Who Will Be the New Pope After White Smoke?

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The recent election of Cardinal Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI has sparked a lively discussion among forum participants. Many anticipated his election due to the quick conclave process, with some expressing skepticism about his age and conservative views. Critics argue that electing an older pope may reflect a desire for stability rather than progressive change, questioning the motivations behind such a choice. The conversation also touches on the historical context of papal elections, with references to the lengthy processes of the past. Participants debate the relevance of tradition in the Catholic Church, with some advocating for reform while others emphasize the importance of maintaining established doctrines. The discussion reveals a divide between those who support the church's traditional stance and those who call for modernization, particularly regarding issues like celibacy and the role of women in the clergy. Overall, the election has reignited debates about the church's future direction and its ability to adapt to contemporary societal values.
  • #121
Moses said:
Just curios,
Was the Catholic church with the Allaince or with Italy and Germany during the WW II?

I guess they must have a stand, being a big event where the most powerful christians nations where killing each other in a massive orders. [besides other ideologies such as 'Athiestic?' russain leadership, and Japanese shintos..etc]

You should be more curious about what the hell is doing islamic religion supporting CURRENT(NOT PAST) conflicts between christians and muslims.

Don't use this thread to criticize Catholic Church free of taxes, because I'll start another describing how medieval remains islamic religion.
 
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  • #122
ray b said:
DEfended or defiled?
the nutcases who killed and tourchered in the name of god
didnot defend a belife but a dogma
and blacked the name of the church
but that was the DARKAGE not the middle of anything
and the dogma of the church was the main driving force behind the darkness

BTW I am not anticathloic I hate all religions but some more than others

BTW 2 leaving the army in LATE APRIL 45 is NOT praseworthy
now if he had done that in 44 maybe but not as the war was allmost over

Maybe that's true and I don't deny it. But there were also a great amount of spanish solidiers who dead for Catholic Church, so the pope should have some respect about that because on the contrary he wouldn't be Pope and he wouldn't have any church to govern if those soldiers hadn't defended the catholicism.
 
  • #123
Clausius2 said:
You should be more curious about what the hell is doing islamic religion supporting CURRENT(NOT PAST) conflicts between christians and muslims.

Don't use this thread to criticize Catholic Church free of taxes, because I'll start another describing how medieval remains islamic religion.

So i just asked a question, since we were talking about this Pope in the Nazi era...
I was just curuios what was his church standing in the war. Since it it was with X camp and he is with it, and he is now leading the church, so he is from the system and its cool for them. If he was opposing his chruch [aka church suppoerted alliance] I could have asked other quesations.

So, why the threat? Dude some people here say it in the face, not critize but swear at the pope and the catholic church and you did nothing...It seems to me you want to attack muslims more than defending your people...no comment.

Start another topic, i will be happy to join.
Oh btw:
'The war on terrorism will be a CRUSADE war"
Gearoge W.Bush Sep-14-2001.. continuing medival ages stuff...wrong stuff.
Once again, start another topic will be no problem for me. No bad feelings.
 
  • #124
Moses said:
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So, why the threat? Dude some people here say it in the face, not critize but swear at the pope and the catholic church and you did nothing...It seems to me you want to attack muslims more than defending your people...no comment.

Of course there are people who is more morally allowed to criticize catholic church than a guy who defends the way of life of nowadays muslim religion. If I have to stop someone, you're the first.
 
  • #125
Clausius2 said:
Of course there are people who is more morally allowed to criticize catholic church than a guy who defends the way of life of nowadays muslim religion. If I have to stop someone, you're the first.

Well, by your laws of democracy, i have the right to critisice -regardless of my religion- anything as if i am not making a danger or harm to indiviuals or society described by law. The least i can say you are contraditcing your self.

