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It seems like a publicity stunt to me.

The Catholic influence is declining after all in this day and age thanks to the boy raping scandal in churches.

Religion cannot compete with mass consumerism culture of iphones, rave parties, buying exotic cars to impress girls, selfie vanity and overall hollow decadence of humans these days.
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toothsaber: This is being seen as a sign of subordination to immigrant outsiders.
I hate to break it to you, but that's entirely the point.

The ritual is meant to mimic Christ's humbleness in washing his disciples' feet, and doing so to immigrants from outside his religion is meant to convey solidarity to people of different faiths.
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doctorsinister: It seems like a publicity stunt to me.

The Catholic influence is declining after all in this day and age thanks to the boy raping scandal in churches.

Religion cannot compete with mass consumerism culture of iphones, rave parties, buying exotic cars to impress girls, selfie vanity and overall hollow decadence of humans these days.
I know, right? Without the crusades, torturing and witch hunts, there's really not much excitement left in religion. The occasional sex scandal and abuse of donation money just isn't enough to capture the attention of kids these days. Maybe if the Vatican organized more rave parties...
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doctorsinister: It seems like a publicity stunt to me.

The Catholic influence is declining after all in this day and age thanks to the boy raping scandal in churches.

Religion cannot compete with mass consumerism culture of iphones, rave parties, buying exotic cars to impress girls, selfie vanity and overall hollow decadence of humans these days.
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CharlesGrey: I know, right? Without the crusades, torturing and witch hunts, there's really not much excitement left in religion. The occasional sex scandal and abuse of donation money just isn't enough to capture the attention of kids these days. Maybe if the Vatican organized more rave parties...
How do you get a nun pregnant?

Dress her up as an alter boy.
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infinite9: Pope Francis is more reason why I am proud not to be a Catholic. He is an absolute idiot if he thinks it is a good thing to flood Europe with more third world migrants (notice I do not call them refugees due to respect towards real refugees) and the United States with more illegal Mexicans.

This is what should happen to any church the pope visits or that houses, knowingly and willingly, Syrian and Iraqi as well as North African migrants or illegal Mexicans...
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CharlesGrey: Serious question: Wouldn't you feel more at home at some sort of KKK forum?
Serious answer: No. The fact that you immediately bring up the KKK shows your own lack of understanding and a lack of wisdom.
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mechmouse: In both Iraq and Afghanistan there has been decades of war and oppression, it is not surprising to consider this is not going to change any time soon. These people still face an uncertain future with a genocidal enemy which appears resilient to traditional warfare.
If you are talking about ISIS, they are not in Afghanistan, and only in parts of Iraq. What enemy or oppressor are people from e.g. Afghanistan currently escaping from? Taliban doesn't control the country anymore.

Like I said, just having unrest in some parts of a country does not automatically make all the people in the area refugees (and none, if they can escape their persecutors by relocating inside the country). If it did, then I guess all Belgians and Frenchmen are now officially refugees, as there is now some unrest in their country, some militant muslims bombing civilians. Especially the jewish people living in those countries are in peril.

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mechmouse: It is also ridiculous to assume the first country which borders has to take all refugees. Turkey has a finite number of resources.
There are more humane ways than wasting resources on those fortunate and more able ones who travel thousands of kilometers to northern Europe. Then we are not helping those who need the help the most, but those who demand the help the most (and have resources to do that, ie. are probably less needy to begin with).

And it still doesn't change the fact that people are not fleeing Turkey towards Europe due to oppression. The people at the Makedonian border complain that their kids can't to school, their old fathers need costly medical help that they can't get it Iraq or Afghanistan or Turkey, or that the bathrooms in the camp are filthy; nasty things certainly, but still no basis for a refugee status.

Like I've said before, I don't think those people are evil or bad for seeking better future for themselves or their families. I would probably do the same if I was in their shoes. But I still don't want to see the term "refugee" being used about everyone seeking a better future. There are buttloads of people all over the world who want to relocate to some other country for a better future, take for example many Mexicans who have to live in the crossfire of Mexican drug wars.
Post edited March 27, 2016 by timppu
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tinyE: You know, this could be a great new forum game!

I'll start!

What the hell is the Pope doing?
How do you find those ? Were you present at that ceremony ? Are you the Pope ?
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MaximumBunny: You know that aljazeera is linked to terrorism, right? Strange to be posting articles from them. :P

But yeah, the pope is just trying to instill Jesus values into people and make Christianity look attractive to new prospects. Nothing new.
You know that Aljazeera gets his money from Saudi Arabia? One of the *best* ally of the western world that also funded
the IS :P
Hey Schnuff.

Hows tricks?
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Schnuff: You know that Aljazeera gets his money from Saudi Arabia? One of the *best* ally of the western world that also funded
the IS :P
Yes. They're not our allies though and we'll be glad to part ways with those psychos. They just made an investment that's been paying off in dividends for them when instead they should be a crater.
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toothsaber: Kissing someone's feet is unhygienic.
So is licking pussy, sucking cock and tossing someone's salad. I don't think it's gonna kill him.

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KiNgBrAdLeY7: P.S. Foot fetish is extremely common, besides extremely disgusting, too.
Come at me, bro.

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infinite9: This is what should happen to any church the pope visits or that houses, knowingly and willingly, Syrian and Iraqi as well as North African migrants or illegal Mexicans...
Every time you post something I envision you looking like this.
Post edited March 27, 2016 by CARRiON.FLOWERS
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toothsaber:
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CARRiON.FLOWERS: So is licking pussy, sucking cock and tossing someone's salad. I don't think it's gonna kill him.

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KiNgBrAdLeY7:
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CARRiON.FLOWERS:
I once did all three of those at the same time. It got me into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Problem is a month later a guy came along and threw playing banjo into the mix and there went my record.
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tinyE: I once did all three of those at the same time. It got me into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Problem is a month later a guy came along and threw playing banjo into the mix and there went my record.
Doing all of that at the same time isn't that hard. Most pornstars do that on the daily. Playing a banjo while doing all of that wouldn't be that hard either.

Call me when someone does something impressive, like plays a full game of chess while a nutsack and ass is in their face. Now that would be impressive.
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infinite9: This is what should happen to any church the pope visits or that houses, knowingly and willingly, Syrian and Iraqi as well as North African migrants or illegal Mexicans...
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CARRiON.FLOWERS: Every time you post something I envision you looking like this.
You think he looks like Edward Norton? Too much credit, no doubt.
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tinyE: I once did all three of those at the same time. It got me into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Problem is a month later a guy came along and threw playing banjo into the mix and there went my record.
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CARRiON.FLOWERS: Doing all of that at the same time isn't that hard. Most pornstars do that on the daily. Playing a banjo while doing all of that wouldn't be that hard either.

Call me when someone does something impressive, like plays a full game of chess while a nutsack and ass is in their face. Now that would be impressive.
Dude, Kasparov did that all the time! You are so ignorant!