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Post by bodger on Jan 23, 2018 8:34:07 GMT
when you watch the way a pruned tree grows, the forces of nature within the tree are very evident - cut off one bit and 4 more bits burst out from the branch.
IMHO cutting off a man's natural outlet for sex has similar consequences. It has always happened, ever since the concept of a chaste priest was concocted by some religious freak nearly two millenia ago, but now it is spread large across the media and is common knowledge in the civilised world.
The writing is (or should be) on the wall for any repressive institution. I would welcome a pope who divests the catholic church of all its riches and sets up humane charities and institutions to help the needy using the freed-up assets. I believe the current pope is of that mind set.
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Post by patty on Jan 23, 2018 9:28:42 GMT
Well if this Pope is of the mind to divest the riches from the Catholic church and give to the poor...time he cracked on with it...there is an awful lotta poor...
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Post by peterboat on Jan 23, 2018 9:47:15 GMT
He is battling an awful lot of Cardinals to do it. He doesnt live in the Papal apartments but a small flat instead, changing the church is going to take a long time and a lot of battles are being fought to do it. This Pope is a good man he came from a poor country where corruption robbery and death is the norm [Argentina] he has done other jobs before becoming a Jesuit. He is probably the only chance of the Catholic church reforming for the better so for that I support his efforts, as for mistakes he is human and who doesnt make mistakes?
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 23, 2018 12:20:42 GMT
Pope rhymes with grope. (snigger!)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 12:53:14 GMT
And poke...
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Post by JohnV on Jan 23, 2018 13:00:29 GMT
I thought this was a fishing thread about using your priest (walloping stick) to belt a pope (freshwater fish) over the head edit to add ..... I do love the English language
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 23, 2018 15:54:56 GMT
Rhymes with Groke
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Post by patty on Jan 23, 2018 17:24:16 GMT
It also rhymes with Bespoke.... However rhyming aside ...I hope this Pope succeeds but have my reservations as tis always the way when wealth is threatened for those who are used to the Good Life...greedy Cardinals and such....we are a few centuries away from the fate of Cardinal Wolsey..things are perhaps dealt with in a more civilised manner than the days of ole Henry V111
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 23, 2018 17:35:05 GMT
Cardigan Wolsey
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Post by patty on Jan 24, 2018 7:44:24 GMT
Cardigan Wolsey You must spend hours trawling the net....
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Post by bodger on Jan 24, 2018 8:54:22 GMT
You must spend hours trawling the net.... Finland in the winter ............. what else is there to do apart from drinking and sex?
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