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goldent

(1,582 posts) Mon Mar 3, 2014, 09:42 PM Mar 2014

Weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth

This seems to be the reaction of some to Pope Francis' words, even words of great kindness and support for the disadvantaged. Even "home truths" spoken to the Church hierarchy living a comfortable life. The more magnanimous the words, the louder the wailing.

Why is this? To me, this kind of reaction is often based on fear. If that were the case, fear of what?

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Weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth (Original Post) goldent Mar 2014 OP

The fear of being wrong. rug Mar 2014 #1

And also, along with comforting the afflicted, he is also Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2014 #2

rug

(82,333 posts)

1. The fear of being wrong.

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 09:47 PM

Mar 2014

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)

2. And also, along with comforting the afflicted, he is also

Reply to goldent (Original post)

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 02:16 PM

Mar 2014

Afflicting the comfortable. When Pope Francis said that unbridled capitalism was A Bad Thing, Rush Limbaugh called him a Marxist. (Of course, Limbaugh's knowledge of actual Marxism almost certainly approaches zero as a limit.)

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