This is my answer to 'Do you believe in God?':
I am open to the idea that in that darkly infinite expanse up there, there may be an almighty being controlling the strings of fate, and I would praise and commend him/her/it for its marvelous work if I saw proof. But the more I learn about this world and this universe, the more I find it less likely to be the case.
I agree that some of the things he is doing are good but I also disagree with some of his teachings. Maybe he is just a very good person but like I said in the past, I rather be amazed by someone being good than caught of guard when someone turns out evil. Keep in mind that when Hitler took over Germany, life got better for the average German. Hitler was very much so a decent person at the beginning.
Only to a very certain, very small group of people, that viewed the world in a very, very different way to the average person. That's a thin line you're treading, buddy. :P
Hitler had an ulterior agenda from the very start of his rise to power and therefore was certainly never a "decent person".
You can theorise about some Vatican conspiracy all you want but the fact of the matter is this guy is currently as genuine a Pope as you're going to get, and that is enough for at least a slight commendation from my point of view.
The selfie just killed everything I read before that. The heretic!
Put him to the pyre!
It wasn't the selfie, it was the small text...
I'm an agnostic but hats of to this guy! If all theists were like this, world would be a very happier place...
This is my answer to 'Do you believe in God?':
I am open to the idea that in that darkly infinite expanse up there, there may be an almighty being controlling the strings of fate, and I would praise and commend him/her/it for its marvelous work if I saw proof. But the more I learn about this world and this universe, the more I find it less likely to be the case.
I agree that some of the things he is doing are good but I also disagree with some of his teachings. Maybe he is just a very good person but like I said in the past, I rather be amazed by someone being good than caught of guard when someone turns out evil. Keep in mind that when Hitler took over Germany, life got better for the average German. Hitler was very much so a decent person at the beginning.
Because 'decent people' like Hitler start off their campaign promises by openly threatening and terrorizing a minority.
Only to a very certain, very small group of people, that viewed the world in a very, very different way to the average person. That's a thin line you're treading, buddy. :P
Hitler had an ulterior agenda from the very start of his rise to power and therefore was certainly never a "decent person".
You can theorise about some Vatican conspiracy all you want but the fact of the matter is this guy is currently as genuine a Pope as you're going to get, and that is enough for at least a slight commendation from my point of view.
he is either a genuinely nice guy or a brilliant actor.
nice to have someone with their head on straight a the top of the catholic ladder
And that's why he's called the "Peoples Pope."
Breaking News: The Vatican has renounced Catholicism and turned to Communism.
Good guy Francis :)
Let's see...
According to this we're ahead of schedule!
Popes aren't supposed to be doing this for another 24 years, at the least!