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66. Kiss the fattest part of my ass, Frankie.

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2015, 09:42 PM

Feb 2015

so selfish to deny the church fresh prey.

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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

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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