[ScubieNuc]

I completely disagree that the Pope is God’s representative of the Christian faith. But if that is what you believe then that is between you and God.

[PJammers]

I didn’t mean to suggest the Pope is God’s representative. The Pope by virtue of being the Pope of the largest Christian religion on earth is recognized as the representative of our religion. I can’t think of anyone who would be on par with the Pope in any Protestant denomination of Christianity.

There are many things that the Catholic faith and I agree with to include being against homosexual marriage and abortion. It is the Catholic faith that takes the beatings for all Christianity in that regard. They maintain the standards when others have fallen away.

I admire that and I feel we should shed our differences and stand united.

[Cronos]

Scubie, PJ did not say God's representative - he said "the earthly representative of the Christian faith"

And that's a fact, even if you don't like it, that Moslems, Hindus etc see the Pope as the figurehead on earth of Christianity.

Hey, I feel the same when Hindu friends look at Gene Robinson and think that "Christianity" accepts gay bishops etc. -- however much we argue among ourselves, outsiders, whether Hindu or secularists, they see us as one as the same