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[vicarz]

Karma? After putting up with my catholic relatives and trying really hard to be open minded, the Pope declares that climate warming is just some silly unproven theory, and asks that responsible catholics wait for proof. You know, like they proved all that god stuff.

If there was a god, lightning would strike him down as he spoke. Proof positive = lack of god. Damn, I was hoping there was a reason for all this.

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[vicar.livejournal.com]

By virtue of the fact he's the Catholic Pope. You can be christian w/o being catholic, but to be catholic is to accept the teachings of the church hierarchy - that's the whole point of the religion. The distinction between cath & prodestant, I think, is that a prod thinks you can redeem yourself through connecting with your god, while the catholic religion requires communication through the church hierarchy for such redemption. To be rejected by the catholic church or excommunicated is by their terms condemned to hell, while a prod can find redemption independently of the church - though the church is still important.

[cweaselle.livejournal.com]

Well I guess I"m a Prod because I think God is the highest and if we ask God for forgiveness it is more important than humans.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Sounds right, but I'm not an expert not believing in any of it. I have the feeling you are what you are, regardless of what label you choose. You're always independent of thought :)

[cweaselle.livejournal.com]

I know I"m independant of thought because that is what brain damage does. I don't really choose a label because no one will have the same opinons about religion.

When people give me a hard time because I believe in God I ask them how they don't know that God isn't just an alien that was the leader of them when they dropped us off here.

I don't believe that at all, but it usually shuts them up while I walk away.