I think people are too concerned about Ratzinger

mikehiggins

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Tue Apr-19-05 11:01 PM
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I think people are too concerned about Ratzinger

He is clearly a place marker. Coming into that office at 78 means we'll probably have a new pope during Clark's second term. Next time, God willing, we'll have an African or Latino pope.

THAT would be worth waiting around to see.

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REP

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Tue Apr-19-05 11:04 PM
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1. I Just Think It's Funny To See The RCC Give 5/6 of The World the Finger

Ratzinger has written that his version of Catholicism is the only true religion, which not only means that European and American Catholics are doomed, he doesn't think much of anyone else, either. Oh well. I never took anything an old man in a dress said too seriously to begin with.

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MrModerate

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Tue Apr-19-05 11:04 PM
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2. Yeah, as a non-religious person, I don't give a . . .

Ratzinger's ass who sits in the Vatican. I realize that world catholicism is a force to be reckoned with (if you're Catholic), but for me it's really no more important than the Rosicrucians or Daimler-Chrysler.

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MADem

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Tue Apr-19-05 11:05 PM
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3. Valid assessment.

I think there is dismay, some cause for concern, but time wounds all heels...and there really is nothing to be done about it, except continue a ministry of confrontation against the unfairness, or say screw it and walk away.

Though I wouldn't count on your Presidential pick--it could happen, but it is by no means assured. I'll take Bozo the Clown if he has a D after his name...but I'd love to see President Clinton in the job, she'd be wonderful.

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blackcat77

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Tue Apr-19-05 11:05 PM
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4. Popes have absolute power

If he really wanted to screw things up, he could do it pretty quickly.

But you're probably right. Every commentator I've heard said that his will be a philosophical continuation of JP2, but without any of the charisma of his predecessor.

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w4rma

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Tue Apr-19-05 11:08 PM
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5. That's what they said about Bush: Aw he won't be a "radical".

Edited on Tue Apr-19-05 11:13 PM by w4rma

He won't try to change things much. He'll just continue our prosperity.

Yeah. You see, now, how that worked out, don't you?

Rat is a Nazi and his agenda is to clear out U.S. pews and start anew.

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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

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Tue Apr-19-05 11:12 PM
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6. I think it is understandable.

Edited on Tue Apr-19-05 11:12 PM by Tandalayo_Scheisskop

Progress is normal and natural. As we look around, we are seeing anything but progress. It is scary. We need wins on our "side" of things. Glimmers of enlightenment.

Did you see the outpouring of emotion today, right here, when the dems in the senate stood up as one, took on the repukes and scored not only a clear win but a clear illustration of EXACTLY what we have been screaming about in the wilderness? On national TV?

That was one clear win. We need more. Nature desires balance and balance is sorely lacking right now. A smidgen was restored this afternoon, for all the world to see.

There will be more. On the other hand, Ratzinger was not a win.

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BuyingThyme

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Tue Apr-19-05 11:14 PM
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7. Yeah. Just another compassionate conservative.

No big deal.

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meisje

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Tue Apr-19-05 11:21 PM
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8. He's just the conspiracy du jur

Maybe tomorrow we'll be back to gannon

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Voltaire99

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Wed Apr-20-05 12:25 AM
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9. "During Clark's second term"

LOL!

I want some of what you're smoking, my friend.

Ratzo is a serious reactionary; you'd do well to read up on his history. And it really doesn't matter what race the Pope is. One right wing mystic is as bad as any other.

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Placebo

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Wed Apr-20-05 12:29 AM
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10. DU has slipped 95% into paranoid/freak out GROUP THINK

Of course this is going to be a transitional papacy. Of course he's not going to wield and sort of serious power. He isn't going to push for change. He's there as a pair of hands on the wheel to keep the Church steady for the next few years while they figure out what the hell it is they want to do and where they want to go.

I understand that people have to vent and make fun, but reading these forums is starting to get painful.

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