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Do you REALLY care about the next Pope?

How much do you care about who the next Pope is?

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molten_dragon said:
I really couldn't care less who the pope is. I'm not Catholic, and the Catholic church has basically no influence on my life.
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There are a lot Catholics in the United States and a lot of them vote.
 
Yes, I care. I care in the sense that I hope that a more realistic and modern pope will be chosen who will make the church more modern. Priests should be allowed to marry for example. All the child molesting priests need to be kept away from new victims by jailing them or kicking them out of the church.
 
I'm interested, but since I'm not Catholic it isn't that big a deal to me.


I wonder if some of the seemingly-excessive intrerest is being generated by the alleged/dubious "last pope" prophecies.... people want to see if the new Papa can be in some way associated with the Peter the Roman/French pope prediction.

I guess since 2012 didn't do us in some folks have to look for a new reason to think Doom is upon us.
 
I'm always hopeful that spiritual leaders will be worthy leaders.
 
I hope they choose a progressive pope so that it's policies change though I am not a Catholic myself, a lot of the world is.
 
nota bene said:
I'm always hopeful that spiritual leaders will be worthy leaders.
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You must be let down quite frequently. ;)

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Hope springs eternal.
 
I couldn't care much less.

A dumbass Pope will replace the last dumbass Pope to lead their dumbass religion (of course, ALL major religions are 'dumbass' imo).
 
CanadaJohn said:
And many of them vote against the teachings of their own supposed faith in the Catholic Church.
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I think that those that vote against the teachings are the exceptions rather the the rule and they are not good Catholics.
 
Navy Pride said:
I think that those that vote against the teachings are the exceptions rather the the rule and they are not good Catholics.
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Because blind faith in dogma always ends well for everyone. :roll:
 
Navy Pride said:
I think that those that vote against the teachings are the exceptions rather the the rule and they are not good Catholics.
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There are many polls that show a majority of Catholics in North America favor such anti-Catholic policies as gay marriage, abortion, and contraceptives. This is why the term "cafeteria Catholics" was first coined - it rings true.
 
CanadaJohn said:
There are many polls that show a majority of Catholics in North America favor such anti-Catholic policies as gay marriage, abortion, and contraceptives. This is why the term "cafeteria Catholics" was first coined - it rings true.
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American Catholics, for the most part, ignore the Vatican and do their own thing. That's something that's concerned the Vatican for a long time, they came up with the term "cafeteria Catholic" to describe their frustration of having no control over them.
 
Cephus said:
American Catholics, for the most part, ignore the Vatican and do their own thing. That's something that's concerned the Vatican for a long time, they came up with the term "cafeteria Catholic" to describe their frustration of having no control over them.
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It's likely why there won't be an American Pope anytime soon - the rebel nuns don't help in this regard either - if you can't lead your limited flock in the States, how can you be expected to lead the world's Catholics?
 
CanadaJohn said:
There are many polls that show a majority of Catholics in North America favor such anti-Catholic policies as gay marriage, abortion, and contraceptives. This is why the term "cafeteria Catholics" was first coined - it rings true.
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Can you post the links for those polls? Are they anonymous?
 
CanadaJohn said:
It's likely why there won't be an American Pope anytime soon - the rebel nuns don't help in this regard either - if you can't lead your limited flock in the States, how can you be expected to lead the world's Catholics?
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That's fine, I'd be happy if American Catholics would just split away from the Vatican. After all, the Catholic Church is failing, it's hemorrhaging members and money left and right. One of these days, they're going to have to start selling the gold littering the Holy Cee to pay for all of the sex scandal settlements. I can't wait for that to happen.
 
Navy Pride said:
There is so much jealousy and hatred for the Catholic Church in this country. It is mind boogling.
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Jealousy? Not really. Hatred? Probably. Molesting kids and attempting a coverup doesn't help things along with being anti-birth control. It's not really mind boggling. The only thing mind boggling, to me, is your utter lack of spelling the word "boggling." What the hell is "boogling?"
 
zgoldsmith23 said:
Because blind faith in dogma always ends well for everyone. :roll:
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everything is funny to you huh? I think It would just faith in Jesus Christ.......Everything starts there..........If you don't have it move on to radical Islam.......You can get 72 virgins there...
 
Navy Pride said:
everything is funny to you huh? I think It would just faith in Jesus Christ.......Everything starts there..........If you don't have it move on to radical Islam.......You can get 72 virgins there...
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Yeah and you Catholics have to put up with altar boys. :roll:
 
Navy Pride said:
everything is funny to you huh? I think It would just faith in Jesus Christ.......Everything starts there..........If you don't have it move on to radical Islam.......You can get 72 virgins there..
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Nah, that's okay. And yes, everything is funny to me.
 
zgoldsmith23 said:
Jealousy? Not really. Hatred? Probably. Molesting kids and attempting a coverup doesn't help things along with being anti-birth control. It's not really mind boggling. The only thing mind boggling, to me, is your utter lack of spelling the word "boggling." What the hell is "boogling?"
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You people like to bring up the Gay Pedophile priest issue........Some day you might check the percentage of priest who did that against the thousands of priest there are...You might be surprised.
 
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