by LEO on March 26th, 2010

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Is the Pope "worthy" of respect?

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by Rinky Dinky Do on March 26th, 2010
Nobody is worthy of respect because of their title, office, position, etc. Respect is something that must be earned and that old prune in a dress has most certainly not earned mine.
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- Nice answer. Using religious titles is not even Biblical.
  
  (Job 32:21-22) Let me not, please, show partiality to a man; And on an earthling man I shall not bestow a title; 22 For I certainly do not know how I can bestow a title; Easily my Maker would carry me away.
  (Matthew 23:8-12) But YOU, do not YOU be called Rabbi, for one is YOUR teacher, whereas all YOU are brothers. 9 Moreover, do not call anyone YOUR father on earth, for one is YOUR Father, the heavenly One. 10 Neither be called ‘leaders,’ for YOUR Leader is one, the Christ. 11 But the greatest one among YOU must be YOUR minister. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
  (Matthew 20:25-27) But Jesus, calling them to him, said: “YOU know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them and the great men wield authority over them. 26 This is not the way among YOU; but whoever wants to become great among YOU must be YOUR minister, 27 and whoever wants to be first among YOU must be YOUR slave.
  (1 Timothy 4:1-3) However, the inspired utterance says definitely that in later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons, 2 by the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, marked in their conscience as with a branding iron; 3 forbidding to marry, commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be partaken of with thanksgiving by those who have faith and accurately know the truth.
  
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  by Texasescimo on March 26th, 2010
- Joe Ratzinger(POPE) was a Nazi Youth Group member...respectable? Only to haterosexual extremists? A Good Catholic boy? So he sets a bad example to follow
  
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  by LEO on March 29th, 2010
- He's also a former Nazi Party member. Jesus wouldn't like Nazi's because he was a Hebrew Himself. Satan's happier with Pope Eggs Benedict on the throne
  
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by Strength on March 26th, 2010
No. There is no need for a pope , the whole thing is stupid!
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by The Anonymous Witch on March 26th, 2010
not from me .
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- A freakin' former Nazi on the VThrone? pathetic
  
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  by LEO on March 26th, 2010
- he would fit right in .
  
  http://www.evilbible.com/Murder.htm
  
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by Moongrim on March 27th, 2010
Not this one.

Not now the facts are out.
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- It's like the Godfather movie the mafia gets ripped off by a more corrupt organization:the Roman Catholic Church organization: child molesters and corruption. Jesus wouldn't approve of any of it. The devil wears Prada slippers and Jesus wore sandals.
  
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by Freedom00 on March 26th, 2010
I think almost everyone is worthy of respect. Respecting someone as a human being does not mean you have to agree with them.
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- Have you read a newspaper lately?
  
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by CaRbOnPrOdUcK is Baccuss on March 26th, 2010
Everyone is worthy of respect until proven otherwise. I don't know the Pope, but I do know I would not kiss anyone's ring for any reason. Unless I got paid alot of money. Nobody deserves THAT much respect, well, except maybe Elvis, but he's dead.
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by Wynper on April 18th, 2010
The current Pope lost his respectability when it became clear that he actively covered up the sexual abuse of children.

I do respect those persons who serve others with humility and selflessness. Those who to put it simply walk the talk.

I come from a Catholic family and am the first person in my family to not be married in the church. I did however attend Mass with my Grandmother Schneider regularly when she was alive. I did it out of respect for her. Her faith was an important part of her life and I loved her. There was no question about my attendance even long after it was clear that I no longer believed.
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by RC loves ice cream on March 26th, 2010
Everybody has the right to earn respect.
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by Marguerite on March 26th, 2010
Of course! All human beings are worthy of respect. We are made in the image of God. The pope is Christ's vicar on Earth. He represents Jesus Christ. Some people who don't respect the pope don't even respect Jesus, so what can we expect? I vote YES!
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- You idiot if there was a Christ and they wanted a vicar they would choose it themselves. It's just another thing humans have made up to have power, just like everything else in this world.
  
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  by Cheeky_ja on March 26th, 2010
- Marguerite
  
  The pope is not God's vicar on earth, that is not biblical. The pope is the head of the catholic church, just a man, that all.
  
  When Jesus rose from the dead and ascended to heaven to be with His Father, He sent us The Holy Spirit to be our councillor.
  
  Jesus is the only mediator between man and God.
  
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by to the SNAKE PIT! on March 26th, 2010
One should always respect there elders, only a fool would disrespect an elder based on different beliefs
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by Zack on March 26th, 2010
Not to the point of kissing his ring or is that a myth too?
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by kaltsaki on March 26th, 2010
well we should respect all opinions.. no matter if we agree with them, we should try to understand them.

as for Pope, ok respect him, but i don't agree with everythong he says. for example, last year he said that people in africa must not use condom!! and everybody there dies from AIDS..!! ok THAT made me so angry... :@
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- The Vatican and all those guys are out of touch with the common person and insulated from reality. Do you really think they care about the "little people"?
  
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  by LEO on March 26th, 2010
- i don't really think so, they are out of touch as you said. well i live in greece so i don't really know about the situation, but i can imagine from what happens to my country...
  
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by Iron_Monkey on April 18th, 2010
The current pope still hasn't accomplished anything worthy of my respect. The Dalai Lama was able to stop the whole nation of Tibet from wearing tiger skins just by saying how ashamed he was of it--they literally took of their furs and burned them in heaps in public. The pope can't even stop his priests from touching little boys. Get with the program pope.
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by twiceborn on May 12th, 2010
All human beings are worthy of respect.

If you are referring to his title and position, that's different.
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by ""Account Closed"" on June 16th, 2010
Respect is earned and he hasn't done that yet. Just because he's the "head" of the Catholic church doesn't make him any better than anyone else nor does it give him instant respectability.
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by Account Closed on March 31st, 2010
He is worthy of as much respect as any other person. He is really old and I don't think he has much of a say, at all, at the vatican. I think he is told what to say and do.
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by conorbls on March 26th, 2010
the pope is a nazi
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- Was and IS a Nazi. Very poor choice.
  
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  by LEO on March 26th, 2010
- Do you say that because he really was or is involved with the Nazi's or because you don't agree with Catholic's?
  I caught a glimpse of something on the news about the Pope but did not pay attention.
  
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by The Galaxy Hitchhiker on April 5th, 2010
From a Christian perspective my answer would be no, he is not worthy of respect nor trust, both of which are earned not handed out on the basis of the office that you hold or the pomp and ceremony that go's with it. To be frank, I trust the Pope about as far as I can toss the Vatican.
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by Shunyata on April 18th, 2010
He is SUPPOSE to be the HOLY FATHER.
How much more despicable can a position of AUTHORITY be misused, covering up
SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN, a serious crime. THIS IN MY VIEW IS MISUSE OF GODLY GIVEN AUTHORITY.
Everyone is worthy of love and compassion. Respect? hm.... such a dual term.
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by scotty on April 18th, 2010
a nazi that turns a blind eye to kiddy fiddling, ofcourse
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