The Pope...

Oh god that hat is hilarious

*piece of Eden.

Because people are just JUMPING to buy the Vatican...

You can sell art and relics and materials like gold or silver. All of the money is in the possessions inside the vatican, not the fucking building.

I'm not Catholic... Thank God. So they can do whatever the fuck they want with it. Again... Most of those are EXPENSIVE... And USELESS.

It makes sense, but the main issue is thus: Who the hell has that much money to dish out?

That's some pretty faulty logic there. Liberals can't into money.

those places are actually useful

Whenever they say Religion they mean Christianity. When people say they hate Religion people here often find things that other Religions than Christianity do and say and drag Christianity along with them

It's different, because when you're insulting christianity you're insulting the religion, whereas insulting atheism the same way you do christianity doesn't happen because atheism isn't a belief, and any atheism insults are 99.9% of the time insults aimed at atheists themselves.

That's why posting a picture saying "all atheists are retarded" will get as many red thumbs as somebody posting "all christians are retarded".

So no. There's no double standard, if you actually try to defend your belief instead of just insulting people, you'd have a chance.

Vatican is not Christianity...

atheist dont believe in anything, to make of them is to make fun of nothing. the most you can do is make fun of their intolerance

Of course you can make fun of atheists. You can make fun of anything. That's the amazing thing about people. Watch:
Hundreds of thousands of women are raped every year, but that number could be cut down to a fraction by making years shorter.

Fun thing I learnt while writing this comment: If you google "how many women are raped every year" without the quotes, google's answer is 2.

it really is sad how much of the world really believes in this crap ( not what you said, just the church in general) i mean some small town churches do help the local communities but the Vatican is nothing more then world cancer, having done nothing to help the world, but taking in so much. probably the only good they have done, is give Vlad the impaler permission to do the things he did to keep Islam mostly out of europe .

I know, and the worst part is that the churches still do a lot of shit without ever being punished not even in 'democratic' states.
Anyway it's curious that you talk about Vlad Tepes since i was born really near to his castle (I live in Italy but i was born in Brasov, Romania), you made me smile :)

ah no way thats pretty cool dude :)
ever been to the castle?

Yes, but it's not very amazing... Just a normal castle.

yeah kinda figured, but it had to have been something like " wow, im standing in the castle where Vlad the Impaler lived" so more of a historical wonder, then physical

Yes, that and all those fucking bats... what could they be?

those are his kids that have lived on as bats :P

They really do need to stop that shit

babies*
If you're gonna make a joke, at least spell it right.

Wow you really tried forcing on that really....REALLY unfunny joke.

Catholics believe God speaks through him, right?

So in reality, he makes shit up, and people believe it. Like if he says "evolution is/isn't true", tons of people will believe his word over scientists or facts because they believe he's channeling God.

But I could be wrong, I'm not Catholic (obviously).

I thought he was more of a figurehead like the Queen of England, I wouldn't really know, I'm a different branch.

Ah, okay. Sounds like an interesting job

Catholics believe that he represents God on this Earth (about his opinions. The pope's opinions are God's opinions). He is the head of the church and is the main ruler of the Catholic church. It's also a long tradition that when they elect a pope, he must be a pedo.

Of course not all Catholics agree with what the Pope says. Many Catholics take abortion, gets divorced, use condoms and etc. I honestly don't know why they are Catholics if they don't follow that strong Catholic belief. What's the point with the Pope or being a Catholic then?

I had a teacher that was from Germany in my German class in Sweden once. I asked where she was from. She said West-Germany. I then asked if she was religious and she said yes. I then assumed that she was Catholic, but she said she had converted to Protestantism because she couldn't follow a man (the pope) that said it was a sin to use condoms when all of these people in Africa had aids and such.

The one thing I can think of why people remain to Catholicism, despite what the Pope says is because it plays a huge part in people's lives and has a huge culture there.
Example: If you leave Protestant-Christianity, you just leave your faith, not much else. In Scandinavian countries just 20-34 percent believe in God, but most of them are still a member of the national Church and get married in the church and gets their children baptised. If you leave Catholicism you leave more than just your faith. You leave a huge part of your life. All the traditions, all the church attendees and a lot more that many Catholics hold near.

tl;dr He speaks God's words on Earth and what he says is what God says, but not all Catholics believe so.

Actually, contrary to your statement, the pope we have currently backed condoms because he figured while even preaching abstinence that teenagers would have sex anyway. It caused quite the stir in the catholic community when that happened.

**alanthewhite rolls 967,942,432** Leads an entire people with moral, political, and spiritual support. In fact, it is a widely held belief that the Polish John Paul II was instrumental in helping the Polish populace get rid of Communism and embrace a more democratic system of government.

He doesn't seem to do very much leading.

**alanthewhite rolls 038,319,042** No OFFICIAL leading, but the amount of support and unquestionable love that the Catholic populace has for the Pope (and his love in return), really is remarkable.

I'm not Catholic BTW.

He's always reminded me of this chap.