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Apr 13, 2005 12:48

It's pretty fucked up to hear people say they are glad the pope is dead. Especially for the simple reason of not agreeing with his beliefs or religion. I am a misanthropic agnostic extraordinaire, but I refuse to celebrate a noble man's death. It's disgusting.

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lilly_lerouge April 13 2005, 15:43:12 UTC

i concure. it's ridiculous... he did nothing bluntly wrong towards anyone really. he actually just tried to help people....

roberreu April 14 2005, 12:49:43 UTC

I can't understand why someone would say something like that. I'm moderately anti-establishment, i.e. I'm never going to belong to an established religion, based on the fact that there aren't many churches for hopeful agnostics. I further dislike religions that are exclusive in any way, like in the "we're heaven-bound, you're hell-bound" way, or the "sorry, you don't have xyz going for you, guess you're out in the cold" way. And, if I were to ever join a religion, it would certainly not be one with a large heirarchy. These things combine to spell "Bobby will probably never be a Catholic." That said, I admired this Pope on many levels: he was the first pope to enter a mosque _EVER_ and the first to enter a synagogue in (I think) centuries. He had enough humility to appologize for what he considered errors by previous popes, which takes a lot to do considering all things that a pope is considered to be. I disagreed with many of his beliefs, as I'm sure he disagreed with me right back, but I respected him. Being glad someone is ( ... )

perhaps neither here nor there downlikebass April 18 2005, 13:47:44 UTC

Going back a couple thousand years to the roots of religion, 'gods' were imagined up as a way to feel less helpless. If you were growing wheat, it was comforting to have an avatar you could to sacrifice to or otherwise appease to make you wheat grow well. So pretty soon you have a pantheon of gods to cover all aspects of your daily life ( ... )

Re: perhaps neither here nor there roberreu April 18 2005, 20:51:00 UTC

The great ball of fire in the sky (the sun) is beyond all understanding or explanation, ergo there must be a God behind it ( ... )