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The reason you have a lot of respect for him, is because he's basically acting as atheist as you can while still being the pope for the church.
That's great for atheists like us, but it makes him a terrible pope.
I'm curious why you say it makes him a terrible Pope. A lot of Catholics thinks he is great too. Some don't. It's all subjective really isn't it?
The Cardinals elect the Pope they want to set the direction of the Church. So, by definition he's the best Pope.
a pope is an emergent phenomenon produced by a given set of cardinal coordinates
Direction and magnitude!?
Should've been Pope Vector I.
This might be dumbest shit ive read all week
You think the fucking pope is "adhering to atheist values"? What an interesting place the inside of your head must be.
You wanna shut the fuck up and fuck the fuck off?
imagine being such an adult atheist that you have to switch to your ban evasion alt to get the last word in a thread where the pope was mentioned
atheists and christians are like electrons and positrons. whenever they collide (such as in a football game) they instantly destroy one another
@Zensate You seem to believe in "atheist values", but they are not: speaking as an atheist raised in a non-Christian religion, what you're talking about are specifically *Christian* atheist values—they embed a bunch of Christian eschatalogical assumptions even as they reject the core thesis. So you have *far* more in common, belief-wise, with the Pope, than you do with an ex-Hindu or ex-Jewish or ex-Buddhist atheist.
Buddhists are, by definition, atheist
This is wrong in a couple different ways, lol
please enlighten us
nah it's better thematically/narratively if you explore it yourself
I know s he’s made statements about correcting the molestation problems in the church, but until they are all purged, convicted, and the victims are fully compensated, and the celibacy and male only priesthood is rules are abolished, he’s still a catholic.