tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826895306284431219.post5156503795548917..comments2023-10-27T00:32:22.159-07:00Comments on WTF WOULD JESUS DO?: Pope Nazipants is at it againJocelynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144317155556601180noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826895306284431219.post-82526807678230248022009-05-08T13:51:00.000-07:002009-05-08T13:51:00.000-07:00So I am here brainstorming on a Friday afternoon -...So I am here brainstorming on a Friday afternoon - deciding whether to do the right thing and go to the gym or sneak home to release the hound. In my procrastinatory state I decided to check in on WTF - it has been a few days. Anyway I wanted you know that "Nazipants" is a clever name for his holiness - hard hitting, yet softened with humour. Nicely done. So what other names can we come up with? Hows about Pope Ratzi, the Nazi? or Pope Benedict Arnold? or Ben and Jesus' Ice Cream - 37 flavors of dogma? Dominus Vobiscum. Morris McG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826895306284431219.post-28088037449909529092009-04-24T13:15:00.000-07:002009-04-24T13:15:00.000-07:00Amen!Amen!Alexahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826895306284431219.post-23293353064752719012009-04-24T13:13:00.000-07:002009-04-24T13:13:00.000-07:00If only everyone knew that my way of interpreting ...If only everyone knew that my way of interpreting the Bible is, in fact, the only correct one.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144317155556601180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826895306284431219.post-42905452149017706292009-04-24T13:08:00.000-07:002009-04-24T13:08:00.000-07:00Great read as usual, Jocelyn. The Pope sucks for i...Great read as usual, Jocelyn. The Pope sucks for insinuating that the church's interpretation of the Bible is the #1 correct interpretation, but I can't say that I've ever met somebody who didn't feel the same way regarding their own interpretation.<br /><br />That isn't to say he doesn't make a great scapegoat, though. ;)Alexahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826895306284431219.post-62009217843490708612009-04-24T12:46:00.000-07:002009-04-24T12:46:00.000-07:00Mike - Thanks! Sounds like you've done some intere...Mike - Thanks! Sounds like you've done some interesting things.<br /><br />Anonymous - I think the big issue is the importance Catholics base on Tradition (with a capital 'T'). Mainline protestants are, for the most part, of the Catholic tradition, so it's not such a big deal. The fundamentalists, however, take issue with the fact that Catholics believe that the Tradition and the Scripture are of equal value in the eyes of God (fundies, of course, are only into the Scripture... the really conservative parts, anyway).<br /><br />I think the other problem is that they see the Catholic Church's relationship with the Virgin Mary and the saints as idolatry or polytheism, which it very nearly resembles but very definitely isn't.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144317155556601180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826895306284431219.post-70594032212503143912009-04-24T09:51:00.000-07:002009-04-24T09:51:00.000-07:00That whole thing about fundies considering Catholi...That whole thing about fundies considering Catholics as not being "real Christians" leaves me scratching my head. It seems they are both on the same page about turning back the clock concerning the role of women and on other issues, but I guess expecting consistancy or rational thought is unrealistic. Maybe that fundie attitude has to do with the Vatican's history of discouraging people from reading the Bible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826895306284431219.post-14571233266927311182009-04-24T08:46:00.000-07:002009-04-24T08:46:00.000-07:00Very good write up, thank you very much! I went t...Very good write up, thank you very much! I went to a Catholic college (even though I'm Episcopalian), and was really invovled in their campus ministry program, and sadly, those invovled (laity and ordained) ran the gamut, but most tended towards the "drank the kool-aide" right-wing side of things. I like to think that I helped bring about some ecummenical (sp?) dialoge, but who knows.<br /><br />I did have an experience in high school going to a fundamentalist church (exploring other denominations) and they accused me of not being baptised either. It was a very strange and very frightening experience!Mikehttp://blog.michaelcrane.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826895306284431219.post-78665814199772391422009-04-23T14:10:00.000-07:002009-04-23T14:10:00.000-07:00I think you and I probably come from very differen...I think you and I probably come from very different worlds. For one thing, I know very few Catholic families with only 2 kids. When I was a kid we were kind of a smallish family with only 5. My mom's parish is a special case, but I think it's a good example of "it doesn't have to be like that". I've attended mass regularly in 4 or 5 different parishes and only one was similar to what you described. that was the parish where I grew up and in the 15 years or so since I left that parish it's changed and it isn't like that anymore - and even then people were very participatory in the volunteer aspect of things. I myself was an altar server because all the cool kids were and I wanted to be cool. <br /><br />Everything varies from parish to parish, which was what I was getting at about the importance of parishes vs. the Vatican. It's interesting how different the Church can be from one place to the next - almost like the centralized structure isn't hanging togoether so well.Seattle Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156065585493387629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826895306284431219.post-53497289033578948892009-04-23T13:49:00.000-07:002009-04-23T13:49:00.000-07:00Yep, this guy is a total anachronism. How much lo...Yep, this guy is a total anachronism. How much longer are we going to stuck with him? I hope the rumor about cardinals in the Vatican being unhappy with him are true. <br /><br />A couple of thoughts I had:<br />1) birth control is svery much on the forefront of the Church's "mind" but the Vatican isn't speaking out as much as they once did. It's being taught in parishes and Catholic schools. <br />2) regarding "minimally-participatory droning", if that is your experience with the Catholic Chuch you are in the wrong parish. I would love to take you to my mom's parish where there is Gospel music, dancing in the pews and people LOVE Jesus. <br /><br />I think maybe the Vatican is becoming less and less relevant while local parishes and diocese take on the difficult jobs of educating and preaching. When I go to church (granted that's about 4 times a year) I hear about what's going on locally not what the Pope did last week.Seattle Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156065585493387629noreply@blogger.com