Here we go

Good thing I just bought a big box of Orville Reddenbacher's Movie-Style Kettle Korn.

Subby hit the nail on the head.

He want's you to stop bowing to the false idols of money and power and start bowing to the real idols of money and power, the Catholic Church.

Do as I say...

So give all of your money and submit your will to the church. Problem solved.

I flew into Akron, OH the other day and sitting at the airport was a private 747. Asked the people there what the story was with it, its owned by a church. Yes, a church in Ohio owns one of the BIGGEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE AIRPLANES ON EARTH.

Well, that headline is just a tab bit misleading now isn't it subby. But as a Catholic myself, I'll only say a tab bit.

That, and their one of the largest charitable organizations in the world. Did you run out of room to type that? By all means, don't let facts get in the way of a good inflammatory statement.

/not Catholic

It's the false idols he's upset about. DUH! The Catholic church isn't false. It's the one true church of God^TM

MyNameIsMofuga
He want's you to stop bowing to the false idols of money and power and start bowing to the real idols of money and power, the Catholic Church.

Nice.

Jesus didn't like organized religion.

He did, however, like prostitutes and copious amounts of hallucinogens.

I'd rather hang out with Jesus than go to church.

THIS!!! +!

Give that subby an ice cold brewski!

(You know who owns the largest collection of Pagan artifacts and gold? That same Catholic Church)

Catholic Priests like some of that bowing action. Especially when it involves alter boys.

FarkBad: That, and their one of the largest charitable organizations in the world. Did you run out of room to type that? By all means, don't let facts get in the way of a good inflammatory statement.

/not Catholic

It wouldn't be so bad except the the largest recipient of those charitable contributions is the clergy of the church.

Dude, he's confessed on that one and was granted absolution. He's good.

/Thinks man-granted absolution is silly.
//The doctrine of Sola Fide is equally silly.
///Certainty of salvation strikes me as hubris.
////Slashies are unforgivable sin
//I like sin.

eqtworld: Was he sitting on his throne, underneath the gold plated dome in the Vatican at the time?

Nice chair.

I tell you, when the Martians invade or a comet is about to hit the Earth, where do people in science fiction movies run to pray?


A *Methodist* church? Nooooo.

So what is that? Tens of dollars each?

FarkBad: That, and their one of they are the largest charitable organizations in the world. Did you run out of room to type that? By all means, don't let facts get in the way of a good inflammatory statement.

/not Catholic

/is Catholic

Sorry, but my religion is worth way more.

worlddan: FarkBad: That, and their one of the largest charitable organizations in the world. Did you run out of room to type that? By all means, don't let facts get in the way of a good inflammatory statement.

/not Catholic

It wouldn't be so bad except the the largest recipient of those charitable contributions is the clergy of the church.

Or spent on telling Africans not to use condoms.

dooder0001: MyNameIsMofuga
He want's you to stop bowing to the false idols of money and power and start bowing to the real idols of money and power, the Catholic Church.

Nice.

Damn yous all to hell!

from the article, his holiness was quoted thusly: "Have not money, the thirst for possessions, for power and even for knowledge, diverted man from his true destiny?"

I do not know which I find more disturbing, that the pope (considering himself a man) is ignoring that fact that he and the powers that be in the catholic church possess and control nearly unlimited wealth and possessions and thus have been diverted from their destiny, or that he does not consider himself and his fellow catholic leaders as men at all, but as higher beings? either way, it is a frightening development.

There's a seeker born every minute.

RsquaredW: worlddan: FarkBad: That, and their one of the largest charitable organizations in the world. Did you run out of room to type that? By all means, don't let facts get in the way of a good inflammatory statement.

/not Catholic

It wouldn't be so bad except the the largest recipient of those charitable contributions is the clergy of the church.

Or spent on telling Africans not to use condoms.

Or building a death star

want's

a tab bit

and their one of the largest

alter boys

He forgot to mention sex with little boys is wrong too.

/Roman Catholic
//Non practicing
///Witnessed what little the Catholic Church did for Katrina victims...and how other faith based religions were helping in a massive way.
////Will hold that against the Catholic Church forever.
//The hate keeps me warm at night.
//Not really. Fark 'em.

