Posted on 06/21/2015 9:08:12 PM PDT by Dallas59
Pope Francis, who's been espousing pro-life positions in all senses of the term, took a moment on Sunday to inform those involved in weapons manufacturing that they're not really Christians. "If you trust only men you have lost," he told thousands of young people during a rally in the Italian city of Turin. "It makes me think of ... people, managers, businessmen who call themselves Christian and they manufacture weapons. That leads to a bit a distrust, doesn't it?" The crowd applauded and he went on to criticize those who invest in weapons industries, saying, "duplicity is the currency of today ... they say one thing and do another."
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The “Pope” seems to have a pipeline to the IMF much more than the “Holy Spirit”.
Don’t forget meat cleavers. Or scythes. Goodness, why not even bows and arrows?
Nor infallible.
“Jesus was born a Jew, lived as a Jew and died as a Jew. As the son of G_d he begat the movement we know today (by his name) as the Christianity.”
OK, I’ll bite.
I am struck by your use of the word “begat.” Its use leads one into thinking, incorrectly, that Christianity was something new and, most importantly, different than the faith of Israel, the faith of Abraham. Other than the fact of the incarnation of the Son of God, which was no more and certainly no less than the fulfillment of prophecy, what exactly is the difference between Christianity and the faith of Abraham? Please explain.
As a corollary question, in what sense is Christianity a “movement?” Is it not just a continuation of the faith of Abraham?
Infallible is an understatement.
I’d point out that this guy is a Leftist’s dream of a Pope, but do I really need to?
Good grief.
Not of the Rabbinic type, if you speak of the religion versus the ethnicity.
At one time, the Christians were known as “Nazarenes” after what was spoken (not written) of by the prophets of Jesus, per Matthew 2:23. The term is used in a derisive manner by Tertullus in Acts 24:5 to describe Christians.
Good post. Relevant, informative, and specific.
I dunno, got mixed feelings. I would like to think the grand kids could grow up, etc. but there is something appealing about being the “generation that doesn’t die”. Things getting crazier by the HOUR nowadays whereas they were just getting crazier by the day a few weeks ago. Sounds a lot like “quickening”. In my training I have delivered 75 babies. You get to where you recognize quickening. You also recognize that if it ain’t there it ain’t happening. An old guy told me the most valuable tool in OB is the cigar. Go have one. In all but a few cases patience is all that is required, a gentle hand at the right moment, and a new life begins. This wretched world is just crying out for new life. IMHO.
Pope Francis is doing more to prove he is a type of anti-Christ than many of his predecessors.
don’t forget matches....because they can cause fires...
Hence the phrase, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition."
If it wasn't for all those fake Christians who sacrificed their lives during WWI and WWII, you'd be speaking German right now, Frank. If not Arabic.
what about abortionists...billions of babies nurdered.
If the Pope believes this, then I guess he isn’t a Christian either.
I wonder whether he has some kind of sickness which is destroying his brain....
its like he is rushing to get every offbeat thought out of his head before its too late....
Buy stock in OA, VSTO, SWHC , RGR, OLN. Support the manufactures.
I am searching in vain for any speech, sermon, or article by this Pope opposing the Argentine invasion of the Falklands.
Maybe they don’t have any pictures in the Vatican hallways from the 1940’s when Nazis and Fascists surrounded the Vatican, or later when Communists were threatening the Free World, but were wiped out by those weapons or threat thereof.
As Catholics growing up in the 50’s and 60’s we prayed daily in parochial schools for “the conversion of Russia”.
This Pope seems to be praying for the conversion of America to the Marxist liberation theologies he seems to welcome into the Church.
Popes are only infallible when it come to teaching of faith and morals wherein Jesus Christ will provide guidance.
This Pope needs to understand that in anything else, he can be as dumb as dirt.
FINALLY someone who knows who the Anti Christ actually is!
The deception is wide and deep, just as was foretold would be.
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