I found this over in the Ignorance Crater, about the new Pope:

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I went with him once," said Konrad Baumgartner, the head of the theology department at Regensburg University. "Afterwards, he went into the old cemetery behind the church.

"It was full of cats, and when he went out, they all ran to him. They knew him and loved him. He stood there, petting some and talking to them, for quite a long time. He visited the cats whenever he visited the church. His love for cats is quite famous."

Although his public image is that of a stern enforcer of church doctrine, in Regensburg, where the 78-year-old pope came into his own as a theologian, those who know the man known as "God's Rottweiler" say his soft, human side has been ignored.

The pope loves cats, can't resist Christmas cookies and, three months ago, waxed on about how he dreamed of retiring from the hectic life at the Vatican to enjoy his last years reading, writing and talking with friends.

They're doing research which shows that livestock do better when they're contented.

Maybe he's just keeping a healthy, happy herd. Plus, it's a lot easier to catch one for a quick meal when it comes running to you, instead of away from you.

Can you say Fast Food?

Good work Fischer. Thanks for representing the passivist branch of the cat wacking society.

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Originally posted by N. S. Sherlock:
Good work Fischer. Thanks for representing the passivist branch of the cat wacking society.

No problem, NS. I'd sooner whack 'em right twixt the lookers, rather than make a Texas Heart Shot!

So, is he going to rename the Vatican to the CATican? All the faithful could show up in St. Peter's Square with a cat as an offering. Tithe with a kitty. Nice concept.

I thought church leaders were celibate.

Dan

Pres., TYHC

www.Random.Sniper

The fisher of men must content him self with four legged pussy to be celibate. The rest of us have to be celibrate. We celibrate after we get some two legged pussy. Must walk a fine line talking about the Pope. He is the head shepherd of a flock of over a billion sheep. I don't need a billion sheep leaving religious do-do in my yard. I couldn't afford the wine and bread to feed all of them. If he cares about Gods creatures, how does he rationalize all the dead birds and such that the cats kill. Aren't the birds as worthy as the
cats of his love? I hope it doesn't keep him up a night wondering about that quandry. Must be a nice place, the Vatican. Whomever can get the fire lit correctly gets to be Pope.

Don't flame me about the Pope, I was raised a cat-o-lick. Now I think for myself.

Seems to me that roughly half of the visitors to the Cratican will be sporting a pussy and maybe 10% will wish they were.
Now how's that for politically incorrect! derf

I had .A neighbour once.whom I spyed digging a large hole in his back yard.He was digging like a "Man possesed".So being the careing type of Bloke I am.I lent over the fence & enquired if he needed a hand .No thankyou , he replied .I'm just Burying ,my cat!Now this shocked me .I Asked that's a mighty big hole for a cat ain't it? He replied no not really it happens to be inside your Rottweiler

DoK, that just goes to show that no good deed goes unpunished.

OEH, man I heard that! I've noticed that all organized religions have quandries they conveniently ignore. Except for the Caticans position on birth control it might be that lands to the south would not be so mired in squalor, poverty, and in the case of Brazil, beset with the murder(s) of countless street urchins. Methinks it time to be less fruitful and drop the multiplication in favor of addition. It is but one example. The Babtists are just as conflicted, so to are the rest.

Thinking for one's self may not be politically correct in this day and age but this forum illustrates the act still lives. Perhaps a formal association would be in order, without leadership of course. Accepting leadership is the first step to sheepledom. Call it B.A.R.B.A.R.I.A.N. or Boys And Rascals Breaking All Rules and Individually Against Neutering.

Just a thought or two.

Dan

Pres., TYHC

www.ManyArmies.OfOne

DD,

The other area that just isn't logical is that he is going to say that being gay is a sin and that somehow gays are bad people in the eyes of God. I find that whole thought pattern amusing since aren't we all supposed to be God's creatures and he created all of us including the Gays? Is he contending that God made a mistake with gays and that he knows better than God what God intended? Just ask a rancher about whether there are gay bulls. Over 10 percent of bulls prefer to hump bulls. Are these bulls sinners? Maybe he is saying that since we have free will that being gay is solely a matter of the exercise of free will and therefore is a willful sin. Not being gay I don't have any insight on what it is like, but I have a difficult time believing
that it is entirely a willful decision.

This is just a sensible as saying that it is a sin to be tall, or redheaded, or dumb. Mankind wastes a lot of time on things that are not important. One of these is the religious institutions that we have created and support. They are primarily SOCIAL institutions and have very little to do with whether there is a God. Mankind has used religion as an excuse to murder more people than anything. Mankind is quite willing to kill you for what you think when thinking is supposed to be the thing that separates us from mere animals. I have a hard time taking anything about religion seriously. I think that it is basically the biggest con job of all.
Use a human's fear of the unknown to control him. A human will gladly change his behaviour to be assured of everlasting life. It would be funny if it were not for the fact that the only thing any of us ever own is our time on earth. Everything else is rented, and religion is pure speculation. As one poster said, none of us get out of this alive.

I am not dumping on those that are sincerely religious. It definitely serves a purpose in trying to make sense out of our existence. It is hard to dodge two questions - what happens to me when I die, and is this all there is to life? The other really hard one is what is life? Extend that to what in the world makes me
alive and a rock dead?

Are there crats in Heaven, and is a CB cap noisey up there?