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grantcart

(53,061 posts) Mon Jul 29, 2013, 10:46 PM Jul 2013

Is the Pope Catholic????? [View all]

Given his various statements today this funny throwaway line now becomes a relevant question, lol.

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Is the Pope Catholic????? [View all] grantcart Jul 2013 OP

Does a bear shit in the woods? Autumn Jul 2013 #1

Pretty cool, ain't he? tblue Jul 2013 #2

Never thought I'd hear words like they come out of a papal mouth. AlbertCat Jul 2013 #39

Let's see... trotsky Jul 2013 #3

Is Trotsky a Neo-Manichaeist? grantcart Jul 2013 #6

Oh, I get it - you think my username has something to do with Leon Trotsky. trotsky Jul 2013 #9

No I actually was referring to you but was pretty confident that having missed the humor of the OP grantcart Jul 2013 #10

I see. You have no response and would rather get personal. trotsky Jul 2013 #13

a) no you don't see b) not personal grantcart Jul 2013 #22

OK. Prove it. trotsky Jul 2013 #24

The fact that you don't see the humor in the original OP and the light response to your OP grantcart Jul 2013 #25

2nd chance given, and spat upon. trotsky Jul 2013 #32

always hostile and beligerent and yet always the victim, how sad. grantcart Jul 2013 #38

Religion affects me and the people I care about. trotsky Jul 2013 #41

"..a graduate degree in Theology", eh? Bully for you. mr blur Jul 2013 #35

Not in 1978, beside they offerred a completely paid ticket. grantcart Jul 2013 #36

I wish Joe Trotsky would post here. rug Jul 2013 #17

I thought his avatar was pretty 'Trotskiesk' grantcart Jul 2013 #23

I wish Joe Trotsky would post that okasha Jul 2013 #44

Please argue to the point, not the person. longship Jul 2013 #28

Everytime I have come to this group this poster pursues and stalks a thread. grantcart Jul 2013 #37

Have you looked at the posts of the person he is responding to here? cbayer Jul 2013 #42

Heed your own advice, cbayer. trotsky Jul 2013 #43

Hilarious, and I bet some of the higher ups in the Vatican are asking the cbayer Jul 2013 #4

I expect that he is going to get a lot more institutional support than people may expect. grantcart Jul 2013 #7

I can forsee that happening as well. cbayer Jul 2013 #8

Sounds like he is playing them for a pack of fools... Humanist_Activist Jul 2013 #11

Yes, of course. All those who see this as a positive message and a reason cbayer Jul 2013 #12

I see a bunch of people, mostly progressives and liberals, who project their hopes... Humanist_Activist Jul 2013 #15

Well, that's what you see. cbayer Jul 2013 #18

"But attacking everyone else who may be seeing this differently as fools is, well, foolish." trotsky Jul 2013 #19

I'm just pissed off that people are lionizing a hateful asshole like the Pope... Humanist_Activist Jul 2013 #20

Lionizing might go a bit too far. I see some guarded optimism, at least here, cbayer Jul 2013 #21

Life without hope for change Dorian Gray Jul 2013 #30

I think that I speak for others as well as myself when I say that... trotsky Jul 2013 #34

The Catholic Church by its nature, is a hindrance to progress... Humanist_Activist Jul 2013 #45

What's the positive message, cbayer? trotsky Jul 2013 #16

Come on, my friend. longship Jul 2013 #29

I repeat: what's the positive message? trotsky Jul 2013 #31

I repeat... AlbertCat Jul 2013 #40

Yes, he reiterates bigoted Church teaching, and people seem to think it marks a change. Humanist_Activist Jul 2013 #5

I don't know. He's not wearing the little red shoes either. rug Jul 2013 #14

Does a bear shit in the woods? Agnosticsherbet Jul 2013 #26

Just a PR move. xfundy Jul 2013 #27

Article along same lines n2doc Jul 2013 #33