can we keep the sith lord, nazi, and pedophile stuff out of this thread please last one got closed cause it got derailed into crap flinging
I cannot respect a religious leader that used to support Hitler, Those Hitler Youth were some of the most devout in the party, often volunteering to fight as young as the age of 12.
Lets see who the next pope is. There's a doomsday theory that if his name is Peter of Rome, it'll be the last Pope before... something happens >.>
um, the topic is the man, so its hardly off topic or irrelvant to discuss him and his past, and whether or not he was the right kind of person, and whether the church should choose someone less questionable this time...
If you refuse to discuss teh bad points of people just because they are religious, ask yourself how that can possibly be correct in a free society. Religion is given too many free passes, just to avoid arguement, its possible to have a rational and polite discussion of the negative aspects, and its only proper that we do. To do anything else is censorship and political correctness gone mad.
Oh boy...
Here's the link where I found this btw: http://www.abhota.info/end6.htm
First entry.
Doesn't matter whether or not he volunteered for the HJ, he was still recruited and went through the indoctrination. After a few years of telling you Gays, Jews and Gypsies are the root of all evil, it can be difficult to lose that bias. Especially since it was actually encouraged to think in such as a way, as opposed to today.
The Prophecy of the Popes says that the last Pope will be preceded by Pope Benedict XVI, and will be named "Peter the Roman". One of the current favourite for the Cathedra Romana (papal throne) is a guy named Peter Turkson, a black dude from Ghana. Prepare accordingly.