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Pope Francis is Time's Person of the Year......

sawyerloggingon said:
This is what libs do, put words in your mouth you never said then try to get you to defend them. I never said you had to trash capitalism to be time's person of the year, what I said was if you do you are a shoe in. You libs are nothing if not predictable in your tactics to obfuscate, deflect and derail.
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You consistently emberrass yourself trying to score points against "libs".
 
Snowden probably should have won the calendar year.

But I see Pope Francis having a greater impact in the long run. He hasn't strayed from Catholic theology but has emphasised it's more compassionate merits. I don't agree with his worldview, but he is an extremely potent ambassador for the worlds largest single religious denomination. I accept things about Catholicism can't change, but if he does what he says as well as telling others what to do I can only respect the man and how he handles his responsibility.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
All you have to do is bash America and or capitalism and you are a shoe in.
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There's a difference between capitalism and unregulated capitalism. Unregulated capitalism delivered the sweat shops, with inhuman working conditions, lacking safety in the work place, child labor, insanely long work week and soooo many other ways that industry abused workers in America. And then the Democratic Party brought relief, known as interference by the Republican Party. That was the good ole days. They're about indistinguishable now. The Pope is right, I'm an atheist and even I like this guy.
 
Dittohead not! said:
Shoe in:

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Too funny Ditto!
 
sawyerloggingon said:
The term shoe in has several different interpretations and my meaning was a shoe in the door whereas you are going with the sure thing version. I stand by my statement.
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It has different spellings as well. Shoo in = sure thing, shoe in = ?? putting your shoe in the door? Spelling: It's the difference between knowing your sh**** and knowing you're sh****.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
Nice dodge but the fact is this pope trashed capitalism and Time loved it.
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So did Jesus, and I bet that, if Jesus returned, you would be the first to go running for the hammers and nails.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
All you have to do is bash America and or capitalism and you are a shoe in.
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And all you have to do to earn the wrath of the American right is to point out to them how un-Christianlike they've been lately.

Hey...wrath... that sounds familiar, in context...
 
MMC said:
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Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year on Wednesday, saying the Catholic Church's new leader has changed the perception of the 2,000-year-old institution in an extraordinary way in a short time.

The pope beat out NSA leaker Edward Snowden for the distinction, which the newsmagazine has been giving each year since 1927.

"He really stood out to us as someone who has changed the tone and the perception and the focus of one of the world's largest institutions in an extraordinary way," said Nancy Gibbs, the magazine's managing editor.

It was the third time a Catholic pope had been Time's selection. John Paul II was selected in 1994 and John XXIII was chosen in 1962.

Besides Snowden, Time had narrowed its finalists down to gay rights activist Edith Windsor, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Time editors made the selection. The magazine polled readers for their choice, and the winner was Egyptian General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who didn't even make the top 10 of Time's final list.....snip~

Pope Francis is Time's Person of the Year
Associated Press – 1 hr 5 mins ago <<<<< More here.


So what do you think about this selection? Does this Newly Elected Pope deserve this award? Do you think Time had Putin in on that Top Ten List?

Btw did the Pope show up at Mandela's funeral?
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He is and excellent choice.
 
Wait, there's still a Time magazine? What do you know, dinosaurs are alive and well. :mrgreen:
 
danarhea said:
So did Jesus, and I bet that, if Jesus returned, you would be the first to go running for the hammers and nails.
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To return would infer a prior presence.
 
MMC said:
Why? Didn't he just get elected not to long ago?

I think Snowden made more of an impact on the world.
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Sure, that's true and he should have been the pick. But THIS pope is unique and well liked and Time magazine has steered clear of 'perceived' bad guys since they put Khomeini on the cover in 79'
 
Montecresto said:
Sure, that's true and he should have been the pick. But THIS pope is unique and well liked and Time magazine has steered clear of 'perceived' bad guys since they put Khomeini on the cover in 79'
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Well.....they did have Putin on the Ritz. ;)
 
Montecresto said:
There's a difference between capitalism and unregulated capitalism. Unregulated capitalism delivered the sweat shops, with inhuman working conditions, lacking safety in the work place, child labor, insanely long work week and soooo many other ways that industry abused workers in America. And then the Democratic Party brought relief, known as interference by the Republican Party. That was the good ole days. They're about indistinguishable now. The Pope is right, I'm an atheist and even I like this guy.
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Actually he said unfettered capitalism which does not even exist these days so he was either blowing smoke out of his ass or implying America has unfettered capitalism. I pick door number 2.
 
Good to have a Pope at the positive end of media coverage once again. May it last.
 
sawyerloggingon said:
All you have to do is bash America and or capitalism and you are a shoe in.
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As a Catholic, you're supposed to have condemnation of capitalism's moral dilemma and its other cultural contradictions.
 
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