(September 1, 2015 at 10:04 am)abaris Wrote:(September 1, 2015 at 10:00 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I don't understand why people still try to paint this Pope as some revolutionary.
No, I certainly don't paint him as that at all. But that doesn't change the fact that I support some non dogmatic things he said. Such as striving for more social equality and accepting Climate Change for what it is. I'm not picky in who says the right thing. He's influencial with certain people and might reach groups, who otherwise wouldn't even think about these issues.
I'm all on board for him being less dogmatic and more reasonable, but I'm talking about the media's apparent hard-on for Pope Frank where everything he says is some massive reform or leap forward for the church. And the whole idea of helping the poor and social equality (and even climate change) have been in the Vatican long before Pope Francis. Just irritates me when otherwise skeptical people (including many atheists I know) buy into this myth of Francis being a super radical progressive.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson