The New Pope on Poverty...

[ClosedCaption]

Some want $11 some want $15 but one thing is consistent tho. Liberals cant agree on shit

 

[Publius1787]

Some want $11 some want $15 but one thing is consistent tho. Liberals cant agree on shit

Evidently the Pope has been asleep for the past 200 years where capitalism has brought more people out of poverty than any church could ever dream of. I will never understand why people blame the proven solution for the "problem."

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo]Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four - YouTube[/ame]

 

[ClosedCaption]

Some want $11 some want $15 but one thing is consistent tho. Liberals cant agree on shit

Evidently the Pope has been asleep for the past 200 years where capitalism has brought more people out of poverty than any church could ever dream of. I will never understand why people blame the proven solution for the "problem."

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo]Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four - YouTube[/ame]

I know that exactly what he didnt say ever. Good point!

 

[Edgetho]

Since when did the Pope become more interested in people's economic condition than in their Souls?

 

[ClosedCaption]

Since when did the Pope become more interested in people's economic condition than in their Souls?

About the same time as it took you to build that strawman argument.

 

[deltex1]

Since when did the Pope become more interested in people's economic condition than in their Souls?

Great point edge...I have 18 years of catholic learning and never once did the nuns, brothers or Jesuits talk to me about how to get out of poverty...it was always about saving my soul...and now I hear I will be rooming with a fag in heaven!!!!

 

[HenryBHough]

Surprised that this Pope has continued the previous one's headlong rush into the 14th Century?

 

[Moonglow]

Since when did the Pope become more interested in people's economic condition than in their Souls?

Great point edge...I have 18 years of catholic learning and never once did the nuns, brothers or Jesuits talk to me about how to get out of poverty...it was always about saving my soul...and now I hear I will be rooming with a fag in heaven!!!!

Don't talk that way about Jesus.

 

[Doubletap]

So the Pope is concerned about the poor, yet he lives at the Vatican with chauffeurs & servants at his beckon call, dressed in silks and eating the finest foods prepared by his on-site cooks.
Add to that his organization pay no income taxes and have holdings estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Curious.

 

[Rocko]

I guess we should all listen to the Pope on matters of the economy. Remind me again, what about his background qualifies him an expert on the economy?

 

[deltex1]

Since when did the Pope become more interested in people's economic condition than in their Souls?

Great point edge...I have 18 years of catholic learning and never once did the nuns, brothers or Jesuits talk to me about how to get out of poverty...it was always about saving my soul...and now I hear I will be rooming with a fag in heaven!!!!

Don't talk that way about Jesus.

I was talking about you, Gertrude.

 

[ClosedCaption]

I guess we should all listen to the Pope on matters about they economy. Remind me again, what about his background qualifies him an expert on the economy?

At least Jesus had a Bachelors in Econ

 

[Wry Catcher]

Some want $11 some want $15 but one thing is consistent tho. Liberals cant agree on shit

Evidently the Pope has been asleep for the past 200 years where capitalism has brought more people out of poverty than any church could ever dream of. I will never understand why people blame the proven solution for the "problem."

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo]Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four - YouTube[/ame]

Wherein is the evidence that Capitalism was the one and only variable? This maybe the best example of what Mark Twain meant when he wrote, "there are liars, damn liars and statistics".

 

[deltex1]

What are the main "structural causes of poverty"?

 

[Kosh]

Another far left Obama drone irony thread.

 

[deltex1]

The main causes of poverty arise from mans imperfection...so my Pope should stick to his knitting.

 

[Publius1787]

Some want $11 some want $15 but one thing is consistent tho. Liberals cant agree on shit

Evidently the Pope has been asleep for the past 200 years where capitalism has brought more people out of poverty than any church could ever dream of. I will never understand why people blame the proven solution for the "problem."

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo]Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four - YouTube[/ame]

Wherein is the evidence that Capitalism was the one and only variable? This maybe the best example of what Mark Twain meant when he wrote, "there are liars, damn liars and statistics".

Its not the only variable, but, it is the dominant variable. Every economist from Milton Freidman to Karl Marx agreed that capitalism has done more than any other object to life the masses out of the binds of poverty. To disagree would put you in a very small group of historic and economic illiterates. I doubt that any one among us can find an free market economist, socialist economist, Fabian economist, communist economist, etc. who disagrees that capitalism is the dominant reason we have grown in health, wealth, and population.

 

[initforme]

Did you expect the pope to come out and not advocate for the poor? The bible I read has never spoken about being rich. But I have read numerous passages about helping the poor and destitute. What did you expect? Was the pope supposed to praise the uber wealthy? Think for a second.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

I guess we should all listen to the Pope on matters on the economy. Remind me again, what about his background qualifies him an expert on the economy?

Hmmmm.....Let's see....."

"No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money." (Luke 16:13)

And I'm not a Christian. I'm just addressing your question for those who say they are.

 

[kaz]

I guess we should all listen to the Pope on matters on the economy. Remind me again, what about his background qualifies him an expert on the economy?

He's as qualified as the lawyers who make all the economic decisions in our country. In other words, nothing in his background qualifies him for that...