On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:19:13 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:11:13 AM UTC-6, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 12/12/13, 11:44 AM, True North wrote:

On Thursday, 12 December 2013 10:48:30 UTC-4, John H. wrote:



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



cell phones, etc.?



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John H. -- Hope you're NOT having a great day!





Y'all give free cellphones to the poor??

Very generous of you, Johnny Mop.





Like so many conservatives who really don't give a ****, Herring and a

few others here think "poor" people only live in countries other than

the United States. It's ok with them if little kids in the United States

have to live in crowded shelters. After all, they say, it's better than having to live in a
cardboard box.

Oh it is! But then again, maybe they should move in with you so they could experience what they've been missing. Have you invited to your place yet?



When the Pope calls out for a kinder,
gentler society, they think he is excluding the United States,


Really? And which 'society' is that?

or that
they have no need to pay attention because, after all, they aren't

"papists."


So, YOU pay attention to the Pope because you ARE a "Papist?"



We really need to find a cure for "religion."


You'd think so, probably because it bothers you. Robert Owen, Karl Marx and Lenin, and Chairman Mao, thought the same thing of course, to enhance 'societies' utopia.

They tried it and it didn't work.

I think the Pope has great intentions. Helping the poor is always a noble gesture, unless the help
tends to keep them poor and dependant, which it does in this country. The problem with giving money
to the poorest of countries is that the money goes into the hands of the 'leaders' and never gets to
the poor. That's where charities and missionaries come in.

FOAESAD can say all he wants about missionaries just trying to force their religion on the poor in
other countries, but we know it's bull****. Our church has a mission in Haiti, a land full of poor,
and converting folks is the last thing on the minds of the missionaries. Saving lives keeps them
busy enough.

However, my earlier comments about the Pope and birth control remain. Until he does something which
allows for restraint in the making of babies, I won't be hanging on every word he says about the
poor.

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