(October 27, 2014 at 11:29 pm)StealthySkeptic Wrote: http://youtu.be/FXKxrA7d3jM
"B-But God came up with evolution. That's how the Bible that I already believe is right anyway can still be right!" -what the Pope's words actually mean.
"B-But Santa Claus can stop time. That's how he can deliver all the presents in one night!" -the average four year old.
My favorite part of The Young Turks' reply to this was that (paraphrasing here) obviously this is religion contorting itself so that science fits into dogma.
There are so many things wrong with the bible - that all the pope is doing its trying to hang onto ONE of them - as a way of ignoring all the thousands of others.
THe problem the pope is having is not that he has less Catholics - that is not true - they are converting the uneducated people of SOUTH AMERICA and Africa to keep growing. The problem is - the ones that can afford to give MONEY to the church are leaving it behind in droves -= and making a claim like this to THEM - is meaningless to them.
Essentially the pope is saying - YOU DON"T have to believe - as long as you give us the money.
