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Related: About this forumSo you think Pope Francis is a good guy? Read what SA atheists say
"Many Catholics hope perhaps that the Argentine Pope's enormous popularity will reverse the flight of believers. Yet a good image appears not to sway non-believers. "I don't think Francis is enough to revert the decline of Catholicism in Latin America, but it could stop the bleeding," Bellolio says.
Lozada says, "Bergoglio shed his skin to return as Francis, leaving behind his sins, his violence, intolerance and explicit authoritarian character." He recalls a speech the now-Pope gave as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, on USAL's 20th anniversary. "Fighting atheism is to fight the negation of all transcendence, and affirm the presence in our history of the Living, the only Living One," he said then. "Fighting atheism in its various forms is to affirm transcendence."
Lozada admits the Pope is good with the media, but thinks his effect will pass. "At the end of the day, the Church's doctrine remains the same and is against all that has been won in human rights."
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So you think Pope Francis is a good guy? Read what SA atheists say (Original Post)
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Mar 2016
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skepticscott
(13,029 posts)1. But...but
He hugged an ugly person! And he thinks all dogs go to heaven!
trotsky
(49,533 posts)2. Absolutely nailed it with this quote:
"At the end of the day, the Church's doctrine remains the same and is against all that has been won in human rights."
Not one of Pope Photo Op's "accomplishments" to date has done anything to change that. Amazing how gullible people can still be when faced with a carefully crafted PR campaign.
mr blur
(7,753 posts)3. Yep, ^^THIS^^ nt