I'm a YEC. Challenge me.

[Sword of Christ]

Sorry, I really don't care that the Pope accepts some aspects of science. That maffia organization has always been a Johny Come Lately. Those idiots had to be shown a space photo of the earth before they officially publicly accepted the heleocentric nature of the solar system. Something Galileo knew and look how look it took the church to apologize for that.

Galileo was a Catholic himself of course. Genetic theory and Big Bang cosmology were first proposed by Catholics so they're not really holding science back into dark ages.

The Pope only adapts to remain in the public eye to market his superstition. He still peddles a book that claims a three headed god/man. Still believes in using symbolic cannibalism will save someones "soul". Still believes babies can be born without a second set of DNA. Still buys the claim that human flesh can magically survive death.

I kind of agree with you in that the Pope is essentially a guy in a big hat he isn't God representative on Earth. The whole business with the bread and wine literally transforming into the body and blood of Christ is a certainly a head scratcher though a lot of Catholics don't seem to realise that's whats suppose to be happening. If you mean the resurrection I think that would be something to do with Christs immortal non-physical body or soul if want to call it that being rejoined with his former body restoring it back to full physical life. Not as a zombie he would have been fully alive at that point. Not too ridiculous if you're not presupposing which of course would make something like this 100% physically impossible.

The Pope has zero credibility with me, especially with science.

Well I don't think he's necessary as a religious leader with that level of power ruling over his own country living in a palace of art treasures. It doesn't seem to me what Jesus was about at all.

The Pope is no ones authority except the gullible people stupid enough to follow him.

I guess I suppose. The new Pope is an improvement over the last one for what it's worth