If I were a Betting Man
If I were a betting man, I'd have bet Ratzinger for new poke (as my brothers call him), and I wouldn't wear frilly knickers. But niether a better nor a man be, so I didn't.
What kind of Church in this day and age votes for a Cardinal that is a misogynist? In this time of AIDS epidemics and equal rights, how can they justify a poke who doesn't advocate safe sex, or that women are people too? A poke that has spent much of his life behind doors, and one that stands to alienate vast tracts of his own establishment?
Brazil is, as I understand it, the proud owner of the biggest catholic church in the world. The people of Brazil for many years have said they'd love to hear a pope who promoted safe sex and allowed the use of condoms as an extension of a woman's right not to bear a child, and they were even hoping that women could take a more active role in church. Are these people going to accept the new pope unconditionally? I hope not.
For the record I am not Christian, and I intend no insult to anyone except the poke and the eejits who elected him.
What kind of Church in this day and age votes for a Cardinal that is a misogynist? In this time of AIDS epidemics and equal rights, how can they justify a poke who doesn't advocate safe sex, or that women are people too? A poke that has spent much of his life behind doors, and one that stands to alienate vast tracts of his own establishment?
Brazil is, as I understand it, the proud owner of the biggest catholic church in the world. The people of Brazil for many years have said they'd love to hear a pope who promoted safe sex and allowed the use of condoms as an extension of a woman's right not to bear a child, and they were even hoping that women could take a more active role in church. Are these people going to accept the new pope unconditionally? I hope not.
For the record I am not Christian, and I intend no insult to anyone except the poke and the eejits who elected him.
posted by Green Glass Beads at 17:25
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