On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:41:52 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

...the Pope is ****ing off conservative christians:

“Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that
economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in
bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This
opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude
and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in
the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile,
the excluded are still waiting. To sustain a lifestyle which excludes
others, or to sustain enthusiasm for that selfish ideal, a globalization
of indifference has developed. Almost without being aware of it, we end
up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor,
weeping for other people’s pain, and feeling a need to help them, as
though all this were someone else’s responsibility and not our own. The
culture of prosperity deadens us; we are thrilled if the market offers
us something new to purchase; and in the meantime all those lives
stunted for lack of opportunity seem a mere spectacle; they fail to move
us.”
~Pope Francis, attacking trickle-down economics, Evangelii Gaudium,
November 2013

Harry, you strive hard to pull the chains of conservatives, but simply display an arrogant stupidity
in doing so.

The Pope is attempting to get 'countries' to change their attitudes toward the poor - the 'real'
poor. *This* is poor, Harry: http://tinyurl.com/kq3jes6 or http://tinyurl.com/l7t77xd or
http://tinyurl.com/ku8sbul or http://tinyurl.com/mkwmz8q or a whole set:

http://tinyurl.com/mh3y48t

*Those* are the poor. How many of those are getting food stamps, welfare checks, free health care,
cell phones, etc.?

You're ****ing blind, Krause.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!