Can I join the Catholic Church just long enough to petition for Santorum's excommunication?
― Jim Gillette's unused octave (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 4 June 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
His comments come as the pope, who earned a master’s degree in chemistry before turning to the priesthood, becomes increasingly vocal about climate change.
I MEAN COME ON
Someone, no doubt in the Curia, has leaked Francis' climate change encyclical. Better than poisoning him, I guess. And the Catholic prez candidates are already dithering and objecting.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/15/pope-francis-destruction-ecosystem-leaked-encyclical
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/17/jeb-bush-pope-climate-change_n_7603160.html
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 June 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link
Are we going to wind up with a Church of America out of this when the Republicatholics decide they can't abide this liberal science pope?
― fave dranko (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 18 June 2015 02:05 (eight years ago) link
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122056/last-time-conservatives-dismissed-major-encyclical-it-ended-terribly
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 June 2015 02:10 (eight years ago) link
didn't know Jeet Heer wrote actual essays, thought he was just a high value tweeter
― jennifer islam (silby), Thursday, 18 June 2015 02:48 (eight years ago) link
that's a good story
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 June 2015 02:52 (eight years ago) link
thanks
― jennifer islam (silby), Thursday, 18 June 2015 02:56 (eight years ago) link
that was a good article
― jennifer islam (silby), Thursday, 18 June 2015 02:57 (eight years ago) link
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122061/pope-franciss-vision-moral-ecology-will-challenge-both-parties
― j., Thursday, 18 June 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
Pope Francis @Pontifex These problems are closely linked to a throwaway culture.
Pope Francis @Pontifex The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 June 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
I cant wait to see Jeb! take a strong position. Dude has basically said Catholicism is his preferred blend of Jeezo worship because of its special blend of herbs and spices. Now he has to essentially publicly denounce the head of the aforementioned chicken soup for his soul.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 18 June 2015 18:16 (eight years ago) link
lol is that pile of filth one real
― j., Thursday, 18 June 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link
Pope Francis: Society is in the gutter
Account must also be taken of the pollution produced by residue, including dangerous waste present in different areas. Each year hundreds of millions of tons of waste are generated, much of it non-biodegradable, highly toxic and radioactive, from homes and businesses, from construction and demolition sites, from clinical, electronic and industrial sources. The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 18 June 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
There's some wtf moments in that encyclical about A/C and cars and shit. Take my car but you'll have to pry the A/C from my cold dead hands.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 18 June 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
Alfred 'Freon' Heston
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 June 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
Pope Francis @Pontifex 35m35 minutes agoA decrease in the pace of production and consumption can at times give rise to another form of progress and development.
Pope Francis @Pontifex 2hLeaving an inhabitable planet to future generations is, first and foremost, up to us.
Pope Francis @Pontifex 3h3 hours agoThe world we have received also belongs to who will follow us. #LaudatoSi
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 June 2015 03:56 (eight years ago) link
Morbs, it amuses me that you give this man, the head of an organization that has covered up for pedos and warned women of contraceptives for decades, the benefit of the doubt when he gets in front of the podium and not Barack Husein Obama.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 June 2015 11:10 (eight years ago) link
I don't give any benefits, get in the cheese line.
(also Il Papa is an unelected authoritarian, albeit one without an army)
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 June 2015 11:14 (eight years ago) link
the United States Government is an org has quite a history of coverups and some crimes they are willing to take credit for that I can fax to you.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 June 2015 11:21 (eight years ago) link
You don't say! Hold up, I'll give you my PO box.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 June 2015 11:25 (eight years ago) link
Since when is the Pope "unelected"? Just 'cause you didn't get a vote...
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 19 June 2015 12:11 (eight years ago) link
yes, be a card
PF a better propagandist against climate change than President Gas has been for 6.5 years
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 June 2015 12:40 (eight years ago) link
"Better" how? In the sense of "more likely to have his empty rhetoric actually lead to concrete action"? Not fucking likely. Nobody listens to the Pope about anything. They just smile (or grimace) and (rhetorically) pat him on the head and go about their business. He's got all the power and influence of the Dalai Lama; he's a photo op.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 19 June 2015 12:58 (eight years ago) link
I'm never clear on whether the Pope is the leader of one of the oldest and widest spread organisations in the world, who is responsive for all kinds of things including AIDS in Africa and overpopulation, or if he is just a soft, impotent do-hooded who moons listens to anyway.
