Pope sends direct message to Ben

[Nikolai]

That's exactly how Jesus communicated.

[Kidlicious]

You're claiming magisterial authority. I want to know the basis for your claim to this authority.

I have no idea what you are on about. It's obvious that he doesn't answer the question. He just asks another one. That's not how Jesus communicated, or Socrates for that matter. That's just bull****ting.

But I attend a Methodist church. I don't follow church authority like you do though, so Idk why you are asking.

[Nikolai]

I'm not talking about the interviewer. The Pope told the interviewer that someone asked him if homosexuality was a sin.

Ok. This is the quote we're talking about, right?

"A person once asked me, in a provocative manner, if I approved of homosexuality. I replied with another question: 'Tell me: when God looks at a gay person, does he endorse the existence of this person with love, or reject and condemn this person?' We must always consider the person … In life, God accompanies persons, and we must accompany them, starting from their situation."

"In a provocative manner". So he clearly knew what the RCC thinks about the issue. And the pope replied with a Jesuseque question back, turning the question on its head. He followed Christ's example.

[Kidlicious]

He very well may be, but he's interviewing the pope.

I'm not talking about the interviewer. The Pope told the interviewer that someone asked him if homosexuality was a sin.

[kentonio]

You implied that the mob determines who is evil many times. And you implied that homosexuals are evil in this thread by say BK was gay.

I think you're quite poor at working out the implications of what people are saying. You should probably stick to listening to the things people actually say.

[Kidlicious]

No I don't.

You implied that the mob determines who is evil many times. And you implied that homosexuals are evil in this thread by say BK was gay.

[Nikolai]

Don't you think the questioner is?

He very well may be, but he's interviewing the pope.

[Kidlicious]

I'm not a liberal, no.

Don't you think the questioner is?

[Ben Kenobi]

You want to know my church because I said he didn't communicate that homosexuality is sin?

You're claiming magisterial authority. I want to know the basis for your claim to this authority.

[Kidlicious]

I'll bet you think Hitler was bad. But have you ever met Hitler? Have you ever sat down, had a conversation with him, and listened to what he had to say?

Walk a mile in his boots

[Kidlicious]

According to whom? You? What church do you attend again?

You want to know my church because I said he didn't communicate that homosexuality is sin?

[DaShi]

I'll bet you think Hitler was bad. But have you ever met Hitler? Have you ever sat down, had a conversation with him, and listened to what he had to say?

[Nikolai]

So you believe that every sin, defined in the Bible (or church doctrine), is a sin? I didn't know you believed that way. Lots of Christians these days don't, especially when it comes to women's rights (and this issue). I think it should be assumed that the person who asked the question wants to know the direct answer.

I'm not a liberal, no.

[kentonio]

You always say people are bad because many believe so.

No I don't.

[Ben Kenobi]

He was not teaching that homosexuality is sin.

According to whom? You? What church do you attend again?