Pope Francis Steps Up Campaign on Climate Change, to Conservatives’ Alarm

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Why would any progressive give a rip about what the Pope says ? Selective use of religious dogma, which you don't believe in, to serve your own hypocritical interests ? The Pope is also against gay marriage and contraception and abortion ....
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Because, believe it or not, progressives actually think Jesus was a cool dude and he said many good things like help the poor and sick, turn the other cheek etc.

These are progressive ideals.

Jesus never said gay marriage should not happen nor did he say anything about contraception that I am aware of. Those are the establishment embellishments, the BS dogma of the CC that unfortunately Francis must adhere to. Many people, not just progressives, selectively choose what they actually think is valid and must adhere to. They use the CC like a cafeteria.

Now, call me crazy but I believe the Pope is supposed to help spread the word of Jesus and define Christianity. This Pope seems to be adhering to the spirit of Christ better than most.

Everyone pays attention to the Pope, even us pagan/pantheist atheists. He should be one of mankind's voices of morality and ethical wisdom. By bringing attention to one of mankind's largest problems and the morality of addressing it, he is just doing his job He's not being a commie. At least not anymore than Jesus himself was.
 
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The Pope represents and is the figurehead of the Catholic Church in addition to living his life as much as he can just as Jesus lived his life. Now, the fact of the matter is that the Catholic Church devotes huge resources to helping those who need it the most in some of the most impoverished places on planet earth. The Pope and the Catholic Church are also devoted to preserving the sanctity of life, and as such the Pope's official stance is against abortion, contraception, capital punishment, violence, and war.

It is own personal prayer that the Holy Spirit appears to the holiness and explains to him the inherent evils of climate data manipulation and " curve fitting".
 
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Jesus Never Said Anything About Homosexuality, or Did He?
IT ALL STARTS WITH WHO JESUS IS.
by Linda Harvey
This common myth is simply not true!

Consider these facts:

  1. Jesus is never quoted in the New Testament as having directly addressed rape, incest, domestic violence or homosexual behavior. So are we supposed to believe all these practices are okay with Him? Read on....

  2. Gospel writer and apostle John tells us there are many teachings and deeds of Christ that are not included in their New Testament accounts (John 21:25).

  3. Christ is quoted at one point that God created people “in the beginning” as male and female, and that marriage is the union of one man and one woman joined together as “one flesh.” (Matthew 19:4-6 and Mark 10:6-9) Nothing is said about any other type of union.

  4. When He discussed sexual morality, Christ had a very high standard, clearly affirming long-standing Old Testament law. He told the woman caught in adultery to “Go and sin no more.” (John 8:11) He warned people that not only the act of adultery was wrong, but even adulterous thoughts (Matthew 5:28). And he shamed the woman at the well (John 4:18) by pointing out to her that he knew she was living with a man who was not her husband.

  5. Christ used the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah as dramatic examples of God’s wrath (Matthew 10:15, Mark 6:11, Luke 10:12, and Luke 17:29). Throughout the Old Testament, prophets described these cities as being notorious for the practice of homosexuality. (Genesis 18:20, Genesis 19:4-5, Isaiah 3:9, Jeremiah 23:14, Ezekiel 16:46-59). Jesus certainly knew that this was how the comparison would be understood.

  6. Most important of all, Christ was God incarnate (in the flesh) here on earth. He was the long-expected Messiah, Emmanuel (which means "God with us"). This was revealed in Matthew 16:13- 20, Matthew 17:5-9, Mark 8:27-30, Luke 4:16-30, Luke 9:18-21,John 4:25-26, John 8:57-59 and elsewhere. As one with God, He was present from the beginning of creation (John 1: 1-13; Colossians 1:15-17; Ephesians 3:9 and elsewhere).
So, Jesus was God as the laws were handed down through Moses to Israel and eventually to the whole world. This Old Testament law clearly prohibited homosexuality (Genesis 19, Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13; Deuteronomy 23:18 and elsewhere). The apostles understood this also, as shown by Paul’s writing in Romans 1:24-27, Peter’s in 2 Peter 2:4-22, and John’s in Revelation 22:15.

So--the apostles, who were taught by Christ, clearly understood that homosexuality was a sin as it has always been. When people say, “Jesus said nothing about homosexuality,” they reveal that they really haven’t understood Scripture, or Who Christ was and is.

Maybe some of these points can lead them to a clearer understanding.
http://www.missionamerica.com/articletext.php?artnum=257
 
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note... if you don't believe I am not here to tell you, not to have gay sex.
almost everyone wants to have sex, I understand.

but... please don't start telling me Jesus is fine with it without putting it in context in the bible.

Back then, I probably would have stayed single if I thought sex outside of marriage was cool with the new testament. My wife probably had the same thoughts. Why buy the cow if she could have the milk for free. Just kidding, children are also a major factor.
 
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