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In reply to the discussion: something I posted in GD and wanted to share [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)23. It matters to me, and, more importantly, it matters to a lot of catholics.
Your not seeing it doesn't make it not exist. Many others are hearing something that feels new and positive to them.
You may be right. Nothing of substance may change, but that is yet to be seen.
In the meantime, I'm going to give him props when he says something that resonates with me and criticize when he says or does something I disagree with.
Pretty much like I do with most people.
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I have to say I like him. I hope he moves the church to be more inclusive. Time will tell and we
hrmjustin
Oct 2013
#3
Since its a rebuttal of my post, do you have any evidence for your post...
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2013
#5
Except that this isn't about *me*, it's about people being suckered by an act.
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2013
#10
Daniel O'Connel and his Catholic Association was an 18th century Irish Catholic...
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2013
#14
What fucking change? What I see are people supporting a homophobic, misogynistic, man based on...
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2013
#13
So instead of presenting evidence of this man's change of heart, you try to win rhetorical points?
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2013
#16
Some of the words I have heard him say I have not heard any Pope before him say.
cbayer
Oct 2013
#19
He is reaffirming, not reassessing those positions, what evidence do you have...
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2013
#20
A change in tone is not a change in substance, but that doesn't make it completely
cbayer
Oct 2013
#21
The statements he made about LGBT people were lifted straight out of the Catechism...
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2013
#22
Problem is, I see the opposite, quite literally, when he said that...
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2013
#24
I agree that this didn't go very far and there has been some contradictory messages.
cbayer
Oct 2013
#26