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panader0

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18. Epicuris:

Reply to SHRED (Reply #14)

Mon Sep 21, 2015, 02:39 PM

Sep 2015

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”

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Bullet proof glass... [View all] SHRED Sep 2015 OP

Are you saying he asked for all that security? TexasProgresive Sep 2015 #1

Oh, right--because NO ONE has ever tried to assassinate a pope--right? nt tblue37 Sep 2015 #2

"Lord, why didn't you protect me?" Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2015 #3

I am glad they are going all out yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #4

It's a little twist on a very old joke, dude. I'm glad there will be plenty of security provided. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2015 #6

I am sorry. I went off the rails. yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #7

Exactly. branford Sep 2015 #5

Pope facts. bvf Sep 2015 #8

first he understands he's a man, not God. 2nd, the last pope was shot back in the 80's, the popes trillion Sep 2015 #9

Chronological list of Popes murdered; A HERETIC I AM Sep 2015 #10

That's a pretty big gap from 1305 to 1939 (or 1978), branford Sep 2015 #11

Security got noticeably better after the Swiss Guard took over in the late 15th century. bluedigger Sep 2015 #22

Hey this is America. The gun is king. roody Sep 2015 #12

the last Pope to be shot at melm00se Sep 2015 #16

I hear the Vatican Square shooter was paid by the NRA!! Heard it on DU! Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #21

How many Popes have been shot by Americans? nt Codeine Sep 2015 #25

Pope Francis probably has as much to fear from inside the Vatican as outside pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #13

Tongue in cheek SHRED Sep 2015 #14

It's the same reason that churches have fire alarms and they lock their doors at night Orrex Sep 2015 #15

It depends on how you look at it I guess. Glassunion Sep 2015 #17

Of course, that's exactly how a god-free universe would look, too. Orrex Sep 2015 #20

Epicuris: panader0 Sep 2015 #18

Trusting in the Lord is quite a different matter than trusting people. LanternWaste Sep 2015 #19

Google "Mehmet Ali Agca". KamaAina Sep 2015 #23

Well...even the Pope knows God ain't going to stop a bullet whizzing in his direction. Rex Sep 2015 #24