(June 9, 2015 at 12:59 pm)Dystopia Wrote: You summed up my views on the Pope - All my Christian friends are happy about how this pope is modern, liberal and reformist - The truth is he is adapting the church to modern times and marketing the Christian religion. I don't think it is pure chance that the new Pope is south-American - The continent where religion has a chance to flourish and remain for decades or even centuries.
I actually think the catholic church is ok now when it comes to science - After all, the best schools in my country are Catholic and nuns run part of it - I am going to have my masters degree in a Catholic university (but I need to gather some money because it's fucking expensive).
Glad you brought that up because it is a point I forgot and the fawners forget. He ain't no dummy, he knows it is much harder in secular first world economies to sell his bullshit to more educated societies. He is focusing his efforts on less educated societies and more poor countries.
The magician cant fool an audience that already knows how the trick works. He is doing this for the same reason big business use tactics like "free computer diagnosis" failing to tell you, once you download the free app, you still have to buy the software to get your computer fixed.
