Papal front runners. If the Black guy becomes the next pope, white Republicans will scream DEI till their buttholes explode

[ThatOwlWoman]

Please don't think of yourself as a nobody. I'm sure you're special to *someone.* Like Toxic, who's down to just a couple of eunuch defenders. lol

 

[RB 60]

Please don't think of yourself as a nobody. I'm sure you're special to *someone.* Like Toxic, who's down to just a couple of eunuch defenders. lol

 

[Damocles]

Our Lutheran church had one. It was called the baptismal font and only brought out when a baby was being baptized.

Yeah, Lutherans are pretty much the same thing as Catholic without the pope... the main difference between the two was literally the language the Lutherans chose to use.

 

[Jade Dragon]

So far in this large discussion I have yet to see a single self-proclaimed "Christian" exhibiting any behaviors or speech that would make me inclined to join that religion. Christiefan comes close, but I'm not sure if she still follows the faith or not.

The organized churches may be nice for some, but they are not essential to following Christ. I haven't been to church since I was a teenager because of disability and social restraints.

 

[TOP]

A lot of people here are going to be very disappointed with the next Pope...not that it
will matter... they don't embrace God or worry about Karma...
Jesus Won t-shirts aren't for everyone...

 

[RB 60]

I'm not Catholic, so it doesn't make any difference to me who the Catholics pick for the pope. There's no question, a few will criticize whoever it is...

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Yeah, Lutherans are pretty much the same thing as Catholic without the pope... the main difference between the two was literally the language the Lutherans chose to use.

No, not realy the same although a lot of ppl like to believe so. Lutherans see the veneration of saints -- and their statues in church -- as akin to idolatry. Jesus is seen as your "friend" rather than a distant god you shouldn't directly pray to. You are right though that the liturgy, chants, etc. are quite similar. Lutherans come in several flavors and have their own beliefs and ways of conducting the worship service. Evangelical Lutherans are more laid back while Missouri Synod Lutherans are sticklers for dogma.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

The organized churches may be nice for some, but they are not essential to following Christ. I haven't been to church since I was a teenager because of disability and social restraints.

Yet you comport yourself in a true Christian manner and are nothing like most of those here who claim to follow Jesus.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

A lot of people here are going to be very disappointed with the next Pope...not that it
will matter... they don't embrace God or worry about Karma...
Jesus Won t-shirts aren't for everyone...

^ ^ ^ The very definition of a sanctimonious Pharisee. And on a Sunday morning!

 

[christiefan915]

I disagree with them meddling too but they don't have a country that we send an ambassador to. But their meddling is also bad. When the Pope comes to the US he is treated as a head of state.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Dec. 20, 2024, that he was appointing Brian Burch, president of the political advocacy group CatholicVote, as the next Holy See ambassador. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered April 8, 2025, Trump's nomination of Burch. Burch is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/CatholicVote)

Trump's Vatican ambassador pick defends foreign aid cuts at confirmation hearing - Catholic Review

Brian Burch, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, defended the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid at a Senate hearing April 8 on his nomination.

catholicreview.org

 

[christiefan915]

Yeah, Lutherans are pretty much the same thing as Catholic without the pope... the main difference between the two was literally the language the Lutherans chose to use.

I don't know about that. Catholic teaching doesn't have the five solas inconsistency.

 

[christiefan915]

So, evangelicals also "sprinkle"... Most "fundies" do not. However, children are "dedicated to God", like Samuel was dedicated by Hannah, in Pentecostal and other "fundie" religions (again, "fundie" as described by Christiefan915)...

Does the term "fundie" annoy you?

 

[FastLane]

Does the term "fundie" annoy you?

It is disrespectful papist

 

[christiefan915]

It is disrespectful papist

"Papist" is disrespectful, too. Just sayin'

 

[FastLane]

I don't know about that. Catholic teaching doesn't have the five solas inconsistency.

What do you find inconsistent about Sola scriptura

 

[FastLane]

"Papist" is disrespectful, too. Just sayin'

That is precisely why I used it for you. Just sayin'

 

[christiefan915]

Have you ever agreed that TOP was a turnt? Or directly called her one?

The liberal women on JPP get called the "c" word every day, and I've never seen you call out the men who do it. Why is that?

 

[FastLane]

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Dec. 20, 2024, that he was appointing Brian Burch, president of the political advocacy group CatholicVote, as the next Holy See ambassador. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered April 8, 2025, Trump's nomination of Burch. Burch is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/CatholicVote)

Trump's Vatican ambassador pick defends foreign aid cuts at confirmation hearing - Catholic Review

Brian Burch, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, defended the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid at a Senate hearing April 8 on his nomination.

catholicreview.org

Yup. Ronald Reagan started it. I disagree with it. No point in having an ambassador to a 109 acre 400-500 citizen country.

 

[FastLane]

The liberal women on JPP get called the "c" word every day, and I've never seen you call out the men who do it. Why is that?

Have you ever even once called out your friends for using the c word. Why would you expect better treatment?

 

[christiefan915]

What do you find inconsistent about Sola scriptura

Five "alones" doesn't make sense. It's internally inconsistent. It's like saying something is "very unique."

1. Sola scriptura: “Scripture alone”
2. Sola fide: “faith alone”
3. Sola gratia: “grace alone”
4. Solo Christo: “Christ alone”
5. Soli Deo gloria: “to the glory of God alone”