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Why do Catholics [View all] clydefrand Sep 2015 OP
I feel the same way about Bill Gates. hunter Sep 2015 #1
Gates invented something. trumad Sep 2015 #3
Did he? hunter Sep 2015 #5
apple is a cult saturnsring Sep 2015 #7
And the difference between a cult and a religion is....? Iggo Sep 2015 #11
one gets taxed and the other helps people saturnsring Sep 2015 #14
Aw. Iggo Sep 2015 #16
The size of the congregation. cleanhippie Sep 2015 #48
He stole DOS from IBM and called it MS-DOS. Rex Sep 2015 #9
The rappers call it "sampling" Yavin4 Sep 2015 #18
Ha good one! Rex Sep 2015 #19
I thought he wrote DOS for IBM? arcane1 Sep 2015 #34
By "wrote DOS" you mean he "bought DOS", then yes. Yavin4 Sep 2015 #40
He took their idea and made it his own. Rex Sep 2015 #63
I believe he also stole ideas from Xerox. Baitball Blogger Sep 2015 #70
and this pope provides a sevice to billions of people saturnsring Sep 2015 #6
And kills millions PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #15
Oh for gods sakes yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #22
The Catholic Church is killing people. Millions. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #24
Ok. But that at least not yet is the pope yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #25
HIS bishops. HE has the power to stop that. Just like in Uganda. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #26
he has the power to change it in a day Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #30
Does he? Glassunion Sep 2015 #42
He most certainly can tell the bishops to stop organizing boycotts of vaccinations. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #43
True. Glassunion Sep 2015 #45
He can ORDER those bishops to stop fucking LYING to Kenyans about vaccines. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #44
See #45 Glassunion Sep 2015 #46
It says in your post the Catholic Kenyans did that treestar Sep 2015 #60
Read it again. Kenyan BISHOPS are doing that. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #61
others have answered for me Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #68
He is the head of their state, and bowing does occur. Glassunion Sep 2015 #69
he has the power to reassign and fire (that is my belief) Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #71
I believe that you are correct. Glassunion Sep 2015 #72
yes Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #29
The Catholic Church can't impose on anybody. treestar Sep 2015 #59
some people cant see through their own h8 saturnsring Sep 2015 #52
And some are blinded by dogma. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #55
Thankfully, there is a small contingent of humanity that are somewhere in between LanternWaste Sep 2015 #74
yea that's what he does he goes around killing people saturnsring Sep 2015 #51
Keep reading, chief. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #54
while i cant blame the church or the pope for people having unprotected sex i agree the rest saturnsring Sep 2015 #67
Services like misogyny, homophobia, and protecting pedophile priests? cleanhippie Sep 2015 #49
yup that's all he does, trashes women and gays while protecting pedo's that and nothing else saturnsring Sep 2015 #58
Do you deny that these are the policies of the church he heads? cleanhippie Sep 2015 #65
"invented" or "stole"? n/t Yavin4 Sep 2015 #17
No, he hit his daddy's friends up for money and BOUGHT something Warpy Sep 2015 #31
Bill Burr on Steve Jobs Yavin4 Sep 2015 #41
Catholics are FAR from alone in this. It's shameful. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #2
this pope has not taken the lifestyle of the previous popes saturnsring Sep 2015 #4
That's a bit of a misconception LittleBlue Sep 2015 #8
Sort of like the White House treestar Sep 2015 #57
Exactly LittleBlue Sep 2015 #64
As apposed to the Crystal Cathedral or something like that? upaloopa Sep 2015 #10
Which is now owned by the Catholics n/t nichomachus Sep 2015 #33
What Catholics? upaloopa Sep 2015 #37
Diocese of Orange County nichomachus Sep 2015 #38
Oops! Almost forgot: IBTL. Iggo Sep 2015 #12
Pope Francis lives in modest quarters KamaAina Sep 2015 #13
Well, that's a Jesuit thing nichomachus Sep 2015 #35
Wasn't there a little something called the Reformation over this very issue? Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #20
If you believe the Reformation stuck because of religious differences Drahthaardogs Sep 2015 #23
Yes ... religion is a cesspool mixture of corruption, politics, greed, oppression and mythology. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #36
Puritan legacy includes 1939 Sep 2015 #62
I can understand why a lot of Catholics LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #21
A lot of that wealth originated in the Middle Ages The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2015 #27
Oh yeah? Well, ABRACADABRA! closeupready Sep 2015 #28
Why do Americans nichomachus Sep 2015 #32
+1 GeorgeGist Sep 2015 #47
This thought crossed my mine ChazII Sep 2015 #50
Dividends from stock holdings pay the Vatican's expenses oberliner Sep 2015 #39
Why do we keep the Military Industrial Complex rolling in money FreakinDJ Sep 2015 #53
The church had wealth from before the 13th century treestar Sep 2015 #56
This pope lives in a simple guest house with a bunch of other priests. n/t pnwmom Sep 2015 #66
To project power. Skidmore Sep 2015 #73
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