Posted on 09/12/2020 6:25:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Pope Francis has been a figure of controversy since his election in 2013. For some, his papacy hasn’t gone far enough in reforming the Roman Catholic Church, especially in acknowledging the sexual abuse of so many. Others believe he’s crossed the line by advocating a radical liberal agenda, including climate change, radical wealth redistribution, and his condemnation of capitalism.
But on the matter of human sexuality, Cheech and Chong’s old joke comes to mind: “You no playa da game, you no make-a da rules.” Most popes have heeded that advice and, outside of telling Catholics they can’t use artificial birth control, some ancient strictures have remained.
Now, along comes Pope Francis, who blesses the sex act, calling it a “divine gift.” He also praises the pleasures of eating as from God.
At the rate he’s going, he’ll whittle down those Seven Deadly Sins to just one or two.
In an interview with Italian writer Carlo Petrini, who has compiled several conversations with the pope for a new book, his Holiness referred to sex and food, among other delights, as gifts from God. Furthermore, to enjoy them is not sinful, as “overzealous” church leaders have taught in the past.
“Pleasure arrives directly from God. It is neither Catholic nor Christian nor anything else; it is simply divine,” he tells Petrini in the book “TerraFutura: Conversations With Pope Francis on Integral Ecology,” an English working title, out now in Italy. “The pleasure of eating and sexual pleasure come from God.”
While this is self-evident, it may be interpreted as condemning the “overzealous” past popes who insisted that sex was holy only when done in the context of marriage and only if it was intended to be an act of procreation.
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Does he mean sex with the alter boys?
Oooohhh...that was bad.
Pretty soon when people praise jesus in his church it’s going to look a whole lot different. You may need to close your eyes and ears because you probably won’t want to see what it looks like.
Whatever...
I thought gluttony and lust were sins. Sex without love is nothing.
Eating is necessary, give thanks to The Lord
Paul says it is “better” to remain celibate, and if you marry, there will be... problems
Sex without marriage is forbidden
Technically, the title of the post is correct. They DO come
from God and He purposely made them pleasurable.
BUT He also put constraints for proper context. Sex in marriage (Hebrews says ‘The bed in marriage is undefiled‘) and gluttony is a sin.
Anything else Francis said I’d take with a grain of salt.
Sex and food....that’s what the Romans liked.
Look what happened there.
Does this Pope know what “divine” means?
Faggotry is the devil’s delight
How queer. Is adultery as divine pleasure??
“Does he mean sex with the alter boys?”
In California?
An Italian wife who knows how to cook?
Sounds divine to me.
He seems to have read the Bible this time.
Better check Epstein’s flight logs again.
Let US pray that misguided; immigration, Islam, and climate bridge builder Pope Francis gets a Colonel Boggie moment ( the lead character in the movie Bridge On The River Qwai played by Alex Guinness) and does a mea culpa and finally decides to question the results of what he’s done what he’s done and falls on the detonator which destroys the bridges he built) and resigns.
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