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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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So you would never support a candidate that favors Capital Punishment, is that correct NP? Afterall...if you vote for such a candidate you are voting against the teachings of the catholic church and are therefore not a good Catholic. Its what we call a "Cafeteria Catholic".

No, actually, this isn't so. I'm not a theologian, and my understanding may be a little unsophisticated. But I at least had the good sense to Google before embarrassing myself with such an ignorant claim:

Religion and capital punishment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
So you would never support a candidate that favors Capital Punishment, is that correct NP? Afterall...if you vote for such a candidate you are voting against the teachings of the catholic church and are therefore not a good Catholic. Its what we call a "Cafeteria Catholic".

You can never find a candidate with whom you agree 100% with so you try to find one that is closest to your beliefs....I know you on the left wing side blindly vote for any candidate that is running. Obama is a perfect example of that......... we Conservatives look at it differently.
 
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The Catholic Church is adamantly opposed to Capital Punishment. I wouldn't rely on Wikipedia as your source. They are often wrong.

The Catholic Church opposes the death penalty in nearly all cases, and Pope John Paul II often spoke out against capital punishment. Read Catholic teaching, personal stories and a prayer to end the death penalty

The Death Penalty and the Catholic Church
 
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You can never find a candidate with whom you agree 100% with so you try to find one that is closest to your beliefs....I know you on the left wing side blindly vote for any candidate that is running but we Conservatives look at it differently.

You are exposing yourself as a hypocrite again....what is good for the goose is good for the gander. You cannot condemn another person for voting for someone who's views might run counter to the Catholic church...while doing the same yourself.
 
You can never find a candidate with whom you agree 100% with so you try to find one that is closest to your beliefs....I know you on the left wing side blindly vote for any candidate that is running but we Conservatives look at it differently.

Is that why you Republicans always vote for the candidate with an (R) next to their name? Because you are so discerning?
 
True, but very few of them vote exactly in line with catholic ideals, and fewer still would probably change how they vote based on who the pope is.

We vote according to Catholic Doctrine...........
 
Is that why you Republicans always vote for the candidate with an (R) next to their name? Because you are so discerning?



I am and Independent Conservative and am registered as such in the State of Washington.:confused:
 
I am and Independent Conservative and am registered as such in the State of Washington.:confused:

Who just happens to vote pretty much 100% Republican...... At least I'm not ashamed to live up to who I am....but if I was a Republican I probably would call myself an Independent Conservative as well. The name Republican just has such negative connotations these days.
 
So you would never support a candidate that favors Capital Punishment, is that correct NP? Afterall...if you vote for such a candidate you are voting against the teachings of the catholic church and are therefore not a good Catholic. Its what we call a "Cafeteria Catholic".

The Catholic church opposes capital punishment.
 
Who just happens to vote pretty much 100% Republican...... At least I'm not ashamed to live up to who I am....but if I was a Republican I probably would call myself an Independent Conservative as well. The name Republican just has such negative connotations these days.

You know you don't hurt me at all when you say that in fact there are a lot of RINOS in the Republican party so what is your point?
 
i'm following it a bit. i was raised Catholic, and although i prefer private over organized religion as an adult, i still enjoy some of the cultural parts of it.
 
You know you don't hurt me at all when you say that in fact there are a lot of RINOS in the Republican party so what is your point?

I'm not trying to "hurt" you. I'm just saying that you should be honest and fess up to what you are....especially if you rail on others for mis-applying labels to themselves all the time.

If you go to the polls and vote for pretty much every Republican on the ballot....but occassionally vote for someone else....then you are a Republican my friend. Casting a stray vote here and there doesn't change who you are, no matter what you want to call yourself.
 
I'm not trying to "hurt" you. I'm just saying that you should be honest and fess up to what you are....especially if you rail on others for mis-applying labels to themselves all the time.

Now I want you to concentrate like a Laser so I don't have to tell you again...........I am a Conservative Independent....You can continue to bring it up but like my ancient history I won't respond to it again.
 
1.1 billion according to the Catholic church.

I really find that hard to believe. I have been military all my life, I live in Georgia in the states, I couldn't tell you where there is a catholic church. In my 20 years of active duty, I may have know only a handful of Catholics. Only in Germany on the civilian side, did I run into a bunch of them.

I have no reason to doubt it, perhaps they are all in Europe
 
I wonder how many "good catholics" there are - you know - according to Navy Pride's definition.
 
I really find that hard to believe. I have been military all my life, I live in Georgia in the states, I couldn't tell you where there is a catholic church. In my 20 years of active duty, I may have know only a handful of Catholics. Only in Germany on the civilian side, did I run into a bunch of them.

I have no reason to doubt it, perhaps they are all in Europe

I don't find it hard to believe. My father's side of the family is Catholic, and they're everywhere. They just don't scream up and down about it. During Lent it's pretty obvious though. I live in a town dominated by Baptists, but during Lent, forget trying to get into a seafood restaurant on Friday.
 
I really find that hard to believe. I have been military all my life, I live in Georgia in the states, I couldn't tell you where there is a catholic church. In my 20 years of active duty, I may have know only a handful of Catholics. Only in Germany on the civilian side, did I run into a bunch of them.

I have no reason to doubt it, perhaps they are all in Europe


I have lived in the north and the south and it is a fact there are many more Catholics in the north then in the south........There are states in the NE and East where Catholics outnumber every other religion
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I don't find it hard to believe. My father's side of the family is Catholic, and they're everywhere. They just don't scream up and down about it. During Lent it's pretty obvious though. I live in a town dominated by Baptists, but during Lent, forget trying to get into a seafood restaurant on Friday.

Perhaps Georgia is that way too. But I live out in the country and really haven't paid any attention to religion and who is who.
 
We vote according to Catholic Doctrine...........

I would argue that you vote in a way that agrees with how you interpret catholic doctrine, among other things. That's splitting hairs though. I suspect (based on the ones I know) that the majority of Catholics in the US are influenced to some degree or another by their faith when voting, but it's hardly the only thing that matters to them.

And I can't see the new pope being too much different than the old one, so I don't see anything really changing much. The Catholic church tends to be extremely conservative and slow to change with the times, and the popes reflect that.
 
I hear you, it is just I haven't run into very many. I wonder how many protestants there are?

If you add all the protestants faiths together they are probably pretty close to the Catholics.
 
So long as it's not the "last" prophesied Pope, I don't give a damn. Religion, to me, is bunk.
 
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