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Name the New Pope Thread

Oh, and like cigarette companies, they realise that educated westerners aren't buying their product any more, so they're going to concentrate on "emerging markets".
 
Filippo Lippi said:
He's there to sort out the Bureaucracy, because that's the biggest problem facing the catholic church in the 21st century.
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Yeah I think the choice of someone from outside of Europe and a Franciscan (not known for being supportive of the excesses of the Papal Curria) is a shotgun blast to the Italian Cardinals.
 
As of mid-yesterday he had announced it was after Francis of Assissi so not his jesuit founder........
 
Pope Francis Delivers Message of Mercy to Crowd of 300,000
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http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-...d-300-000-171007840--abc-news-topstories.html

Does anyone know how many students attended Richard Dawkin's lectures at Oxford?

The Message of Mercy which St. Faustina so faithfully presented is one in which the reality of God's unfathomable and radical love is made present to the soul in an understandable and knowable way. Christ's Message of Mercy is, in a sense, the hope of all hopes. 'Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet'

Good. Now, let us sin again...

I think Dawkins should garnish his sermons with more superlatives to sell more tickets, like that Francis - and he is a rookie.
 
epix said:
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-...d-300-000-171007840--abc-news-topstories.html

Does anyone know how many students attended Richard Dawkin's lectures at Oxford?
The Message of Mercy which St. Faustina so faithfully presented is one in which the reality of God's unfathomable and radical love is made present to the soul in an understandable and knowable way. Christ's Message of Mercy is, in a sense, the hope of all hopes. 'Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet'

Good. Now, let us sin again...

I think Dawkins should garnish his sermons with more superlatives to sell more tickets, like that Francis - and he is a rookie.
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Why would that matter? Are you implying because more people were there for the popes message that it therefore makes it true?
 
arthwollipot said:
Dawkins isn't a pope. And the pope isn't a lecturer at Oxford. I don't see any reason why the two would be comparable.
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That's because you are not clear on the meaning of the word comparable. The common denominator in this case is religion where the numerators have an opposite sign. Since we know that fractions are comparable using symbols such as =, ≠, <, >; Francis and Richard are comparable.
 
epix said:
That's because you are not clear on the meaning of the word comparable. The common denominator in this case is religion where the numerators have an opposite sign. Since we know that fractions are comparable using symbols such as =, ≠, <, >; Francis and Richard are comparable.
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Gibberish aside, I'll assume you think numbers matter, To which I present Barack Obama's first inauguration at which roughly 1.8 million people were present.

Ergo Barack Obama > The pope
 
Nay_Sayer said:
Why would that matter? Are you implying because more people were there for the popes message that it therefore makes it true?
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That's a thing hard to imply. It would be like expecting a president, who got his job through a popular vote, to make good on each promise he made during the election campaign.

Given the attendance, Roman Catholicism draws far bigger crowd than in a case when the arguments against it are released like birthday balloons. Hard atheism should stop being unattractive by posing as another religion-like philosophy that delivers nothing. Actually, Dawkins is not a hard atheist anymore, because the position is unsustainable - indefensible in the Court of Common Sense.
 
epix said:
That's a thing hard to imply. It would be like expecting a president, who got his job through a popular vote, to make good on each promise he made during the election campaign.

Given the attendance, Roman Catholicism draws far bigger crowd than in a case when the arguments against it are released like birthday balloons. Hard atheism should stop being unattractive by posing as another religion-like philosophy that delivers nothing. Actually, Dawkins is not a hard atheist anymore, because the position is unsustainable - indefensible in the Court of Common Sense.
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You seem to have a personal vendetta against Prof.Dawkins, Fascinating
 
epix said:
That's because you are not clear on the meaning of the word comparable. The common denominator in this case is religion where the numerators have an opposite sign. Since we know that fractions are comparable using symbols such as =, ≠, <, >; Francis and Richard are comparable.
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Neither Richard Dawkins nor the Pope are mathematical quantities, either. They are not fractions, and neither has a denominator. Mathematical symbols do not apply to things that themselves are not mathematical.
 
arthwollipot said:
Neither Richard Dawkins nor the Pope are mathematical quantities, either. They are not fractions, and neither has a denominator. Mathematical symbols do not apply to things that themselves are not mathematical.
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The pope has a denomination. That's got to count for something.
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...e7eca4-8ff6-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html

By Nick Miroff, Tuesday, March 19, 8:40 AM

HURLINGHAM, Argentina — Father Julio Cesar Grassi was a celebrity in the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. The young, dynamic, *media-savvy priest networked with wealthy Argentines to fund an array of schools, orphanages and job training programs for poor and abandoned youths, winning praise from Argentine politicians and his superior, Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

Grassi called his foundation Felices los Niños, “Happy Children.”
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Can you guess where this story is going?

C'mom, take a wild guess . . .


Of course!
Today, Grassi is a convicted sex offender who remains free on a conditional release after being sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2009 for molesting a prepubescent boy in his care.

Yet in the years after Grassi’s conviction, Bergoglio — now Pope Francis — has declined to meet with the victim of the priest’s crimes or the victims of other predations by clergy under his leadership. He did not offer personal apologies or financial restitution, even in cases in which the crimes were denounced by other members of the church and the offending priests were sent to jail.
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epix said:
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-francis-...d-300-000-171007840--abc-news-topstories.html

Does anyone know how many students attended Richard Dawkin's lectures at Oxford?

The Message of Mercy which St. Faustina so faithfully presented is one in which the reality of God's unfathomable and radical love is made present to the soul in an understandable and knowable way. Christ's Message of Mercy is, in a sense, the hope of all hopes. 'Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet'

Good. Now, let us sin again...

I think Dawkins should garnish his sermons with more superlatives to sell more tickets, like that Francis - and he is a rookie.
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Does anyone know how many Catholics actually do what the pope tells them to do? Of that 300,000 what percentage avoids sex out of wedlock, don't use birth control or work to overturn the death penalty and abortion laws where they live? I used to live in Italy and visited Rome a lot. It's easier to buy a condom than a rosary in that city.
 
I wish he would have gone with Popé Likes Tacos.

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