Pope: 'Who am I to judge' gay people?

Freepers have a strong religious strain. And it can get quite contentious, and very much over my Unitarian head. But when Pope Francis seemed to allow that Jeuss might not command you to hate gays, it was all pretty easy. Freeper Catholics went defensive, and Freeper evangelicals went on the offense:

fwdude's Jesus was all about hate:

I never say "hate the sin, not the sinner." This is a modern, heretical fallacy, nowhere found in scripture.

IbJensen thinks the Pope has thrown in with Obama:

The Church is as fortunate as our pitiful nation!

-Now there will be NO IRS audits of Roman Catholic Churches in America.

-Now Catholic schools will not have to hand out condoms to their students.

-Now Catholic hospitals will not have to provide birth control and abortion services.

-Obama will drop the Order he issued to them to start providing birth control and abortions.

-The IRS will now DROP the requirement that the Roman Catholic Church Pro-Life groups clear their prayers with the IRS, before praying them, like they did to that PL group in Iowa.

The pope’s statements are a major, 90 degree left turn from the previous positions of the previous popes following Pius XII, who were all lukewarm on most of the major tenets of the Church, but stood firm on abortion and sodomy.

It’s amazing to me how some feeble non-believers think that the mind of god can shift so strongly and swiftly from one pope to the next. These cafeteria Catholics believe that Jesus Christ should be brought into the 21st century and are too stupid to believe that our Savior does not change and he doesn’t wear Nikes, nor does he wear a loose baseball cap backwards!

This pope is a true modernist with deep secular leanings and stands as proof that the Church will not change until the second coming. There are many churchmen that will not make it past the Pearly Gates.

Francis is the antithesis of what the leader who sits on the throne of Peter should be.

Cronos explains that Catholics still totally hate gayness!

The article says so clearly The official position of the Catholic Church on the issue is that while homosexual desires or attractions are not in themselves sinful, the physical acts are -- so hate the sin but not the sinner.

We hate homosexuality and the gay mafia but sympathize with those sinners.

What's wrong with what the Pope said in this context ". If someone is gay, who searches for the Lord and has goodwill, who am I to judge?”" - nothing?

RitaOK blames the media for quoting the Pope when he says things she doesn't agree with:

Another rush to judgement, a la anti-Zimmerman style, perfectly orchestrated by the media for the consumption by the mouth breathers, with the facts of the faith shuttered.

Gird your loins.

Ransomed goes full Biblical symbolic:

Reading his actual words, there is no major controversy here.

Doesn’t matter, Pope said it. Wrong from the start, no matter what.

The harlot who rides the beast is a trojan horse, the pagan high priest of the beast says the word ‘gay’, ‘gay marriage’ will be coming soon to the Babylonian mystery cult goddess worshipping trojan church-whore cult religion of men non-bible believing gay-sayers.

Obviously. Never mind that of those wacked-out Christian groups that have accepted ‘gay marriage’ so far have ALL accepted female clergy/pastors, divorce and remarriage, and birth control within marriage first. Everyone of them as far as I can tell.

So the cult-whore pagan beast-riding edifice of men better get busy, the acceptance of divorce and remarriage seems like a pretty good first general step to get with the gay program. Otherwise they will be marrying gays but not recognizing their subsequent divorces and remarriages.

BenLurkin hates oral sex!

The Pope may not have the power to judge but he does have the power to bless.

And God will not want him blessing muff divers and butt humpers.

fwdude knows the Catholic Church is a trap:

This is not a “church.” It is a Trojan horse. It has always been.

New Jersey Realist yearns for the good old days:

Back during the Inquisitions they would have had their nuts cut off and then burned at the stake.