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(It occurs to me that being agnostic on the existence of a god has almost nothing to do with this particular Vatican position, since the majority of people who believe in a god or gods are not Catholic, and even being Catholic is no guarantee that someone agrees with a particular Pope or papal decree. So, anyway, the one thing has nothing to do with the other.)
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I'm pretty sure the pope is always old, because popes are elected from the cardinals. And the cardinals are bishops that have been promoted. And the bishops are priests who have been promoted. It's the same reason you don't see any twenty-something military generals.
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Is there a quota of child-molestation cover-ups to become Pope?
Mabye just condemning practical birth control, scientific theory, the fossil record and denying any church wrong-doing in the past thousand years is enough to be considered.
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Considered him, but there's the whole dynastic succession thing. Might even find younger royalty commanding armies throughout the ages, but that's not to say they were necessarily any good! But one Great War general was 25 at the time of his promotion. . .
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Is there a quota of child-molestation cover-ups to become Pope?
Mabye just condemning practical birth control, scientific theory, the fossil record and denying any church wrong-doing in the past thousand years is enough to be considered.
Not that I want to stop you in the middle of your carefully considered "OMG PRIESTS FUCK SMALL CHILDREN", but the Catholic Church does actually agree with evolution. In fact, I don't think they argue against "science" on anything, outside of specific "acts of God" (eg, the flood, virgins getting pregnent, and so on).
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: ...but the Catholic Church does actually agree with evolution. In fact, I don't think they argue against "science" on anything, outside of specific "acts of God" (eg, the flood, virgins getting pregnent, and so on). [/QB]
In his book "A Brief History of Time", Hawking said that he had an audience with the Pope, and the Pope applauded his work, but stipulated that Hawking should not investiage the Big Bang itself, since that was a divine moment. Of course, Hawking said in his book that that was exactly what he was doing at the time.
Personally, I'm Catholic and I'm glad that the Church doesn't go for strict Creationism or Darwinism, but instead for a healthy middle ground, blending the two extremes. It's what I believed even before I was aware of the Church's position.
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