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1 posted on 10/05/2013 6:21:52 AM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

The new Pope is a nut. The previous two popes were consistently conservative and pro-life and pro-marriage.


2 posted on 10/05/2013 6:24:33 AM PDT by heye2monn
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To: marshmallow

counting down until apologists claim Pope Francis is “misquoted”: 10, 9, 8....


3 posted on 10/05/2013 6:27:12 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: marshmallow

You can’t talk mean to your parishioners. They might leave the church or quit religion altogether. Seems like that’s the world we live in.


8 posted on 10/05/2013 6:37:16 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: marshmallow
He has a point. With the nebulous nature of Vatican II, the church hemorrhaged followers. The faithful crave unchanging, clear rules of behavior, not moral relativism.

A one panel comic appeared in The New Yorker after Vatican II, showing two great doors of the Vatican, and two unhappy looking cardinals watching a devil walk through the doors carrying a sheaf of papers.

One cardinal saying to the other: "Personally, I think this ecumenism has gone too far."


9 posted on 10/05/2013 6:37:21 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (The best War on Terror News is at rantburg.com)
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To: marshmallow

ALL of “Organized Religion” is “soft” on SIN!


11 posted on 10/05/2013 6:40:30 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”


12 posted on 10/05/2013 6:44:17 AM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: marshmallow
As a back sliding Baptist; my question for Russell Moore is, why do you even give a crap what the Pope says. I would think you have enough problems with YOUR church to keep you busy for the next 20 years or so. By then the Catholic Church will probably be two or three Popes down the line.
14 posted on 10/05/2013 6:53:26 AM PDT by Tupelo (Snatching Defeat from the jaws of Victory, an old Republican Tradition.)
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To: marshmallow

You know the Catholic Church is in trouble when a Baptist call out is on the money.


16 posted on 10/05/2013 7:09:43 AM PDT by piusv
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What concerns me are the phrases “Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. . .”

Are “good” and “evil” what WE conceive them to be?

And, this one, “The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the good.”

But, I thought the “good” was whatever WE conceive it to be, right?

Look, I’ll be upfront - I’m a Baptist, but I certainly do not hate Catholics or this Pope. I appreciate that the Catholic church has preserved many of the Greek/Hebrew texts of the Scriptures. I respect their pro-life position and how they have never wavered from it. But, in this day and age of moral and religious relativism and pluralism, I think sending out “fuzzy” statements only contributes not only to confusion, but to a false sense of security with God for the unbeliever.

A non-Christian hearing those statements would probably think the Pope is saying, “hey, whatever you think is right is right, whatever YOU think is wrong is wrong - God will accept that”.

Now, maybe that’s NOT what the Pope means, but it sure sounds like that is what he is saying.

I don’t condemn anyone, that’s God’s prerogative, but we are to “test” the spirits, test and discern, and yes, judge right and wrong according to God’s standards, not ours.


17 posted on 10/05/2013 7:16:00 AM PDT by rusty schucklefurd
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I was raised baptist. This guy shouldn’t be casting stones, but sadly they’re really good at that.


18 posted on 10/05/2013 7:24:02 AM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: marshmallow

“Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them,”

Classic moral relativism, unless “he” is capitalized referring to God. The last two popes spoke against this nonsense.

More and more, this guy seems to be fulfilling the prophecy of the last pope. I know this is sad commentary coming from a Catholic convert.


19 posted on 10/05/2013 7:24:02 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est. New US economy: Fascism on top, Socialism on the bottom.)
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“Protestant Padre Disagrees With Pope”

Who’d a thunk it.....


23 posted on 10/05/2013 7:41:34 AM PDT by wonkowasright (Wonko from outside the asylum)
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To: marshmallow
Aren't the Baptist predisposed to being "Anti-Catholic" to begin with..

24 posted on 10/05/2013 7:51:23 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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To: marshmallow
“Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them,” the pope continued. “That would be enough to make the world a better place."

I love you Pope Francis but you are as wrong as you can be on this one. Certain Muslims think that it is good and Allah's will to kill innocent people that they perceive as "infidels". That is their good and it most assuredly does NOT make the world a better place. There is evil and there is good and you should know the difference Your Holiness. It is not what someone's IDEA of good is. That is what the holy mother Church is for, to lead souls to Christ and what is good.

25 posted on 10/05/2013 8:10:54 AM PDT by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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Moral relativism does not match with the job of

Pope


27 posted on 10/05/2013 8:19:18 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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