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beam me up scottie

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Thu Apr 16, 2015, 04:24 PM Apr 2015

War of the sexes: Gender theory is the problem, not solution, pope says [View all]

Oops, he did it again.

After comparing gender theory to the education of Hitler Youth in February, the pope now says "God entrusted the earth to the covenant between man and woman: its failure drains the world of affection and obscures the heavens of hope," and links it to the "harmful" "collective crisis of faith in God".

War of the sexes: Gender theory is the problem, not solution, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Eradicating male and female identities does nothing to solve the problem of unfair or disrespectful treatment based on people's gender, Pope Francis said.

"Getting rid of the difference is the problem, not the solution," he said April 15 during his general audience in St. Peter's Square.

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Modern culture has done much to open up a new and deeper understanding of men and women, "but it also has introduced many doubts and much skepticism," he said.

"For example, I wonder if so-called gender theory may not also be an expression of frustration and resignation that aims to erase sexual differentiation because it no longer knows how to come to terms with it," the pope said.

With gender theory, which argues that male and female characteristics are largely malleable social constructs, he said, "we risk going backward."




The Grand Poobah of Misogyny then went on to say that "we have to do much more in favor of women".





Spare me, Frank.


No, really, just stop - you've done enough already, you fucking hypocrite.


Women would be better off if you and the catholic church ceased to exist.



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Oh yeah, the go-to moral authority, on gender and sexuality. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #1
They should write a book or something. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #6
I've read their books.... or tried to. Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #7
Can I just say... F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #2
I've been trying but beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #4
Seems to be working for me... F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #10
Oh we LOVE Tim Minchin here. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #11
Oops... NeoGreen Apr 2015 #20
Oh, good. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #27
Yes, we hear the same lame baloney over in Religion skepticscott Apr 2015 #33
Well my dad used to say if you don't want to know the answer... beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #36
Tim was on @midnight tonight! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #18
no longer knows how to come to terms with it AlbertCat Apr 2015 #3
And look how well that turned out for everyone. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #5
Women would be better off if all religion ceased to exist. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #8
I like them too. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #9
Here's a bunch of goddesses, all congregating in the same place... onager Apr 2015 #12
Very interesting, thanks. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #17
He certainly seems determined to march back to the 1500s Warpy Apr 2015 #13
We're incubators for the church. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #14
It still is. Warpy Apr 2015 #15
Shhhhhh! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #16
YAY, BESTEST POPE EVAH!!!!! trotsky Apr 2015 #19
Obviously. PeaceNikki Apr 2015 #23
At this point I'm wondering if he can do anything that would bother his fans. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #24
How about: "The Pope is part of the problem, not solution", rational people say? mr blur Apr 2015 #21
Thank you. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #25
How about "Pope Francis's bigoted Catholicism" Lordquinton Apr 2015 #30
Yes, let's ask a 70+ year old professional single virgin about marriage. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #22
And sex. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #26
Sensualist grump! Don't you know God is love... onager Apr 2015 #41
Holy cow, that is ... what's the word.... beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #42
That's our Frank! Act_of_Reparation Apr 2015 #28
I know, we're just too impatient. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #29
Damn... haikugal Apr 2015 #31
If he can't go against church doctrine... uriel1972 Apr 2015 #45
Or just another slick politician. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #46
heh... uriel1972 Apr 2015 #47
I think he's both. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #48
I love this group! haikugal Apr 2015 #32
And we love you back! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #34
When everything gets too heavy elsewhere I come here to relax and laugh. haikugal Apr 2015 #35
It's like a family bar in the old neighborhood. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #37
Yeah it does have that feel. haikugal Apr 2015 #38
No, but it looks fantastic! beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #39
My IPad made another 'correction' I didn't catch..Siri can be such a bitch! haikugal Apr 2015 #40
That pope nil desperandum Apr 2015 #43
Just make sure you don't make fun of what he's wearing. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #44
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