Pope Francis tells gay man: 'God made you like this'

[Confounding]

Best Pope ever.

Pope Francis tells gay man: 'God made you like this'

A survivor of clerical sexual abuse has said Pope Francis told him that God had made him gay and loved him, in arguably the most strikingly accepting comments about homosexuality to be uttered by the leader of the Roman Catholic church.

 

[koshergrl]

God made us all to function in his plan. Including Judas and Hitler.
He creates the scum, gives them the opportunity to redeem themselves...and if they don't he uses their evil to work good.

 

[Political Junky]

Pope Francis is a refreshing change.

 

[koshergrl]

Pope Francis is a refreshing change.

If by *refreshing change* you mean he's a depraved monster, I guess you're right.

 

[Sunni Man]

Read the Bible.

God doesn't create sodomites.

But he does destroy them.

 

[Confounding]

God made us all to function in his plan. Including Judas and Hitler.
He creates the scum, gives them the opportunity to redeem themselves...and if they don't he uses their evil to work good.

How does a homosexual redeem themselves? Do they just never experience sexuality? It's a pretty big part of the human experience. Maybe you're one of the people that thinks gay people can will themselves straight.

 

[Sunni Man]

Being a homo is a choice.

A sick choice.

But still a choice.

 

[Aba Incieni]

God made us all to function in his plan. Including Judas and Hitler.
He creates the scum, gives them the opportunity to redeem themselves...and if they don't he uses their evil to work good.

How does a homosexual redeem themselves? Do they just never experience sexuality? It's a pretty big part of the human experience. Maybe you're one of the people that thinks gay people can will themselves straight.

No one can redeem themselves. They can repent.

 

[rightwinger]

Great pope, great man

 

[Aba Incieni]

Sounds like the Pope might want to crack open his Bible.

 

[Confounding]

Being a homo is a choice.

A sick choice.

But a choice.

Yeah? Do you think you could choose to be a homosexual if you wanted?

 

[rightwinger]

Pope Francis is a refreshing change.

Pope Francis is a pope who “gets it”

 

[Aba Incieni]

Being a homo is a choice.

A sick choice.

But a choice.

Yeah? Do you think you could choose to be a homosexual if you wanted?

It's the "if you wanted" part that trips you up.

 

[Geaux4it]

Best Pope ever.

Pope Francis tells gay man: 'God made you like this'

A survivor of clerical sexual abuse has said Pope Francis told him that God had made him gay and loved him, in arguably the most strikingly accepting comments about homosexuality to be uttered by the leader of the Roman Catholic church.

Your point escapes me

-Geaux

 

[Confounding]

God made us all to function in his plan. Including Judas and Hitler.
He creates the scum, gives them the opportunity to redeem themselves...and if they don't he uses their evil to work good.

How does a homosexual redeem themselves? Do they just never experience sexuality? It's a pretty big part of the human experience. Maybe you're one of the people that thinks gay people can will themselves straight.

No one can redeem themselves. They can repent.

Right, so what is a homosexual supposed to do to be square with God? Should they never experience sexuality? Do they need to will themselves straight?

 

[LoneLaugher]

God made us all to function in his plan. Including Judas and Hitler.
He creates the scum, gives them the opportunity to redeem themselves...and if they don't he uses their evil to work good.

You didn’t just call gay people scum and compare them to Hitler, right? You’d never say something like that, would you?

 

[Mac1958]

Good for him. I do have to wonder if the Catholic church knew what it was getting when they sent that puff of smoke up.

 

[Geaux4it]

The Pope is just trying to justify all the child molestation and rape cased brought against the Catholic Church. Of course he going to say God made them that way.

-Geaux

 

[Sunni Man]

Right, so what is a homosexual supposed to do to be square with God? Should they never experience sexuality? Do they need to will themselves straight?

That'll work. ...

 

[Confounding]

Being a homo is a choice.

A sick choice.

But a choice.

Yeah? Do you think you could choose to be a homosexual if you wanted?

It's the "if you wanted" part that trips you up.

If homosexuality is a choice then that means straight people could choose to be sexually aroused by the same sex, no? If a straight person in incapable of changing their sexual orientation would a gay person not be the same?