TIME Magazine's Person of the Year

[Barb]

Funny how the left, and Obama for that matter, used a misquoted statement by the Pope to discredit Capitalism.

Is Time using this misinterpretation to make this selection?

Turns out instead of discouraging rampant Capitalism, he actually said rampant Consumerism. The meaning of his statement was taken entirely out of context by the left.

Pope Benedict's profound letter on World Peace Day should be read by every world leader. It should also be ACCURATELY reported on. Did Pope Benedict attack Capitalism in his 2013 World Peace Day Message? The answer is No! He spoke the truth. He issued a caution, reaffirmed the truth about human freedom and insisted upon the primacy of the person, the family and the true common good.

Question: Did Pope Benedict Attack Capitalism in His 2013 World Peace Day Message? Answer: No! - International - Catholic Online

He directly challenged supply side economics. Try his own words and see if you find any "inaccuracies."

53. Just as the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say “thou shalt not” to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills. How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points? This is a case of exclusion. Can we continue to stand by when food is thrown away while people are starving? This is a case of inequality. Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless. As a consequence, masses of people find themselves excluded and marginalized: without work, without possibilities, without any means of escape.

Human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded. We have created a “throw away” culture which is now spreading. It is no longer simply about exploitation and oppression, but something new. Exclusion ultimately has to do with what it means to be a part of the society in which we live; those excluded are no longer society’s underside or its fringes or its disenfranchised – they are no longer even a part of it. The excluded are not the “exploited” but the outcast, the “leftovers”.

54. In this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting. To sustain a lifestyle which excludes others, or to sustain enthusiasm for that selfish ideal, a globalization of indifference has developed. Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people’s pain, and feeling a need to help them, as though all this were someone else’s responsibility and not our own. The culture of prosperity deadens us; we are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase. In the meantime all those lives stunted for lack of opportunity seem a mere spectacle; they fail to move us.

No to the new idolatry of money

55. One cause of this situation is found in our relationship with money, since we calmly accept its dominion over ourselves and our societies. The current financial crisis can make us overlook the fact that it originated in a profound human crisis: the denial of the primacy of the human person! We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry of money and the dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human purpose. The worldwide crisis affecting finance and the economy lays bare their imbalances and, above all, their lack of real concern for human beings; man is reduced to one of his needs alone: consumption./QUOTE]

Evangelii Gaudium, Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Francis, 2013

 

[Barb]

The left leaning media hates the Pope and the Catholic religion for it's stand on the killing of the unborn. Why would Time put the Pope on the cover? Because he made a statement that was interpreted as being anti-capitalist? Time is not only irrelevant but it is becoming pathetic.

Ding! Ding! We have a Winna! Yes, the Communist Globalists adore this Pope. But why? Just do a little a research and find out why. Christians shouldn't be celebrating this. I know many will, but they're poor misguided souls for doing so. Anyway, thanks for your enlightening reply.

People are happy that a MAN with a following that adds up to several millions in our country alone, and for the first time in our lifetimes, DIRECTLY identified, challenged, and found wanting the hand basket makers that led SO many to be living a hell on this earth. Moreover, he advocates and LIVES a better way of doing things. Even those of us who live secular lives and /or prefer secular governments (which appeals to a crossover demographic, as even much of the religious amongst us prefer that our own, or heaven forbid some other brand, doesn't dictate our lives via the state) appreciate the idea that a personage with such a platform and voice landed solidly and publicly on the side of sweet reason.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/relig...slams-trickle-down-economics.html#post8234596

 

[BDBoop]

Yet another bold faced lie by rightwinger.

Embrace it conservatives.....

Pope Francis attacks mega-salaries, wealth gap - World News

He's attacking liberal elitists as well.

Fine by me!

 

[BDBoop]

Great Pope....great pick

I can see why Conservatives hate him

Yet another bold faced lie by rightwinger.

Really? Because neocons have been slamming the pope all over the place. Sarah Palin, as just one example.

 

[Barb]

Be ye fishers of men

 

[Noomi]

We finally have a good Pope. Francis is a likeable bloke.

 

[Politico]

Time is lucky if sells 60,000 copies at this point. They are irrelevant.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Man of the year? Do you want to be reminded who else has been picked as time man of the year?

 

[mudwhistle]

Great Pope....great pick

I can see why Conservatives hate him

Yet another bold faced lie by rightwinger.

Embrace it conservatives.....

Pope Francis attacks mega-salaries, wealth gap - World News

Yup......Embrace The Suck........

Pelosi on budget deal: ?Embrace the suck? | New York Post

 

[mudwhistle]

Great Pope....great pick

I can see why Conservatives hate him

Yet another bold faced lie by rightwinger.

Really? Because neocons have been slamming the pope all over the place. Sarah Palin, as just one example.

She didn't slam him.

