Pope orders NJ laws to Conform to his Decrees

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Originally posted by OnyxCougar
As far as Kerry, well, **if** he's a Catholic, he should be against those 3 things, or he is a hypocrite.

Any American politician that does not ban divorse is a hypocrite? In reality, many Catholics are saying the Pope is fallable - he is wrong - and that little people in the church are better Catholics than the Pope. IOW they say that little people represent the true Catholic Church - not some dictator called the Pope. After all, where in a relationship between a man and a god is the Pope?

These little people say their religious beliefs remains only between themselves and their god. Pope's job is only to facilitate that relationship; a consultant. Once the Pope oversteps those bounds - goes beyond an advisory position- then the Pope is wrong. The Pope is nothing more than a support function; to help good Catholics with their 'god relations'. Solution - let the Catholics elect the Pope either by electing their bishops or by direct elections. Or the Pope should just bite his tongue, stay silent, and therefore become a responsible world citizen.

Bottom line: according to the logic of OnyxCougar, then no Catholic can be permitted to hold an American political office. Catholics that hold political office would suffer a severe conflict of interest between two masters - the American people they work for verses a dictator in Vatican City. If OnyxCougar were correct, then no 'devote' Catholic could take the oath of office - without lying. According to OnyxCougar, all good Catholics could not uphold the Constituion of the United States.

Pope has no business interfering in "what is Ceasar's ...". When this Pope even violates that basic Biblical parable, then will god strike down the Pope? Of course not. Even god is smart enough to let others do as they wish. Even god is not so stupid as to interfere with the operations of a secular government - even the government in Vatican City.

Pope apparently is demented by a personal agenda; which happens when a man is in power for too long.