Posted on 03/30/2015 9:48:30 AM PDT by Gamecock
The Pope is a total socialist and nut case.
Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said that Francis' pro-environment initiative is not part of a political agenda, but based in biblical teachings.
"Who are we to judge?" PING
The “Green movement” will continur to be used as a tool in POPULATION CONTROL, and every ABORTION AND EUTHENASIA program in the world.
Good intentions are not a factor.
True dat. He is always being aggressively misquoted.
The Church will survive this inept Pope. But my heart is heavy.
uhhhh.....I’m just an average layman from Pennsylucky....but....wouldn’t STOPPING ABORTIONS be the ultimate Pro-Life, Pro-Family issue???
As time goes by, Pope Francis is transitioning into Barack Obama dressed in white. A dysfunctional Argentinian political system has generated a dysfunctional Argentinian Cardinal who has unfortunately been elected Pope by a bunch of dysfunctional Cardinals.
So does this mean now the left is going to oppose it?
Does he really think that God’s creation is that fragile?
Doubt it, useful idiots and all.
So. Tree seeds are equal to human zygotes? Destroying one destroys the other?
I take it the Vatican will give up its gold, art masterpieces and huge, heated buildings. Maybe even the real estate.
Then again, the Vatican can foot the bill for Catho-environ-mental-slam.
Conserving is one thing. Paying through the nose for carbon credits, which $$ lines Gore-bots’ pockets and transfers wealth to Micronesia or some such, is quite another. And to think: China doesn’t even have to make a decision until 2030-what a gig.
If you’re Godless, you won’t have to pay, I guess. The Dems voted Him out of the platform in 2012 3 times, but party bigwigs put Him back in. Tree hugging gods were ecstatic.
By the way, how’s Argentina going to pay for the Pope’s command?
If ,for instance, he says "Destroying people's air, water, and soil resources is wrong" --- he's right. You can't be destroying other peoples' --- or future generations' ---necessities of life. God made this world for everyone, including our children. Creation-care, tending the garden, is one of the first mandates from God in Genesis.
If he says "We have to all reduce our CO2 and stop global warming" (or any other specific policy recommendation supposedly based on the physical sciences) he's simply speaking outside of his competence.
Pope at it again.
Your odds-maker must have gotten into the Guinness.
Quote me “the Pope’s command”, please. A link would help.
He and the President will have so much in common when they meet... I have to wonder if abortion, euthanasia religious rights will even be discussed
reading my mind again?
Without the text of the encyclical, I can’t be complete.
However, look at the text here:
“Francis urged a collective response that is free from political or economic influences, one that overcomes mistrust and promotes a culture of solidarity and dialogue.
The Vatican leader has also argued that people have an obligation to respect the natural order, comparing the traditional family unit with ecology.”
We are obligated, according to this text, to a ‘collective’ response. That means commanded to me. How we achieve this exactly is not (yet) clarified.
That part about "the traditional family" is not going to get raves from the Gaia devotees.
And a general "obligation" to care for creation isn't sourced in Francis, but in Genesis.
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