To: terycarl; metmom
I cannot believe we are arguing THIS again. Who cares if the Pope is only "borrowing" the regalia of the office. The real question should be, where did the Roman Catholic Church get the billions and billions in property and money in the first place? Did Jesus not instruct his disciples to take no thought for their clothes and food and to trust God to provide? Did he not tell them to store up treasure in heaven and NOT on earth? For an idea how the RCC became so wealthy, see
The Vatican Billions - Two Thousand Years of Wealth Accumulation.
697 posted on
08/28/2013 9:24:32 PM PDT by
boatbums
(God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
To: boatbums; terycarl; metmom
>>Did Jesus not instruct his disciples to take no thought for their clothes and food and to trust God to provide?<<
Now, now. You know them higher ups in the RCC dont technically own all that. So technically they get a pass on that take no thought thing. The dont have to give it any thought at all! See! Its all good. Theyve taken the vow of poverty. I mean look at em. They cant even afford a pair of long pants most of um. They just dont cut the bottoms of their shirts off so nobody notices.
792 posted on
08/29/2013 11:33:59 AM PDT by
CynicalBear
(For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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