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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles
I like that Jim,when your faith is tested you answer the tough questions.
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Your point about the war was tough, probing and challenging. It was also perfectly fair and relevent to whether or not he's fit to lead my church.
There is a difference between sincerely supporting the dictators, and merely saying you support them because you have a figurative gun to your head, and then plotting against them in private.
It's more heroic, in some ways, to denounce the dictators. But if denouncing them means torture and execution, I can see where someone would be intimidated. I wouldn't say such a person can never be deemed fit to lead a church.
I hope his actions were considered when the cardinals voted. I wouldn't say a guy is unfit to be pope, because he was too scared to take a stance that would lead to certain death (this is precisely why I don't fault George Soros for being a Nazi collaberator).