[A Navy Vet]

What is with this Pope? I'm getting sick of him promoting stupid unproven crap. Isn't he supposed to be talking to God and being a spiritual leader for his millions of blind followers?

This why I don't and never have believed in organized religion even as a young child who went to Sunday School. Well at least he isn't promoting enslaving, raping, torturing, butchering people as Islam does.

Still, and with due respect to Catholics, I don't give one dime what the Pope has to say. Someone please explain to me why a secret group of Cardinals vote in some favorite guy who supposedly will have a direct connection to God. What? God's will? Puhlease. It's always been a political/personality contest in the Catholic Church.

I want to believe. Organized religion doesn't make it easy, especially with all their inane rituals. I can talk to my Creator without all the mumble-jumble. I doubt he is so petty as to need such. My not so humble opinion.

[T-Bone Texan]

Also you can worship God without paying a middleman.

That brings value!

[who knows what evil?]

If God didn’t want us to use air conditioning; He wouldn’t have subjected us to heat waves.