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LuvNewcastle

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21. I can understand why a lot of Catholics

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 03:32 PM

Sep 2015

aren't bothered by the opulence of the Vatican. For one thing, it was mostly built in a time when the church had a great deal of temporal as well as religious authority. It's the repository of the church's history, and so many wonderful art treasures are on display at the Vatican. The bureaucracy of the church is headquartered there, so the place is kept up for them as well. Hell, I would just like to spend some time in the Vatican library!

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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