Seems to me the only people doing the slamming is the left accusing us left and right of slamming the Pope.

This is yet another war on the GOP intended to make the low-informational voter think that the GOP is the party of the rich.

Fact is Democrats are the party of the rich. Statistics prove this.

Articles: Who the Democrats Really Are

 

[Barb]

I like a couple of those Big Reb - this one, too:

and "conservatives" hated him, too, go figure.

FBI ? Albert Einstein

 

[mudwhistle]

I like a couple of those Big Reb - this one, too:

and "conservatives" hated him, too, go figure.

FBI ? Albert Einstein

You guys are just making this shit up.......

 

[bigrebnc1775]

I like a couple of those Big Reb - this one, too:

and "conservatives" hated him, too, go figure.

FBI ? Albert Einstein

Being times man of the year doesn't mean a thing.

 

[JoeB131]

Personally, i feel the Catholic Church is all-in with NWO Globalism. The Pope is now just another NWO Global Elite Puppet. Why else would a Communist Globalist Magazine like Time be praising him? Do the Math.

Ron Paul Fans... never out of stock on the Crazy.

Realistically, this Pope realizes the Church is not only out of touch with the times, but the reality that most of the faithful deal with.

Countries that are predominately Catholic are also predominately poor, so calling the mostly Protestant industrialized world on inequality and the abuses of capitalism makes sense.

 

[mudwhistle]

Personally, i feel the Catholic Church is all-in with NWO Globalism. The Pope is now just another NWO Global Elite Puppet. Why else would a Communist Globalist Magazine like Time be praising him? Do the Math.

Ron Paul Fans... never out of stock on the Crazy.

Realistically, this Pope realizes the Church is not only out of touch with the times, but the reality that most of the faithful deal with.

Countries that are predominately Catholic are also predominately poor, so calling the mostly Protestant industrialized world on inequality and the abuses of capitalism makes sense.

He didn't talk about Capitalism. He talked about Consumerism. Just another one of your lies that gets repeated over and over until it becomes reality.

You asswads keep repeating this lie and it only makes you look more foolish.

 

[JoeB131]

Distinction without a difference.

 

[candycorn]

TIME Magazine names Pope Francis Person of the YEAR for telling the Church to calm down about republican wedge issues, for telling world leaders that jobs and opportunity are not what "trickle down" from supply side economics, and for telling the world's uppity crust to stop being such greedy pricks. YAY — feeling blessed.

TIME's Person of the Year 2013 Pope Francis, The People's Pope | TIME.com

"This papacy begins with a name. Jorge Bergoglio is the first Pope to choose as his namesake Francis of Assisi, the 13th century patron saint of the poor. The choice, coming after 14 Clements, 16 Benedicts and 21 Johns, is clearly and pointedly personal. The 13th century Francis turned to the ministry when, as legend has it, he heard a voice calling to him from a crucifix to repair God’s house. He left his prosperous silk-merchant family to live with the poor. He was a peacemaker, the first Catholic leader to travel to Egypt to try to end the Crusades. He placed mercy at the core of his life."

Years are too long and too nuanced to give a "person of the year" award; the practice should be stopped. The aid worker in the Phillipines should probably or Moore, OK should be considered before someone who didn't lift a finger to take someone's vitals or a shovel to fill a sandbag or hand a thirsty little girl a bottle of water.

I say to hell with the "person of they year" anythings...It should be people of the year if anything.

That having been said, given Time's penchant for screwing up what should be the easiest issue of the year each year, they may have gotten this one right when you compare this "inductee" to the brotherhood/sisterhood of those who won the titles before.

 

[Sunni Man]

The new Pope is a NWO Jesuit and has very strong communist leanings.

So of course that makes the Liberals/Progressives swoon with admiration and joy. ...

 

[Derideo_Te]

Yet another bold faced lie by rightwinger.

Really? Because neocons have been slamming the pope all over the place. Sarah Palin, as just one example.

She didn't slam him.

Seems to me the only people doing the slamming is the left accusing us left and right of slamming the Pope.

This is yet another war on the GOP intended to make the low-informational voter think that the GOP is the party of the rich.

Fact is Democrats are the party of the rich. Statistics prove this.

Articles: Who the Democrats Really Are

Note that he fails to provide a link to support his allegations. Lies, damn lies and statistics.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Really? Because neocons have been slamming the pope all over the place. Sarah Palin, as just one example.

She didn't slam him.

Seems to me the only people doing the slamming is the left accusing us left and right of slamming the Pope.

This is yet another war on the GOP intended to make the low-informational voter think that the GOP is the party of the rich.

Fact is Democrats are the party of the rich. Statistics prove this.

Articles: Who the Democrats Really Are

Note that he fails to provide a link to support his allegations. Lies, damn lies and statistics.

I noticed he provided a link so you lied there. Now does it support what mud says, I guess you need to debate it. or stop whining.