FarkBad: That, and their one of the largest charitable organizations in the world. Did you run out of room to type that? By all means, don't let facts get in the way of a good inflammatory statement.

/not Catholic

If by charitable, you mean spending millions of dollars to say that condoms are bad, and protecting priests from sex scandals, then yes, they contribute alot more than anyone else.

flyf15
to be fair, its probably not a catholic church... and notice the "FSM" right near the front landing gear?

Yet another case of "do as I say, not as I do" in leadership. Nothing new here.

I started to type out a serious reply to this, but no, this morning isn't the morning for that.

If people really want to know about the Catholic Church, they'll do research and realize why the Church has all those nice things. But this will just be a masturbatory thread for anti-Christians and anti-Catholics no matter what, so flame on.

eqtworld: Was he sitting on his throne, underneath the gold plated dome in the Vatican at the time?

Came in here to say *exactly* THIS.

Hundreds of millions of Cataholics worldwide suffer from poverty, while their "superiors" live better than kings. I'll take a baptist living on nothing, or a Lutheran Missionary starving in Africa over the 'cannibals' any day. Even some atheists are more selfless and self-sacrificing than the turds who run the Catholic church. Ordinary Catholic people are okay, but their leaders all need to be inquisitioned.

Oakenshield: Jesus...liked lecturing prostitutes and copious amounts of hallucinogens told his followers that a man who at another woman and thinks, "man, I'd like to hit that" has already committed adultery in his heart.

I'd rather hang out with Jesus than go to church.

Yeah, you'd love hanging out with Jesus.

LittleBrother: /Thinks man-granted absolution is silly.
//The doctrine of Sola Fide is equally silly.
///Certainty of salvation strikes me as hubris.

That's cool, but we're talking about the Catholic Church right now. They believe that absolution is granted by God through the priest, not by the priest. Sola Fide is a specifically Protestant belief. And salvation is never certain.

The more you know.

aninconvenienterection: from the article, his holiness was quoted thusly: "Have not money, the thirst for possessions, for power and even for knowledge, diverted man from his true destiny?"

I do not know which I find more disturbing, that the pope (considering himself a man) is ignoring that fact that he and the powers that be in the catholic church possess and control nearly unlimited wealth and possessions and thus have been diverted from their destiny, or that he does not consider himself and his fellow catholic leaders as men at all, but as higher beings? either way, it is a frightening development.

Most of the wealth possessed by the Catholic Church is in paintings and other artifacts that have been donated to the church over the millenia. And I don't think they're liquid assets are as limitless as you proclaim.

The dome of The Vatican is not gold plated (The Vatican doesn't have a dome). In fact, neither is the dome of St. Peters.

Also, 10s of billions isn't all that much with so many people. Actually I'm surprised the Church isn't worth quite a bit more.

Can't we just be upset that people feel the need to bow down before something in the first place?

Ah, religion.

mmmmmmmmmPrada

Net worth is assets minus liabilities. The Roman Catholic Church, as an integrated entity, has operations in every country of the world and has had such for centuries. Except for a few dioceses, the assets probably outweigh the liabilities materially.

Looking at the Vatican alone, the differential would be wider yet.

Anybody could say anything to make anything sound bad.
But, when you put it that way.... you make an interesting point.
And stuff.

yagottabefarkinkiddinme: He forgot to mention sex with little boys is wrong too.

/Roman Catholic
//Non practicing
///Witnessed what little the Catholic Church did for Katrina victims...and how other faith based religions were helping in a massive way.
////Will hold that against the Catholic Church forever.
//The hate keeps me warm at night.
//Not really. Fark 'em.

I blame New Pope. I still hope this is some sort of Catholic marketing ploy, and they're just waiting to reintroduce Pope Classic.

jennyz: But this will just be a masturbatory thread for anti-Christians and anti-Catholics no matter what, so flame on.

LOLKEYWORDS

Miss Smartass: Sorry, but my religion is worth way more.



Have you been touched by His noodly appendage?


/Lettuce pray
//Ramen