Pope Benedict XVI

[nomas]

Your thoughts?

Any Catholics in the forums?

I'll give you (and me) to learn more before posting more comments...

[Illusional]

i would hate to have 15 people before me with the exact same name. can't you think of something different??

raverboy

[BlackRose]

I'm agnostic but I watched them announce it. Watching history in the making is never a bad thing. I thought it was nice. He looks like a nice man. I hope he does good things for the catholic church.

[Junket]

As dean of the College of Cardinals, Ratzinger had delivered a particularly sensitive homily at John Paul's funeral. He followed it up with a fiery speech to the cardinals before they entered their conclave Monday, warning about tendencies that he considered dangers to the faith: sects, ideologies like Marxism, liberalism, atheism, agnosticism and relativism - the ideology that there are no absolute truths.

Got this off of AOL.com

I'm already against this pope.

[bluesummer]

I'm against the Catholic church period.

[Junket]

I'm not particularly against it, but I sure as hell don't care for it.

[bluesummer]

Maybe AGAINST it is a strong way of putting it. I sure as hell don't care for it either.

Since it started, it's always been about giving a bunch of old guys unnecessary power.

[misombra]

As dean of the College of Cardinals, Ratzinger had delivered a particularly sensitive homily at John Paul's funeral. He followed it up with a fiery speech to the cardinals before they entered their conclave Monday, warning about tendencies that he considered dangers to the faith: sects, ideologies like Marxism, liberalism, atheism, agnosticism and relativism - the ideology that there are no absolute truths.

Got this off of AOL.com

I'm already against this pope.

i agree with everything up until the absolute truths thing. i'm positive there are none. well none that we are capable of knowing anyway. but those other things really are a threat to the faith. marxism? come on. i'm into marxism too but could you imagine our country if a bunch of people were into marxism. they'd basically be in the business of bringing down capitalism. i love capitalism! hell many people in communist countries love capitalism. why do you think they all come here?

albiet he is a conservative pope.

i hope he let's priests marry and doesn't try to convert muslims. other than that i don't really care.

[Only-virgins]

I doubt there is a god and if there is then I hate him anyways. Put me under 60% athiest and 40% agnostic. The church is not getting my dollar(that I dont have anyways) on the collection plate.

[nomas]

Yeah, I'd rather donate my time and money toward something with more practical and immediate impact, as far as charities go.

[Chlorine]

Nomas----He's described as an intellectual who speaks 10 languages and a hardcore traditionalist. Whilst I don't agree with the Catholics, at least he will be a STRONG leader, he won't waver. Unlike the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury who tends to waffle about :-(

[Stillinlove]

THis guy is gonna cause some serious problems in the near future, mark my words. Im not the biggest fan of organized religion, and this guy gives me a very bad feeling....
Heh but who the hell am i to talk about this guy, who knows he might be cool.

[sammyjo1986]

All i have to say about this matter is.......i dont care.
I think the whole catholic religion is a load of bull.What the hell is all that no contraception all about.He obviously hasnt heard about std's lol

[inkeepingsecret]

All i have to say about this matter is.......i dont care.
I think the whole catholic religion is a load of bull.What the hell is all that no contraception all about.He obviously hasnt heard about std's lol

Yep, Im not a fan of the catholic religion, or any religion at that. You see, i was raised as a JW, so yeah, i have forever been "turned off" to any kind of organized religion. In regards to the pope, He's old as dirt, and he looks "cynical." I have a bad feeling about this guy. It seems like he is a die hard conservative. Watch out you homosexuals, and sinners!!!


damn religion f*cks everything up

[Hada]

I don´t like him very much
he doesn´t want to do any progress and that will not help
they say it´s just a short pope.. really he is old, so I hope the next one will be better

If someone can translate.. creo que es demasiado cerrado y anticuado, tradicionalista, y el problema está en que la influencia que ejerce la iglesia alrededor del mundo es demasiado grande, y aunque en paises del primer mundo no se note demasiado, en paises más retrasados sí lo hara) Ill try myself

His is not open to the new world ideas ( like using condoms or gay weddings) and the problem I see is that in the first world the influence wount be very big, but it will in other countries.
the catolic church.. so rich.. does´not care about problems like Aids in africa.. they could really help but they still care about.. don´t make love.. don´t use protection because that´s bad...
so many deaths.. it´s sad