In this speech, the Pope makes a very important point - that although we may sometimes think Satan has been vanquished for good, he is still very much at work in our world, ensnaring even the strongest and most principled of men. Indeed we see how strong the devil is, when he can make even priests commit crimes! Always be vigilant my friends. Keep your faith strong. If you need spiritual guidance, feel free to reach out to me.
You just have to send him pics of kids, and he will get back to in 5-10 minutes.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 11 minutes later, 14 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,705
Which still brings us to the fact the catholics are a major factor of child sex abuse.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 9 minutes later, 23 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,707
The Pedophile Protecting Pope did nothing of value - Gave Blow Jobs aka Hot Air to the Pedophile hierarchy he gathered around him.
One Cardinal said 30 years of records against the pedophile clergy was destroyed.
Just bullshit cover up of pedophiles by the Catholic Church -
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 14 seconds later, 24 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,708
> Which still brings us to the fact the catholics are a major factor of child sex abuse.
Nonsense. There is no connection between Catholicism and child abuse. Some people use the 'cover' of the clergy to satiate the perverse needs that Satan put in them.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 41 seconds later, 24 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,709
@971,705 (D)
The Catholic church is the primary factor of child sex abuse.
Toilet Seat !TOD33vFX8s replied with this 7 years ago, 53 seconds later, 25 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,710
Except, you failed to mention this. Again, you're protecting your catholic buddies.
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,714
@971,710 (Toilet Seat !TOD33vFX8s)
Showing those kind of facts to TG only gets his juices flowing and he starts to drool. He believes an abused child deserves the abuse. You just will never find him admitting to it.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 23 seconds later, 31 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,717
The Pope is leading the fight against pedophilia and all you can do is get mad about it. Why are you so upset about pedophiles being held to account? Is there something you'd like to confess to me?
Anonymous D replied with this 7 years ago, 48 seconds later, 32 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,719
> Showing those kind of facts to TG only gets his juices flowing and he starts to drool. He believes an abused child deserves the abuse. You just will never find him admitting to it.
True, so very true.
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 35 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,722
The Catholic church is the greatest force for good in the history of Western civilization. It's outrageous how mad some people get about a couple of honest mistakes by well-intentioned people.
Anonymous D replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 36 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,723
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The greatest force for good? At what? Molesting children and then hiding behind the Pope?
Anonymous E replied with this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 37 minutes after the original post[^][v]#971,725
@971,717 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U) > "Pope Francis has promised concrete action to tackle child sex abuse
Please show the long list of concrete actions the Pope said he will take - Go on just look it up.
With the Church losing Billions of dollars in law suits because it's the Christian breeding ground for pedophilia, the Church runs out the clock so clergy cannot be put in prison.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#971,757
> The Catholic church is the greatest force for good in the history of Western civilization.
So very true. Without the Catholic Church we wouldn't have had much of the great art of the Renaissance. The finest masterpieces of Michelangelo (Sistine chapel ceiling, The Last Judgement...) and Raphael (The School of Athens) were commissioned by the Pope. Plus we also have all the fine work the Church has done in helping the vulnerable and the less fortunate all over the world.
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 27 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#971,759
@971,757 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U) > Please show the long list of concrete actions the Pope said he will take - Go on just look it up.
You have had over two hours to provide that list. Why can't you find it for us.
Anonymous G replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#971,760
@previous (I)
You sure are stupid when it comes to Fake anon satire.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 41 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#971,770
> >Please show the long list of concrete actions the Pope said he will take - Go on just look it up. > > You have had over two hours to provide that list. Why can't you find it for us.
This is where actually reading things would help you look slightly less silly. The Pope promised concrete action, the full plan of which will be announced soon. You really think his brief closing remarks at the conclusion of a summit was when he was going to give the details of what will be a very long and complex strategy?
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 8 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#971,772
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Catholic Church 2000+ years old. We continue to wait for solutions to stop the sexual abuse of children.
Nothing concrete will happen. The Pope really has no power to stop it.
Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#971,794
> Indeed we see how strong the devil is, when he can make even priests commit crimes!
It's nice to know we'll always have an imaginary scapegoat to blame for criminal activity. We wouldn't want to hold priests accountable for stuff they did if we can blame some trickster demon instead.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 12 hours later, 19 hours after the original post[^][v]#971,965
No it isn't. The first Pope, St Peter, began his papal reign in around AD 60. You're confusing the birth of the Catholic Church with the birth of Christ. While the papacy is the oldest continuing absolute monarchy in the world, it is not "2000+ years old". It began at the end of Christ's life when he handed the 'key' to St Peter and enjoined him to create a church.
As I so often have to say to people during these debates: a basic understanding of the subject would go a long way to making you appear less foolish.
> Nothing concrete will happen. The Pope really has no power to stop it.
The Pope is Christ's Vicar on Earth. Almost all things are within his power.
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Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 7 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#972,125
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 55 seconds later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#972,430
What is Satan's stance on molesting children?
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#972,431
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
Satan's goal is to corrupt the innocence of God's creation, therefore the corruption of children is one of his methods. That is what the Pope meant when he described child abusers as "Tools of Satan".
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#972,433
@previous (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
So in other words, Satan is Catholic.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 9 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#972,440
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
With a small 'c' and you are sadly correct. His presense is all-pervasive in our world.
Anonymous D replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#972,447
> Satan's goal is to corrupt the innocence of God's creation, therefore the corruption of children is one of his methods. That is what the Pope meant when he described child abusers as "Tools of Satan".
> So in other words, Satan is Catholic.
So what you're trying to say TG, is that Satan is present in the Catholic world, and his presence is the cause of catholics to become child abusers?
Is Satan scared of other religions? Because you don't hear about Satan's presence at other religions turning people into child molesters....
Only at the Catholic Church huh?
Hmmmm.... Interesting.....
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 29 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#972,450
@previous (D)
TG is telling us that he is one of Satan's demons. Just one more excuse to allow him to molest children in the name of Satan.
Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#972,454
He's not as good as Dear Leader Kim Jong Un then, Comrade Kim Jong Un has no need to vacate his bowels.
Anonymous D replied with this 7 years ago, 3 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#972,530
@972,454 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
Not clicking those CP links, but in your own words, you said >With a small 'c' and you are sadly correct. His presense is all-pervasive in our world.
When you state "our world", you're meaning the catholic world, right? That he possesses catholics to be child abusers?
Cause if Satan is in my world, he doesn't make me do any of what you catholics do to children.
> I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you don't know the difference between the words "catholic" and "Catholic", do you?
You pathetic catholics aren't worthy enough to have your religion capitalized.
Anonymous K replied with this 7 years ago, 55 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#972,544
@972,428 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
I think you messed up. That's a court in Australia fighting against child abuse. The Catholic Church remains utterly ineffective in their willingness to actually stop anything except maybe bad PR.
Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#972,548
@972,530 (D)
He's playing on words you dipshit. For your own sake look up the meaning of the word catholic with a non-capitalized c. It doesn't mean what you think it does (it's not connected to the religion) and you're starting to look a bit stupid right now tbh.
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Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 14 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#972,702
The angry atheist refusing to read anything that proves him factually wrong. What a surprise :)
> but in your own words, you said "With a small 'c' and you are sadly correct. His presense is all-pervasive in our world."
I did, yes. And not for the first time, I'm seeing that you don't know what the word 'catholic' with a small c means. But never fear my child! A lot of our work in the Catholic Church involves reaching out to those with poor education.
> When you state "our world", you're meaning the catholic world, right?
Is this some kind of multiverse question? Or some kind of pantheistic entity? Catholic is catholic, is it not? Or you're claiming what's catholic is not Catholic?
Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 7 years ago, 26 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#972,708
@972,440 (Father Merrin !u5oFWxmY7U)
I just wanted to say I appreciate this wordplay, even if others here don't.