"The way of life of nowaways muslims religion" Religion is not a person dude, simply :biggrin: . Again, If you think that i can judge christianity by the crimes of the Popes and the catholic chruch such as crusades, suppoerting colonization, and their stand in WWII [ as far as a member here answered me, they Catholic church supported Hitler] as well as crimes against the pagans Aztechs and Mayans, The Jews and Muslims of Iberia and Europe in general in the medival ages. If you think so, I don't think we should judge other religions by the actions of their people, but by their laws in side the religion [scriptures, holymen, divine Authoriy...etc]

Back to those peaceful muslims who i lived among them a big part of my life. They are not perfect, they are humans. Think Clausuis2, Think!

Edit: first [Your] in the first line was [you] "typo". [life] in the first line in the 2nd paragraph was [lie] "Typo again.."
 
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  • #126
I find it interesting that some of the more unpopular positions by the church is being depicted as a polarization of its members rather than a polarization of its members versus the church leadership. For example, the notion that condoms do not respect the sanctity of life is so far out of step with most of laity that, there would be no polarization if the Vatican dropped that ludicrous position. Here is a clear situation where there is no threat to any life except the life of the persons are at risk of contracting AIDS. Millions of people will die of AIDS that can be prevented by condom use. Yet, the Vatican maintains the position that condoms do not respect the sanctity of life. What about the lives of the millions who will die because of the Church's policy?

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  • #127
Moses said:
...The Jews and Muslims of Iberia and Europe in general in the medival ages.

Don't say false things, moses, there wasn't any crime against Muslim of Iberia. They were rejected and defeated after a previous invasion. If they had kept themselves in their homes nothing would have happened.
 
  • #128
Clausius2 said:
Don't say false things, moses, there wasn't any crime against Muslim of Iberia. They were rejected and defeated after a previous invasion. If they had kept themselves in their homes nothing would have happened.

So by you not talking about Jews, and just negating the issue i said about muslims. I guess you ADMIT that they were crimes against Jews don't by the catholic church in Iberia. Actually in history it is the same reasons why Morocco haev significant numbers of jews, they are the ones who escaped from the masacres in Iberia and run to the peaceful muslim institutes in Morocco...

There was not any crime? lol??!? Visigoths in the middle east are the muslims of Iberia people who excaped from killing. the religous courts done by the Catholic church were sweeping any non-catholic [yeah, sometimes even protestants] from Iberia surface, its a fact in history that i guess not even two honest people will disagree about.

Muslims entered Iberia by INVITATION from members in the goverment, for stopping piracy and curroption of the royality...Those muslims as what i see are not selfish; invade others to steal their oil or sth ...
 
  • #129
I won't celebrate the masacars people, the native people of Iberia from their lands. Being kicked out just becuase you change your religion is not fair.

Regardless if i have a religion or not. And regardless what is my religion IF i have one. The fact i am saying should NOT be affected by me as a person. The facts are the facts as the truth is the truth.

Spain is an exanpded northern Iberain kingdoms who indavded the muslims visigoths land [yeah, they were some people from arabic origin living among them, who anscetors helps in liberating the land from curropted goverments]

You did offense me. However, me being a man who respect The prophet Jesus i will not offense back. May Universe-Master forgive you for what you know not.
 
  • #130
Moses said:
The facts are the facts as the truth is the truth...

Sure, but you are not on the side of the truth. On the other hand you keep on saying untrue sentences like this one:

Moses said:
Spain is an exanpded northern Iberain kingdoms who indavded the muslims visigoths land [yeah, they were some people from arabic origin living among them, who anscetors helps in liberating the land from curropted goverments]

Who invaded whom? I repeat maybe you're not a muslim, but sure you have been educated in that ambient.

Moses said:
You did offense me. However, me being a man who respect The prophet Jesus i will not offense back. May Universe-Master forgive you for what you know not.

I will learn you some spanish words: ME LA PELA LO QUE DIGAS O PIENSES. I don't need you to forgive me.
 
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  • #131
First: I said "May the Universe-Master forgive" and not "May i [Moses] forgive..]

