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HairyHammer 1:10 Fri Jan 16
The Pope standing up for religion in a very secular world.

I have to admit that i was rather surprised that after the cowardly Charlie Hebdo attacks the pope stood very firmly on the side of religious tolerance rather than what would have got him many plaudits, freedom of speech.
So was he being brave, saying basically that there were limits to freedom of expression, or do you think he is just weak and not modern enough in his thoughts for this day and age.
Me I think he was very honest because people have been manipulated to become through media manipulation an almost enemy of religion. Anyone who is actually religious cannot last five seconds without either being ridiculed or switched off by the media institutions be they TV radio, etc.
The pope is no idiot and seeing how the world is going probably thinks not only are we being mocked but we are also being disrespected and silenced too.

Leonard Hatred 1:12 Fri Jan 16
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Religious people are weird, creepy cunts who need a clip round the ear.

riosleftsock 1:15 Fri Jan 16
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The pope is entitled to his opinion, I think he's got this completely wrong, which is unusual as he has been a breath of fresh air in the vatican.

Coffee 1:15 Fri Jan 16
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This is the best Pope in my lifetime.

Let's see if he's able to withstand the pressure in the long term.

Eddie B 1:21 Fri Jan 16
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Coffee, "the best Pope in my lifetime"

Not exactly a glowing list to choose from though, is it.

"This type of gonorrhea is the best strain I have ever picked up"

Iron Duke 1:22 Fri Jan 16
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If he isn't going to side with freedom of speach, then he should shut the fuck up.

ted fenton 1:22 Fri Jan 16
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So much for turning the other cheek Mr Pope !

Swiss. 1:23 Fri Jan 16
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Charlie Hebdo has been extremey critical of the Catholic church. Sure they're secretly quite happy.

ray winstone 1:24 Fri Jan 16
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Pope = Leader of the Catholic Church = Buggery

Lee Trundle 1:28 Fri Jan 16
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Has he mentioned the street kids that have been chucked behind bars for his visit to the Philippines?

Coffee 1:29 Fri Jan 16
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Eddie B 1:21 Fri Jan 16
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The best c&p I've ever done.

riosleftsock 1:30 Fri Jan 16
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Trundle, its the only way they can guarantee the safety of the kids with that many catholic priests in town

Lee Trundle 1:30 Fri Jan 16
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hahahaha - very good!

Troy McClure 1:31 Fri Jan 16
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Looks up "secular"

Coffee 1:35 Fri Jan 16
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Lee Trundle 1:28 Fri Jan 16

Developing countries always do that sort of thing when someone famous visits.

When John Major was PM, he visited Calcutta. The local authorities banned men from wearing the lunghi (a kind of cloth worn around the waist, a bit like a male version of the skirt), for fear that there was going to be a mass bare bum protest along Mr Major's route into town from the airport.

When Pope John Paul visited the city in 1986, the authorities demolished all slum housing in places where he would visit. They did that not because they didn't want the Pope to see that for himself, but because they didn't want the rest of the world to see the crap they themselves had created on their TV screens.

alphaharps 1:39 Fri Jan 16
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we are going to have a war arent we. The Religious versus the Secular.

We'll thrash em

Lily Hammer 1:39 Fri Jan 16
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"Anyone who is actually religious cannot last five seconds without either being ridiculed or switched off by the media institutions be they TV radio, etc."


What do you expect if you go around believeing some books written by a man/men thousands of years ago to be the word of some kind of supreme being?

Is it so unreasonable for people to find that kind of thing ridiculous.

I'm not saying there isn't a God of a sort, but if Mohammed had never happened way back when, and a bloke called Mohammed, from Saudi Arabia approached you tomorrow and said "I just got a message from God. He spoke to me and me alone, and said my message will be the last one humanity will get." would you believe him?

Would you fuck! You'd think who's this loony? So why believe it when its written down, just because some other bloke tells you its true, without showing a shred of evidence.

The same would apply to a bunch of modern day gospels trying to convince us that a bloke just walked on water and and caught the biggest fish and baked the biggest loaves of bread you're ever going to see.


I don't want to hurt abyone, but sorry, those beliefs are wide open for piss taking.

Lee Trundle 1:40 Fri Jan 16
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Hardly the same is it? Locking up kids compared to not wearing a piece of cloth?

riosleftsock 1:40 Fri Jan 16
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I will consider the Lily, Lily

Coffee 1:42 Fri Jan 16
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Lee

Point is the authorities don't give a fuck what they do when they want to cover up their own shortcomings.

Lee Trundle 1:47 Fri Jan 16
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The Pope is the ultimate authority out there.

All he'd have to say is release them, and they will.

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