Methinks they protest TOO much.
You can have a Pope.. it’s legal.. who cares?.. or should care..
Anyone can have a Pope.. by whatever name/designation...
The problem is... is He “THE Pope” or “A Pope”..
It’s also legal to have no Pope..
Many have no need of a Pope.. or even a Bishop.. or Nun
Protesting “them”... may just be a personal choice..
True, it MUST be a personal choice.
Perhaps they just need a whipping boy in their lives. S'okay with me. WHIP away. Didn't Jesus predict...?
Oh, never mind, you get my gist.
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The Hindu faith has 100 "pontiffs."
From Wikipedia:
National » Andhra Pradesh
TIRUPATI, December 19, 2013
Updated: December 19, 2013 00:54 IST
"Uncertainty over Hindu pontiffs’ meeting"
Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, TUDA denies permission citing ‘security issues’; pontiffs threaten to hold meeting in front of the Islamic University building
With just two days to go for the ‘Hindu Garjana’, a sense of stalemate hangs over the proposed meeting of 100 Hindu pontiffs and leaders drawn from five southern States, as the event organiser Tirumala Tirupati Pavitratha Samrakshana Vedika struggles to find a venue.
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*Notice the threat regarding holding the 100 Hindu Pontiffs meeting in front of the Islamic University building
**GREEN is the most preferred color of Islam. The country with the most Muslims is Indonesia. Most Muslims are not Arabs or middle easterners but ASIANS.
Those poor ole pontiffs can't even find a place to gather and meet. Tough times in Hindu-Muslim India.
***"Garjana" or गर्जना means "thunderous sound" in their languages. I guess that meeting will be the 100 pontiffs very loudly and emphatically confirming their Hindu faith.
100 "pontiffs" just for one part of southern India? Hmmmm, I thought WE had problems. Maybe "pontiff" means "bishop" for them.
From Wikipedia:
Inspiration for the Christian use of the name "pontiff" for a bishop could be found in the use of the same word (in Latin, pontifex, not "pontifex maximus") for the Jewish High Priest in the Vulgate Latin translation of the Scriptures, where it appears 59 times.
For example, in the Vulgate Mark 15:11, "pontifices" (plural) is the Latin term used for "The Chief Priests", and in the Letter to the Hebrews "pontifex" (singular) is repeatedly used with reference to the Jewish High Priest and analogously to Jesus as the High Priest of Christians.
The word has been employed in English also for caliphs (Islam) and swamis and jagadgurus (Hinduism)