stupid pope
ugh...
No "DIY" religion please, we're Catholics - Pope
Sun Aug 21, 2005 06:41 AM ET
By Philip Pullella and Alexandra Hudson
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, wrapping up a triumphant return to his German homeland, on Sunday urged young people to shun a "do-it-yourself" concept of religion where they can choose what they want and disregard the rest.
A crowd of up to a million young people cheered the Pope at the last major event of his trip -- an open-air mass outside the city to conclude the Catholic Church's World Youth Day.
Most had spent the chilly night in tents and sleeping bags, singing and praying in a festive atmosphere before the Pope arrived to say the Mass along with some 800 bishops.
Mostly in their teens and early 20s, the crowd rose to their feet when Benedict arrived in a popemobile to close the latest edition of the youth event started by his predecessor John Paul 20 years ago. They swayed and sang: "Jesus Christ, you are my life."
In his homily, read in five languages, Benedict used general principles to press his point, in contrast to John Paul who often spoke to youth specifically about sexual morality.
He asked them not to see religion as a "consumer product" where people choose only what they want from it and disregard rules that are sometimes difficult to observe.
so that was an article that i just read online... and it basically goes against everything that I believe. if religion is supposed to help individuals, and every individual is different, then how can we all follow exactly the same parameters? it's just ridiculous. It also bothered me that most of the ppl at the mass were really young. that means that a lot of our youth agrees with this guy, who has no idea what he's talking about. Of course we need to have our own belief systems. The pope just wants power and wants everyone to listen to what he says so that he makes more money. Do people really buy what he's saying?? i hope that ppl have enough sense in them to not go along with him.
No "DIY" religion please, we're Catholics - Pope
Sun Aug 21, 2005 06:41 AM ET
By Philip Pullella and Alexandra Hudson
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, wrapping up a triumphant return to his German homeland, on Sunday urged young people to shun a "do-it-yourself" concept of religion where they can choose what they want and disregard the rest.
A crowd of up to a million young people cheered the Pope at the last major event of his trip -- an open-air mass outside the city to conclude the Catholic Church's World Youth Day.
Most had spent the chilly night in tents and sleeping bags, singing and praying in a festive atmosphere before the Pope arrived to say the Mass along with some 800 bishops.
Mostly in their teens and early 20s, the crowd rose to their feet when Benedict arrived in a popemobile to close the latest edition of the youth event started by his predecessor John Paul 20 years ago. They swayed and sang: "Jesus Christ, you are my life."
In his homily, read in five languages, Benedict used general principles to press his point, in contrast to John Paul who often spoke to youth specifically about sexual morality.
He asked them not to see religion as a "consumer product" where people choose only what they want from it and disregard rules that are sometimes difficult to observe.
so that was an article that i just read online... and it basically goes against everything that I believe. if religion is supposed to help individuals, and every individual is different, then how can we all follow exactly the same parameters? it's just ridiculous. It also bothered me that most of the ppl at the mass were really young. that means that a lot of our youth agrees with this guy, who has no idea what he's talking about. Of course we need to have our own belief systems. The pope just wants power and wants everyone to listen to what he says so that he makes more money. Do people really buy what he's saying?? i hope that ppl have enough sense in them to not go along with him.