Comments on: A ‘Hail Mary’ Pass: Vatican Welcomes Anglicans into Catholic Church

By: johnny-boy

johnny-boy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:37:31 +0000

^___^ ‘monkeys’ …

By: johnny-boy

johnny-boy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:32:41 +0000

& one last thing. read the golden bough. there is a whole section on dying and ressurected gods.
- there have been thousands and thousands of religions in history. most of them had tales of the supernatural in them. why should christianity be the RIGHT one?
they’re all BS!
– hebus died and came back to life much in the way that monkies flew out my arse or like the way my brain hatched out of my skull like a chick from an egg, grew arms & legs & sang mammy.

By: johnny-boy

johnny-boy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:22:36 +0000

the anglican church is pretty much in schizm. ministers of the anglican church run the full spectrum of beliefs, from fire-and-brimstone to unitarian (ie: the bible is just metaphore, jesus isn’t magic) the current pope realizes that the conservative anglican clergy are just as conservative as him, so heck, why not have them join.
- i don’t think islam is going to take over the religious right because it doesn’t have the financial power. & once all that oil in the middle east is gone they’ll have even less. numbers won’t do it. you need money to re-invent the world along faith lines. which states have the most muslims? india, indonesia, pakistan, bangladesh (in that order) that’s more than half of muslims. all of these countries are dirt poor, except india (which is by-far predominantly non-muslim). which muslim countries have the money: saudia arabia, iraq, iran, the rest of the gulf states. where will their power come from when the oil is all gone?
- western countries will westernize the muslims in them or quit taking muslims in as immigrants from north africa & elsewhere.
- china has been the most populous country in the world for centuries but it’s only become really powerful in the last twenty years. it had nothing to do with religion & everything to do with economics. power is money & weapons.
- the current pope is consolidating conservative christians. he knows the anglican churches of north america and australasia don’t want them anymore. it bolsters his numbers, for sure & it makes him feel like his agenda is moving forward. but this fear of competition from islam is something that you dreamt-up, will. christians & secularists aren’t going to somehow convert to islam. it’s heresy to both.

By: johnny-boy

johnny-boy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:07:19 +0000

i mean ‘cynical’

By: johnny-boy

johnny-boy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:06:33 +0000

she is right about the ‘denigrating’ thing will. there’s no need to bash the everyday joe-catholic. be synical if you want but try to have more respect. people aren’t like rabbits. people are like people.
- the vatican was still a dating service for goofs, though.