Second: Its well-known fact that the northern kingdoms of Leon and Castille invaded the Visigoth muslim part of Iberia, by the excuse of the re-conquesta to make it christian again.

That reminded me when spanish spread christianity in South America with the cover of colonization, to use religion as a tool in politics..for not god reasons.

Third: No one orders me, say leave or say anything you want, i will take it as an opinion, even its intended by you what you wish. Again, no one orders me :biggrin:

Last: Humans are humans, not animals, regardless if they are muslims or living on moroco or from the south. At least me, Jesus and Mohammad agree on this point, and i think we all the three are right.
 
  • #132
Just a historical note:

This won't abate either tempers I think, but I believe it is of some importance to clarify what we know of Tariq's invasion:

In 710, Roderic lead a rebellion instigated by the clergy against the Visigoth king Wittica, and claimed the throne after Wittica's death.
Infuriated by this action, Count Julian and Wittica's sons sent an appeal to the Moslem governor in northern Africa, Muzza.
Muzza sent Tariq off with an invading army, and due to treacherous behaviour of Count Julian, Roderic lost the battle at Jeres de la Frontera (25/26. July 711), and drowned in his flight in the river Guadalete.

Tariq didn't stop here, however, and speedily conquered large chunks of present day Spain.
That made him a target of Muzza's envy, who sent his general into jail, where he was until Muzza's death in 713.


It seems to me that the Arab invasion must have been planned well in advance of the intrigues of the Visigoth court leading up to the murder of Wittica.
The "appeal", whatever historical veracity it carries, should only be regarded as a flimsy, legalistic cover for an invasion that would have happened sooner or later.
Neither of the side's main participants were particularly praiseworthy, in my humble opinion.
 
  • #133
And let me continue the Story Arildno, a part that i am not sure if you know about:

That army did not obey the government in damascus just to do the mission they have done. Instead they planned to go and attack France as well. And they have been stopped at Tours. A result of which when the Caliphate government known of, ordered an immediate retreat and going to damascus for court of tragnresson against other. Many generals were punished.

Still, they had a very valid excuse when they entered. I had some document speaking about the reasons of conquering the other [chunks]. Which to be honest i almost foget if they were completely valid or not.

I do agree the army in Moroco were waiting a chance to stop the problem of piracy and other issue regarding the Iberian kingdoms. In politics, waiting until a valid moral chance aint bad. The bad is attacking without an excuse, a valid one. Which i believe the re-conquesta was...

[btw, if there was WMD in Iraq, its invasion COULD me a bit more justified, still the war crimes by any means are not justified...]

At last, I do appreciate your input arildno :smile:

Edit: just re-spell your username
 
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  • #134
"Still, they had a very valid excuse when they entered. I had some document speaking about the reasons of conquering the other [chunks]. Which to be honest i almost foget if they were completely valid or not."

Hmm..can't say I agree to that. However, very few at that time were particularly concerned with what we call "human rights"; I don't think Roderic or Tariq were much worse than their fellow-men; Count Julian, though, seems extraordinarily shifty, and Muzza seems rather sinister, IMO.
 
  • #135
Moses said:
Second: Its well-known fact that the northern kingdoms of Leon and Castille invaded the Visigoth muslim part of Iberia, by the excuse of the re-conquesta to make it christian again.

This paragraph invalidates ALL what you have said. Your words take along a false impressed character of victimism. "BY THE EXCUSE?", what excuse? It was not an excuse! It was justice!. It was not an invasion! It was a reconquering!. How can one invade the territory of a guy who has invaded it previously?.

I am very pride of every christian soldier who recovered our country and enhanced which is nowadays Spain, and I am happy to see how the defeated change the history and the reality to feel victims, when originally they were the offenders.

Your behavior does not collaborate to integrate muslim community in Spain.
 
  • #136
Since discussion is no longer on topic, thread closed.
 

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