Pope sends direct message to Ben

[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

[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'm not a liberal, no.

Don't you think the questioner is?

[Nikolai]

Don't you think the questioner is?

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

[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.

[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]

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.

[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]

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]

That's exactly how Jesus communicated.

[DinoDoc]

FTFY

[Kidlicious]

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.

I bet you would like that.

[Kidlicious]

That's exactly how Jesus communicated.

Example is in order.

[kentonio]

I bet you would like that.

I would indeed like you to actually respond to what I say rather than just make up a version in your own head that ends up being the exact opposite. It makes it very hard to talk to you when you're seemingly living in backward land.

[Kidlicious]

I would indeed like you to actually respond to what I say rather than just make up a version in your own head that ends up being the exact opposite. It makes it very hard to talk to you when you're seemingly living in backward land.

I'm going to continue to respond to your doubletalk