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Every time I hear about the new pope, I like him more.

Kinda random, but is there such thing a required secondary miracles? Like when Jesus healed the man born blind, He'd have needed to rewire some neural circuitry so the guy could tell what he was seeing. Don't know how He did the multiplying the bread and fish. e=mc^2? Who knows? I like to over think things. Though the fiery furnace story was cool. Not a hair on there heads was harmed!

I seem to recall the Veggie Tales version of the firey furnace story...

edited 25th Jul '13 11:10:59 AM by Izon

I love Veggie Tales, and their version of that story is indeed good. Set in a chocolate factory.

Bookworm: I always thought that miracles included by default all the secondary things needed to make them work. Without the neural rewiring, the man wouldn't have been able to see and thus no noticeable miracle would have taken place. And kind of by definition, miracles violate the laws of the universe, so wondering about e=mc^2 doesn't seem particularly useful.

Kinda reminds me of how a writer has complete control of the story. What's the real life equivalent of plot armor?

in my experience, the closest thing to Plot Armor is the grace of God.

Where can wisdom be found?

Yep! Hope every one has a good day!

Taking Root. what kind of soil are you?

The Rules of Disengagement. letting go is hard, but not impossible.

Wisdom of Crowds. teamwork, yeah!

Pope announced that International Days of Youth will be held in Cracovia, Poland. Local priests claim it has symbolic meaning because of 1050th anniversary of "baptism" of Poland, but they keep forgetting that Poland became Christian in 14th century, and Pagan minorities survived till late 19th century.

I doubt that International Days of Youth will help reverse trend of Catholic Church in Poland losing young members steadily to atheism and revival of Slavic native religions.

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Pope says not to judge gay people! Here's the quote. "If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?"

He also spoke about the role of women in the church, saying "We cannot limit the role of women in the Church to altar girls or the president of a charity, there must be more, " even though the church has said no to women priests.

edited 29th Jul '13 5:28:11 AM by CaptainKatsura

What's Love? there's your answer.

Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more.

Boooooooooo

Sorry, the meme is too strong.

If it wasn't for John 8:7, I would be stoning you like there is tomorrow.

Please, I'm the one doing stoning in my town. Did that in second year of elementary on my classmate.

...Actually, I would've made that joke too. (Doesn't help that the article also uses the phrase, "Where's the love?".)

edited 29th Jul '13 8:05:49 AM by Pyrite

@Ck: Shouldn't be surprising what the Pope said, as what he said about gay people and women is basically identical to what the church teaches. Every human is good, and is of the same dignity, and should have the same opportunities where having those opportunities doesn't go against charity (love).

And also, appropriate meme is appropriate.

edited 29th Jul '13 12:13:15 PM by Izon

Hello, folks. Some know me, most don't. I'm Ninety, Catholic troper. Nice to meet yall.

So. I'd heard Francis had previously said some very anti-LGBT things? Mind you, I got it from a guy who isn't Christianity's number one fan, so to speak.

Hi Ninety; I've seen you around the forums.

He protested gay marriage in Argentina as a bishop after its definite introduction. So his actions were fortunately futile.

Person of Influence. sometimes the best advice can come from the unlikeliest place.

Your Flight is Confirmed. no delays for this one either.

edited 1st Aug '13 7:09:05 AM by crimsonstorm15