Pope says Sundays for God, not sports (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&ncid=757&e=10&u=/nm/20040326/od_uk_nm/oukoe_pope_sport)
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope John Paul says Sunday should be a day for God, not for secular diversions like entertainment and sports.
"When Sunday loses its fundamental meaning and becomes subordinate to a secular concept of 'weekend' dominated by such things as entertainment and sport, people stay locked within a horizon so narrow that they can no longer see the heavens," the pontiff said in a speech to Australian bishops.
John Paul criticised the "culture of the 'here and now'", urging Church leaders to "lead men and women from the shadows of moral confusion and ambiguous thinking".
The 83-year-old pope also encouraged Christians, especially young people, to remain faithful to Sunday Mass, saying the secular culture was undermining family life.
Red Dog
03-26-04, 12:03 PM
Yeah, good luck with that your eminence. :lol:
El Scorcho
03-26-04, 12:05 PM
**** you.
- El Scorcho
Y2K Falcon
03-26-04, 12:23 PM
But he works on Sundays.... -ohbfrank-
SnoopDogg
03-26-04, 12:44 PM
Nothing will take me away from the Vikings on Sunday!
NC-36
03-26-04, 12:45 PM
Originally posted by El Scorcho
**** you.
- El Scorcho
Well said. I second that "**** you".
leepyswetr
03-26-04, 12:57 PM
Yes, damn all these upstart leagues just now starting to play on Sundays.
movielib
03-26-04, 01:44 PM
So is this year 2004 or 1004?
Tommy_Harn
03-26-04, 01:46 PM
How about telling your priests to "Stop molesting little boys- everyday!"
Red Dog
03-26-04, 01:47 PM
Originally posted by Tommy_Harn
How about telling your priests to "Stop molesting little boys- everyday!"
Well maybe they should take baby steps and ask that they stop on Lord's day to start. ;)
zuffy
03-26-04, 01:49 PM
Originally posted by NC-36
Well said. I second that "**** you".
Ditto. I will third that "**** you"
Bushdog
03-26-04, 01:59 PM
I imagine this will catch on, just like his proclamation against pre-marital sex. rotfl
neiname
03-26-04, 02:01 PM
Originally posted by El Scorcho
**** you.
- El Scorcho
This is the first thing I thought of.
neiname
03-26-04, 02:02 PM
Let me see, work hard all week long so I can ponder the heavens when I have some time off or watch the Coors Light Twins? hmmmm???
weargle
03-26-04, 02:22 PM
The pope later added that watching sports on Sundays are OK if you are watching the Saints, Cardinals or the Padres play.
neiname
03-26-04, 02:29 PM
Originally posted by weargle
The pope later added that watching sports on Sundays are OK if you are watching the Saints, Cardinals or the Padres play.
or any pre-adolescent tee ball game
MovieMaster11
03-26-04, 02:32 PM
When the pope starts paying all my bills maybe i'll stop but until then he can blow me. :lol:
Jackskeleton
03-26-04, 02:34 PM
I demand a seperation of Church and State Games!
MJKTool
03-26-04, 02:54 PM
I agree. You are all going to hell, mark my words!
mgbfan
03-26-04, 03:40 PM
Don't be so hard on the Pope. He doesn't live in a real world. He lives in a carefully constructed and sheltered world where people give a rat's ass what he has to say and don't point out that he's so far outside the normal scope of life that his opinions are all completely invalid.
The Pope lives essentially in an imaginary world. We shouldn't be shocked when he says and does things that don't appear to have any basis in reality.
Cusm
03-26-04, 04:56 PM
I suggest one of his priest pretends that he is a pre-adolescent choir boy, or the now classic and default **** him.
Rypro 525
03-26-04, 05:33 PM
george carlin
"why do people pray to god on sunday's, its his day off" (i'm paraphrasing)
Da Thrilla
03-26-04, 06:05 PM
The pope...what a waste of a life...spends his time servicing "God..."
Give me a friggin break.
db27
03-27-04, 12:04 AM
ah jeez, the pope can shove it right up his holy ass!
mnguye10
03-27-04, 01:50 AM
I go to church early on Sundays so that I can get home and fire up the BBQ and then watch football all afternoon. Everyone else in my church does the same thing. :D
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