Pope- LiberalElite Feb 2015 #56

You mean like HE DID? Warpy Feb 2015 #57

+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #77

So, how many children... Mike Nelson Feb 2015 #59

In what sense is it selfish? Marr Feb 2015 #62

Hypocrite. roamer65 Feb 2015 #64

... SidDithers Feb 2015 #65

Kiss the fattest part of my ass, Frankie. REP Feb 2015 #66

Wait - didn't HE choose to be childless????? yellowcanine Feb 2015 #68

STFU, asshole Skittles Feb 2015 #72

I don't like anyone enough to have kids with them. bobclark86 Feb 2015 #73

My daughter and son-in-law do not want children. phylny Feb 2015 #75

Love my selfish choice yuiyoshida Feb 2015 #78