― Rouge Trooper (dowd), Friday, 19 June 2015 13:31 (eight years ago) link
Do-gooder, who no one listens to
― Rouge Trooper (dowd), Friday, 19 June 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link
Nobody listens to Obama about anything, but that's a small victory
and again, concrete action doesn't matter as it's too late
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 June 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link
If you want empty rhetoric to lead to concrete action in this world prepare to get in a very long line.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 June 2015 16:21 (eight years ago) link
誤訳侮辱, Bill McKibben seems to think there's power and influence
http://www.salon.com/2015/06/19/two_cheers_for_pope_francis_im_no_fan_of_the_catholic_church_but_the_climate_movement_needs_it/
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 June 2015 17:33 (eight years ago) link
Well, Bill McKibben - he would know. I mean, his books sell in the hundreds of copies.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 19 June 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
who are you, again?
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 June 2015 19:02 (eight years ago) link
someone who doesn't see the difference in trading one purported moral witness for another
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 June 2015 19:11 (eight years ago) link
i wish i wanted to figure that out.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 June 2015 19:12 (eight years ago) link
a Democratic Catholic: "The pope is NOT PERFECT, but..."
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 June 2015 19:15 (eight years ago) link
I'm glad the pontiff has sided with scientists regarding the damage we're doing to the earth, but I don't understand why his word matters as much or more than any other politician. He also adduced abortion as environmental chaos in action, so, yay, I guess. Once in a while he says stuff I agree with, like Obama or Bernie Sanders or Beyonce.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 June 2015 19:17 (eight years ago) link
no one's looking for more, and i'm glad you left off George Clooney
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 19 June 2015 19:20 (eight years ago) link
It matters because US politicians are always waving the faith flag as the ultimate moral foundation for their positions. It may not change the way things are done right now but progressive/positive statements from the Pope do underline how full of crap that often is.
The message all of this is sending is that faith is not something defined by one person, politician or Pope, which is a good message to send imo.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 19 June 2015 19:21 (eight years ago) link
My differences w/Clooney concern men's magazine editors.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 19 June 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
more for top man to fold his arms to:
Francis issued his toughest condemnation to date of the weapons industry at a rally of thousands of young people at the end of the first day of his trip to the Italian city of Turin.
"If you trust only men you have lost," he told the young people in a long, rambling talk about war, trust and politics after putting aside his prepared address.
"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?" he said to applause.
He also criticized those who invest in weapons industries, saying "duplicity is the currency of today ... they say one thing and do another."
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-says-weapons-manufacturers-cant-call-themselves-christian-184139430.html
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 June 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
There was an amazing letter to the editor in my local paper complaining about Pope Francis falling for the neo-pagan global warming hoax.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 15:06 (eight years ago) link
http://i58.tinypic.com/33aqbmv.jpg
― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
selling the family jewels
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 July 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
I hope this gives Rick Santorum a stroke.
― that's why god destroyed the radio (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 9 July 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
Seeing "Rick Santorum" and "stroke" appearing in the same sentence is surprisingly satisfying.
― Aimless, Thursday, 9 July 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/15/pope-francis-i-have-felt-used-by-fake-friends?CMP=edit_2221
this is too perfect
― j., Tuesday, 15 September 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
big Joan Jett fan
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 16:30 (eight years ago) link
"The Bible says to have one or two friends.”
jeez i'm a better Christian than i realized!
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 16:31 (eight years ago) link
Echoing the bold appeal to care for the planet he issued in a sweeping encyclical in June, the pope condemned humankind’s “abuse of creation”.
“We’re not friends of creation. Sometimes we treat it like our worst enemy. Think of deforestation, misuse of water, methods of extracting minerals with elements like arsenic and cyanide that end up making people sick,” he said.
Of fundamentalists, he said: “Their mission is to destroy in the name of an idea, not a reality ... They kill, attack, destroy, malign in the name of an ideological god.”
― We Boo... The Cross (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
if only we could get him to support women priests and drive-thru abortions.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 03:21 (eight years ago) link
Give him a few more years.
― We Boo... The Cross (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 07:38 (eight years ago) link