i don't really care whether or not he was in the hitler youth. hitler brainwashed an entire country (and then some) and if you went against him, the ss would come a knockin'. that stuff is beside the point. the real point is that, while i am not a roman catholic, benedict is undoing many good things that JP2 did. on the religious front, JP2 made peace with other religious leaders (was good friends with Dali Lamas and such) and brought a measure of tolerance and common sense to the catholic church. benedict is alienating people of his own church and other denominations and religions as well. how anyone can have the audacity to say that their religion is the only true one, or that other ...

i don't really care whether or not he was in the hitler youth. hitler brainwashed an entire country (and then some) and if you went against him, the ss would come a knockin'. that stuff is beside the point. the real point is that, while i am not a roman catholic, benedict is undoing many good things that JP2 did. on the religious front, JP2 made peace with other religious leaders (was good friends with Dali Lamas and such) and brought a measure of tolerance and common sense to the catholic church. benedict is alienating people of his own church and other denominations and religions as well. how anyone can have the audacity to say that their religion is the only true one, or that other christians aren't true christians, is beyond me. my church broke away from the roman catholic church about 100 or so years ago. i personally think God doesn't give two shits about apostolic succession, or what, if any, church you go to, or what name you call him, or what gender you're attracted to, or if you had sex before you were married, or your views on stem cell research, or if you believe in him/her/it at all. i think he just wants people to be kind to each other, live your life the best you could, and be happy. and i DON'T think that the pope or anyone else knows any more or less than me about what God wants.