RE: Who will be the new pope?
February 28, 2013 at 9:38 am
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2013 at 9:47 am by ThomM.)
(February 26, 2013 at 12:31 pm)junkyardboy Wrote:(February 12, 2013 at 11:20 am)Minimalist Wrote: Does it matter who becomes captain of a sinking ship?
wouldn't that make him the last pope?
Depends on how long it takes to finally succumb to the waters!
(February 20, 2013 at 1:22 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(February 19, 2013 at 5:17 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Does it really matter who the next pope is? How much real power does the church have now?
Far too much, if you ask me.
I actually has very little
Studies show that most "catholics" themselves do not accept everything the church says.
And - among young people - many say that they are members ONLY to prevent family problems and have no intention of continuing with the religion later in life.
That is because the time when the religion could SCARE the people into obeying has long gone. That leaves the few who have been deluded in the past - and the fewer who can be deluded today
Ironically - it was education - that was championed by the religion - that brought this together.
So - as the older people who do as they were taught and told - are dying off - they are replaced by people who are Cafeteria Xtians - who accept only parts of the story - who will be replaced by their children - who accept even less.
