Based on what I have read in previous posts, it seems we must have had a lot of dumb Popes over the past 600 years if they didn't realize their limitations in old age and retire. And, essentially, what everyone is saying is: Screw tradition! But how many traditions can you throw overboard before there's nothing left to call a religion? So there's more to it than just devaluing old age.
About the sex scandal: I haven't kept up with the news but I don't think the Pope was responsible for it, was he?
Some have compared being Pope to being a CEO of a corporation. I don't get that. Do we need a board of directors to throw the Pope out if he doesn't perform up to expectations?
I think I may have been misunderstood when I compared marriage to being Pope: A church marriage represents a commitment before God and I assume that becoming a Pope is a commitment before God too. What do they say when they become Pope? Don't they make a commitment of some sort?
On a lighter note: Over the weekend I heard a comedian say that it's rediculous for a Pope to retire because of old age, because one of a Pope's most important duties is to be old.
Last edited by Villages PL; 02-18-2013 at 01:21 PM.
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