Homosexuality is 'a destruction of God's work' - Pope

[Gromit]

The Pope said that "saving" humanity from homosexuality is just as important as saving the rainforests.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/euro pe/italy/3902931/Pope-Saving-world-from-homose xuality-like-saving-rainforests.html

Well...?

[Davethedog]

We should thank the Pope - His hypocrisy shows that the Christian ethic of peace and love to "all" men means nothing. So what in the church means anything if its main premise is without substance?

And who's next?

Goodwill to all

[lumination]

not sure if this has already been said but in the bible (i'm not religious) doesn't it say that 'God created man in his own image'?
if thats true then how did women come around? man must have loved man at some point if its was just them in the world...

[birdie1971]

Naomi24.

Not only is praying to yourself rather absurd, but the act a praying at all is bizarre.

What do religious people (be they Christians, Muslims, etc.) hope to achieve by praying?

Any prayer that asks God for anything is pointless. If God is all-knowing, he already knows everyone's desires without needing to be told. Whatever state of affairs a person seeks to change through prayer must be God's will, and by seeking to change it, they are in essence saying that what God has done already is not good enough, or just plain wrong.

Is it praise God? But this is even more unnecessary. God doesn't need to be told how great he is or how thankful you are - he already knows, by definition.

Is it to build a relationship with God? A relationship that offers no consoling in times of tragedy and no tangible source of comfort or reassurance. Lacking physical form, God cannot provide even the most minimal comfort one human being can offer another: the empathy of a simple touch, the contact of a hand.

In the end, one question remains: If prayer cannot be a way to achieve our desires or build a personal relationship with the Creator, then what is it for?

Answer: to make the people who pray feel better. It gives people the false belief that God is on their side. But as I have said above, you can never be sure that God is on your side because a prayer for God to do something he was not already going to do is futile.

If God does not exist, praying is a waste of time.

If God does exist, praying is a waste of time.

[naomi24]

Birdie, absolutely right, although I understand that God most definitely needs to be told constantly how great he is. You see, he's very prone to jealousy - and jealousy and paranoia often go hand in hand.

[brionon]

Did you see 'em in their skirts and silly Hats ? All done to impress the Common people. Sadly it succeeds. Reminds me of the State opening of Parliament.

[anotheoldgit]

Quinlad

Out of interest, who do you like, AOG? And what do you like? Do you like things? I don't think I've ever heard you say anything cheerful or positive about anything. Or if I have, I can't remember. Are there things that make you happy?

You could ask this of the majority of posters on this section, including yourself, after all it is the News Topic Section.

Try some othe Topic section if you want cheerfulness, chatterbox maybe?

[Davethedog]

Pope Benedict XVI has used his traditional Christmas Midnight Mass to call for an end to "hatred and violence" in the Middle East.

"This of course excludes homosexulas"

Let us think of those children who are victims of the industry of pornography and every other appalling form of abuse, and thus are traumatised to the depths of their soul.

For some reason he neglects to mention Roman Catholic priests.

How can any of you follow - HOW????

[Quinlad]

Actually AOG, there are very few posters I can think of who seem to be entirely motivated by hatred and mistrust. But I can't think of a single thread where someone has bemoaned something and where you've said, 'Actually, I quite like it'. You only ever comment negatively, or so it seems.

Do you like things? And if so, what? Out of interest.

[naomi24]

Dave, that warrants a separate question in R&S.

[Davethedog]

Naomi

I would but its pointless. When it suits the Pope is a man with all the weakness of a man and when it suits he is God's emmisary on earth.

So God's emmisary is never wrong. No doubt someone would tell me this is God's way of testing small childrens faith or that God moves in mysterious ways his wonders to perform or some such.

I don't have the patience, if however you want to take the "ball" and run with it, be my guest.

[naomi24]

Maybe not Dave. You're probably right.