tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post8883463003438103690..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Pope's Encyclical LeakedThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20651456167308181752015-06-17T00:47:34.478-07:002015-06-17T00:47:34.478-07:00Yeah, it's fine for The Big Dude (not to be co...Yeah, it's fine for The Big Dude (not to be confused with The Dude) to say to <b>Adam and Eve</b> to be fruitful and multiply. There were only two of them. So, fair enough, a species that small isn't what you'd call viable.<br />We're not in <b>quite</b> that situation any more.<br /><br />Luckily when it comes to Catholics, there's some things the priests say that they pay attention to and some things they don't, and for an awful lot of them the "no birth control" thing is in the second category.<br /><br />For a lot of the people doing the most reproducing, I bet if you gave them ready access to free birth control they'd stop, or slow down drastically.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-56373204967936495732015-06-16T14:29:32.335-07:002015-06-16T14:29:32.335-07:00Harper did it.Harper did it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81639176957763887832015-06-16T12:12:52.574-07:002015-06-16T12:12:52.574-07:00As far as I know, Mound, the injunction against bi...As far as I know, Mound, the injunction against birth control comes from the Old yestyament Genesis passage in which God says "Be fruitful and multiply." Literalists ignore the the fact that scriptures are reflections of culture within a specific historical framework. To suggest that as the basis for forbidding artificial means of birth control seems like madness. <br /><br />But I agree with you that Pope Francis' progressive nature should be widely respected. Who knows what else might be possible in the future under his leadership?Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-21136339413776038502015-06-16T11:34:53.870-07:002015-06-16T11:34:53.870-07:00Popes nor the RC church like to talk about birth c...Popes nor the RC church like to talk about birth control. Why? They believe they have and practice the RIGHT faith and the way they keep it that way is through numbers and brain washing. Numbers? How? By demanding there be no birth control. However, it is ludicrous to talk about the environment without discussing population...that is the simple truth. Where in the bible did Christ talk about numbers. If it is to be said Christ said, "Go Forth and Multiply" that is so but he was talking about going forth and spread the word of "God"....very simple. But people can make the bible mean anything want.Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-1766708351237900252015-06-16T11:10:16.505-07:002015-06-16T11:10:16.505-07:00I'm dismayed when the pope's critics ignor...I'm dismayed when the pope's critics ignore all the progressive measures he advances and denounce him because of something like his stand on birth control and overpopulation. When it comes to popes, judging from what I've seen over the past 60+ years, I'll settle for 90% any day.<br /><br />What worries me, NPoV, is what the next pope will do. Will the RC church be dragged back into the darkness, Francis' enlightenment expunged?<br /><br />I do, however, agree that he's only touching two bases - climate change and over-consumption. It's difficult to expect huge progress on either without also tackling overpopulation. Yet one can't help but notice that no one, nobody, is willing to address overpop. That's possibly because no one believes it's a fixable problem.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71403665182446583402015-06-16T10:40:29.590-07:002015-06-16T10:40:29.590-07:00I like this guy! Remember the old saying/joke? &q...I like this guy! Remember the old saying/joke? "Is the Pope Catholic?"<br /><br />Sounds like Francis worships Gaia! ;-) (many refs to 'her'.)<br />A good thing, imho and a big improvement on worshiping dead or imaginary guys.<br /><br />Next: Francis could agree with the (Catholic) birth control pill inventor*:<br />the pill is natural thus OK by God... so then the condom is OK too by same logic... <br />He hit a home run with climate change - why not a grand slam with population control?<br /><br />*Funny: I went looking for his name, John Rock, and up pops Gladwell! LOL<br />http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/03/13/john-rocks-error-2Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.com