tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978152.post2185772022316671677..comments2023-10-18T05:38:08.545-07:00Comments on . . . With Both Hands: Time Magazine's Punk in Chief Rick Stengel -Tells MSNBC Nitwits - Pope a Problempathickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051997614374510451noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978152.post-29184402246410849462010-05-27T15:57:01.718-07:002010-05-27T15:57:01.718-07:00His Old Man Joe was one Hellovah Wood Butcher.His Old Man Joe was one Hellovah Wood Butcher.pathickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051997614374510451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978152.post-4993262125075137482010-05-27T15:55:35.389-07:002010-05-27T15:55:35.389-07:00Pat
You're thinking of his old man, Joseph. O...Pat<br />You're thinking of his old man, Joseph. Oh that's right, I forgot about the virgin birth thing.JohnJohn Devenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096144712210023078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978152.post-71016575243111759332010-05-27T15:37:18.627-07:002010-05-27T15:37:18.627-07:00Oh by the way, Jesus was a Socialist.
John, you k...Oh by the way, Jesus was a Socialist.<br /><br />John, you know better than that - Jesus was Carpenter's Apprentice Local # 777-Nazareth Council - he took a withdrawal card from Local 527 Bethleham.pathickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051997614374510451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978152.post-8523647558138694202010-05-27T15:20:13.516-07:002010-05-27T15:20:13.516-07:00The problem with the Catholic Church is that it is...The problem with the Catholic Church is that it is not progressive, as in moving forward spiritually. I will save you the litany of crap I was taught by the Sisters of Mercy during my impressionable years except to say that it included intolerance, prejudice, and voodoo. Progress is based on change. Change comes from intellect and instinct. Intellect and instinct feed on each other to move both forward. This, I believe, is progress. Religion, for the most part, has suppressed both, thus suppressing spiritual progress. <br />I think it is lovely that the Catholic Church has stopped teaching that people of differing faiths are doomed to hell, that it uses native tongues rather than Latin during its “shows”, and that it allows nuns to be seen in public without a habit (“glory be to God”), but I’m afraid that isn’t cutting it. If and when religions decide to let go of their proverbial (pun intended) security blankets (read: bullshit) man may finally have a chance to progress spiritually. When that time comes hate and intolerance, along with greed, arrogance, war, and yes, even the necessity of abortions, will begin to diminish. Oh by the way, Jesus was a Socialist.<br />John DevensJohn Devenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13096144712210023078noreply@blogger.com