On Thursday, December 12, 2013 8:48:30 AM UTC-6, John H. wrote:
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 na�ve 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.?





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

John those pics are disturbing indeed. Compared to those mis-fortunate souls, our countries 'poor' are wealthy! Some people can't understand that.But the same that can't understand the rationality are thee ones who gripe and don't lift a finger to help those in need.