@BohemianBabe Is it unchristian to own a gun? What do these other Christians have to do with Catholic Church? They abandoned it hundreds of years ago; they may as well be Jews or Muslims. They are foreigners to the Catholic faith, a confused group of people who rejected tradition and devolved into different sects.

Pope Francis was against gay marriage. He said homosexuals were sinners, but that the act of homosexuality is not criminal. Pope Francis never married a pair of men or women and did not want Catholic Church to marry a pair of men or women. You need to learn to distinguish between someone engaging in superficial appeasement and support with follow-through of action. The only change with the new pope is we could have someone less willing to verbally placate the nonbelievers and the progressive media, a man of steel. There are some wonderful cardinals who would fulfill their duty as pope very well.

If Pope Francis did anything well, it was fooling you and others into thinking he was progressive. Has it occurred to you he may have been saying what God says? Is God a progressive now? Is he going to start making us vote for progressive policies?

@emiliya
Christians are supposed to turn the other cheek. So when the gun enthusiasts talk about using guns in self-defense, yeah, that is unchristian.
I guess it wouldn't be a sin to own a gun and use it to shoot cans or something. But using a gun to shoot people, even in self-defense, does go against Jesus' teachings.


I know, which is why I said he was progressive in the context of being a pope. All of the popes were against gay marriage, but Pope Francis discouraged people from criticizing gay marriage. That's not great, but as far as popes go, that's pretty good.


And that would be bad. That would make Catholics less likely to vote for progressive policies.


There are no gods, you muppet.

@BohemianBabe In Sermon on the Mount, Christ also said that if you are married, and you look at another woman with lust, you have committed adultery in your heart. He comes to the Jewish law “eye for an eye” and tells us to turn the other cheek. Why? He is telling us not to seek revenge or give into anger. It is about keeping the ego in check and staying humble in the face of our enemies.

I don't see anything to respond to in the rest of your comment.

@kodiac We gotta make sure they're straight and Christian for that reason