If he is really God's messenger, why does the Catholic Pope travel protected by bullet-proof glass?
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tiberseptim
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If nutbars could take down Jesus, what's a Pope?
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maybe it's because some of his subordinates molest little boys.Or more than likely it is because the world is full of crazies that will kill just to make a name for themselves.
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Because not everyone has heard the saying, "don't shoot the messenger."
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Because they don't have blind faith! How ironic, the holiest of holies is nothing but a man hoping in something holy but not believing wholey!
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Matthew 4:5-7 states: Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: 'He will command his angels concerning you and 'with their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone.'" Jesus answered him, "Again it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.'" There are a lot of crazy people out there so the Pope likewise uses his God-given common sense and does not put God to the test. With love in Christ.
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On the one hand, god provided bullet-proof glass. On the other hand, what about god's will be done???
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Because don't shoot the messenger generally doesn't work when it comes to religious issues.
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the pope is not just God's Messenger, he's the Successor to the throne of Saint Peter-the first bishop of Rome-which later became the papacy. Jesus told Simon Peter that "you are the rock upon which I will build my church" which is what gives the Holy See it's authority, but remember, the pope, at the end of the day, is not a supernatural being with super powers, he's a man with a calling to God, and the "popemobile" is a device which the faithful use to protect this man from nutcases. BUT HE IS JUST FLESH AND BLOOD AND BY NO MEANS IMMUNE TO BULLETFIRE. And sure we could just say well, hell, if he's God's messenger, God'll protect him and snatch the bullets in mid air and that'll be that, but kids, it doesn't work that way. that's not religion that's sci/fi fantasy make-believe. If we have the ability to provide extra protection to this man who means so much to the faithful, why shouldn't we take it?
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So as not to be killed by Satan's assassins.
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Despite the fact that he is God's messenger, you can still kill him. With bullets. Thus all the bullet-proofing.
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His body is still fallible.
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Their have been assassination attempts on the previous popes. What I want to know is, why is a former Nazi youth, the pope?
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That was the pope's idea, actually. While he doesn't mind spreading god's word he doesn't want to take a bullet for the big guy.
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'cause miracles just ain't what they used to be...;-)
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Because he isn't?
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They killed Jesus too. The Pope isn't stupid and he isn't bulletproof.
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He is protecting himself from the Devils 'representatives' on earth...obviously..
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dont get me started on this subject lmao
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The bullet-proof glass was introduced after the assassination atempt on John Paul II. And being a messenger of God btw does not act like a bullet-proof vest, or as fire-protection or as knife-protection (see Christianity's long list of martyrs, most of whom interestingly enough lived in the 20th centrury). Actually (not refering to he Pope necessarily now) in many circumstances, old and new, being God's messenger implies being quite a bullet-magnet.
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Because he has a very expensive hat that needs protecting.
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Because he is human and as such can die. If there is no messenger in human form then how will the messages 'get through'. The real problem is the sick twisted people who shoot others yo...
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Well, just consider what the Catholics believe was done to their God's "Only Son"; do you really think they trust their God to protect one in a long line of figureheads? But then again, there's also the Catholic belief that Christ's death was part of "God's Plan", so I suppose the Pope has such heavy protection because he wants God's will to be done, just not to him personally.
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it's hard to deliver messages when you're six feet under
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Because the non believers may try and kill him and we want to protect him for man's evil.
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Pope JP 2 had sevral assanation attemps because he spoke out against Communism as well as war and other political issues that the church never decied with before and he visted those people in prison. If JP 2 didn't have protection would he be able to do all that he did.
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God invented bullets. God made anti-Christians too. God's will be done, I guess.
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Because he really isn't God's messenger
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