LabPet wrote:
With discretion, please understand that there are Wrong Planet members who have religious convictions. Whilst clever news articles that are in jest can be entertaining, please keep comments respectful and with dignity, not using contentious language. OK? It's nothing personal, really. One's spirituality is private. Just saying......(at least) one other member feels quite hurt. Thanks for listening.
P.S. I'm not an (active) mod due to academic obligations, etc. But, I thought to post anyway.
Since I'm assuming it may be over my comment, I wish to point out that my personal beliefs are actually a bit open in the thoughts of religion. One has the right to believe. However, I also feel that the previous pope at least seemed apologetic and a bit less traditional than the present one and with some of the things that this one has done- tried to pardon the sex scandals with young boys and now this in spite with his own ties to the Nazi party- I don't have respect for this particular one. It's just how I feel about one person who has an important role in religion but NOT THE RELIGION ITSELF. I can't emphasize this enough and my comparison was a cynical swipe at the serious part of the satire. While it is private, I did want to share that for me, my disagreement with the present pope is not one of religion (this round), but of some of the things he's done.
Meanwhile, I realize on the same side of the coin that there were social pressures that coincided with better interests during the Nazi regime. The Hitler Youth in many cases was not a choice on whether to join or not. It was join or risk being ostracized at the possibility of the same thing that you mentioned to be private and one's prerogative. Modern German History and my German classes taught me that much. It just took me about 24 hours before that came back to my memory. ^^'
So to recap, sorry for offending anyone and please understand that it was a person, not the religion that I meant to target my opinion on. I tend to be a little blunt and/or ambiguous somehow when it comes to my opinions...