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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-08 09:32 PM
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The Pope's Christmas Condemnation of Transsexuals
Edited on Sun Dec-28-08 09:37 PM by PeaceNikki


Pope Benedict XVI has said that saving humanity from transsexual behavior is just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1868390,00.html

"The celebration of the birth of the Lord is at our doorstep ..." Thus began Pope Benedict XVI in his annual pre-Christmas address to top Vatican officials. But rather than a pro forma holiday wish of good tidings, the pontiff delivered his latest heavy-hitting discourse on everything from ecology to ecumenism, with carefully chosen citations from past Popes and even Friedrich Nietzsche. The topic that most grabbed press attention came about halfway through the 30-minute long address: transsexuals.

Without actually using the word, Benedict took a subtle swipe at those who might undergo sex-change operations or otherwise attempt to alter their God-given gender. Defend "the nature of man against its manipulation," Benedict told the priests, bishops and cardinals gathered Monday in the ornate Clementine hall. "The Church speaks of the human being as man and woman, and asks that this order is respected." The Pope again denounced the contemporary idea that gender is a malleable definition. That path, he said, leads to a "self-emancipation of man from creation and the Creator." (See TIME's Top 10 religious stories of the year.)

Critics of the Church hierarchy see such pronouncements as proof of Catholicism's unhealthy "obsession" with sexual matters. In his book Sex and Heaven, Catholic writer John Portmann argues that the Vatican has made having "correct sex" the singular virtue for achieving salvation. In just the past month, the Vatican has announced its opposition to a United Nations proposal to protect gays from being criminalized and punished by governments for their orientation, and released a doctrinal office document reinforcing the Church's opposition to assisted fertility and stem cell research.

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As incisive as his writing is, some Catholics still question the priorities coming from the bully pulpit. Why, for example, does he not use his Christmas address to boldly condemn Robert Mugabe, whose brutal dictatorship has left a largely Christian country crushed and struggling with a cholera outbreak that has already killed more than 1,000 people? Such thoughts naturally recall Benedict's predecessor, whose geopolitical skills were legendary. (See pictures of Robert Mugabe's reign.)


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Edited to remove my "editorial comments"
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-08 09:39 PM
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1. Why doesn't he tell Bush supporting Catholics in '04 GE to confess the sin of accessory to
Edited on Sun Dec-28-08 09:41 PM by patrice
Murder before they go to Communion again?

Is he claiming infallibility on Sexuality?
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-08 09:46 PM
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2. His Holy Dumbass ignores the plight of the intersexed children
a clear example that there is no such thing as a Divine plan for only male and female.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 08:47 PM
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11. Thank you thank you thank you thank you.
:hug: If I could kiss you on the cheek, I would do that too. :applause:

I'm glad you see that too. We need to break this "male and female" only classification system and start looking at the truth in nature.
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-08 09:49 PM
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3. More ignorance from the man in the dress.
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DontTreadOnMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-28-08 10:56 PM
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4. lmao! good one.
Edited on Sun Dec-28-08 10:57 PM by DontTreadOnMe
But what is he wearing UNDER the dress?
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 09:32 AM
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5. Where else can I see "Christmas" and "condemnation" in the same heading?
Edited on Mon Dec-29-08 09:33 AM by Deep13
I guess the Pope is not interested in my Christmas condemnation of Catholicism. Anyway, his complicity in the systematic rape of childen removes any moral authority the R.C. Church may have once had.
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Spectral Music Donating Member (349 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 07:07 PM
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6. "self-emancipation of man from creation and the Creator." (Translation: bad for business)
How dare we not take his God seriously?
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Toasterlad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 07:08 PM
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7. Who DIDN'T That Asshole Piss On This Christmas?
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 07:34 PM
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9. He spoke fondly of his days as a Hitler Jugend
when he spoke of pruning the forest.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 07:09 PM
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8. We have to go back a ways in history to find such an evil pope.
This one really takes the cake. Definitely the worst in my lifetime. I wonder if Diebold was involved in his election.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-29-08 08:45 PM
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10. I supposed he supports the mutilation of intersex babies too.
Edited on Mon Dec-29-08 08:48 PM by Jamastiene
I'm glad I don't expect much from him. He'd be a constant disappointment. Then again, I'm not Catholic. I'm just a mere heathen. Glad I won't have to spend eternity with him. I cannot believe how hateful he is. Oh wait, yes I can. :eyes:
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 01:24 AM
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12. My partner and her family are Catholic. Of course, they haven't been to mass in a long time...
They warned me that this Pope in particular was a serious disaster. He was, literally, a Nazi.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 03:35 PM
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15. He is trouble with a capitol T.
The last Pope made efforts to apologize to people who were wronged. This Pope is like Jerry Falwell way too much for my taste.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 06:09 PM
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17. He's worse than Jerry Falwell because he has so much power.
He really is trouble with a capitol T.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 01:34 AM
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13. I spy the infamous red Prada shoes. How can a man wearing an embroidered dress and designer shoes
lash out at gender variant people? :wtf:

On an unrelated note: he looks more and more like Emperor Palpatine with every passing day.
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 10:50 AM
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14. This is similar to the "editorial comment" that I edited out.
(The Prada slippers/dress part, not the Palpatine part)

:D and :rofl: at Palpatine
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VaYallaDawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-30-08 03:48 PM
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16. Just more wisdom from Bentdick. n/t
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