But please look again at my #186. I think that the Pope is mealy-mouthed. He has no real unction from God.
Even many RCs have noticed this. Maybe some of them will wake up and leave Romanism. I certainly hope so.
To see what I believe is the real problem, read #250.
I think your opinion here is incorrect and uncharitable - but it is an opinion you are certainly entitled to.
He has no real unction from God.
Here you're just trying to pass off your speculation as fact - you don't speak authoritatively for God.
More to the point, doc, you claim to have read my post #185 - and yet you ignore its content.
What the Pope actually said - that the US and President Bush have a God-given right to pursue justice by whatever means we deem appropriate - and what you and Yahoo News are dishonestly accusing him of saying are two different things. I know that you have your pet theological hypotheses about the Catholic faith, etc., etc.
However to twist what someone actually said in such a devious way is beneath a Christian. The Pope endorsed the US reaction to the mass murder at the WTC and yet you accuse him of the opposite based on one paraphrased sentence from a secular news outlet which is famous for its hippy-style peacenik spinning.
I know you're better than that, doc. And it doesn't help to use religion to try and split Americans when we should be standing in solidarity. I'm not using the National Council of Churches version of Protestantism as a stick to beat you with in this critical hour. I'd appreciate it if you didn't use the Yahoo News version of Catholicism as a weapon against me.