Pope Francis Visit

Quote: FrGamble

It is not wisdom to throw away other's advice, wisdom, experience, and expertise.

What atheist does that? The ones I know are
very well read indeed. They just don't believe
in a god, that's all. You make far too much out
of nothing..

Quote: FrGamble

The soldiers that clung to their religion in WWII were either shot or imprisioned..

What are you talking about. The German
army had chaplains. Every soldier had a
Gott Mit Uns (God Is With Us) belt buckle.
They were not atheists. In 1939, six years
after Hitler came to power, 95% of Germans
identified themselves are Protestants or
Catholics. Hitler himself was raised as a
devout Catholic, he even went to a seminary
school as a child. He never gave up his
belief in god, though he did persecute
the Catholic clergy.

Does it seem to anyone else that Catholics act around the pope like teenage girls around a boy band?

Quote: Nareed

Does it seem to anyone else that Catholics act around the pope like teenage girls around a boy band?

Anyone with a sense of humor, telling the truth, would have to admit that right there, is funny.

I would bust a gut laughing, even if I was Catholic. I bet Catholics have heard the best Pope jokes?

If we can't laugh at ourselves we have lost the battle.

Quote: Nareed

Does it seem to anyone else that Catholics act around the pope like teenage girls around a boy band?

I was thinking the exact same thing last week.
Some of them were gushing with excitement,
like it was 1956 and Elvis was on stage. He's
an old guy in a white costume who was elected
a couple years ago by a bunch of other old guys.
Yippee.