Quote:
Is that the current pope or something?
Surely its not beyond you to research that?
Quote:
Though a handful of priests and nuns protested Hitler's atrocities - and suffered for it - the Vatican as well as the Catholic Church and its army of clergy gave either active or tacit support to the Nazi tyranny
Umm... So? I don't see the relevance to the thread. Unless you are assuming I'm a catholic (which I'm not) because I posted a funny picture of the pope (which a catholic wouldn't). The Pope was also in the Hitler Youth, as was
almost every other child in germany at the time. Are they all horrific people? Or possibly, was the rhetoric and politics of the leader enough to draw the wool over many people's (including the clergy) eyes?
Quote:
I'm a recovering Catholic
I find that offensive. Catholicism is not a disease, and I know a few catholics who function perfectly well without having to recover.
Quote:
I'd rather spend time being a shapeshifting dragon, travel the multiverse, bi-locate and disappear (still working on that one =), and use science to understand quantum mechanics and adamantine particles. My summoned co-magician dragon has done more for me than the pope ever will.
Oh Please. And please don't tell me you buy into this whole 'the pope is evil' ignorance? I don't respect his right to be infallible but he has probably done more good than you ever will, troll.
Quote:
By the way, I'm not one of those guys who's intimidated by people with lots of posts.
Good, I'm glad, post count is not a status in and of itself. However unless you have read every one of another user's posts and found that the other forum members have scorned their every idea, you have to accept that long term members' posts will probably hold more weight than the new-guy who will campaign for his website for a few weeks and then never be seen again. Case in point: Reuben the Dragonlord. And if you think I have a high post count, you obviously haven't been paying attention anyway.
Quote:
So scoffing all at the things new people say is only showing us new dragons who's the real and the fake.
Really? You genuinely think you are the first person to try and post evidence of 'real' dragons on here? Also how can you show my claims to be a dragon to be wrong if I have never made such claims?
And to answer the previous post, which I admit to responding a little childishly to. Yes, I believe (99.99% sure in fact) that there is extraterrestrial life. However, I also think that the odds of them developing the tech required and coming here in the short space of time (on a universal timescale) that our planet has been here are astronomically long.
On a brighter note, congratulations you are the first person to draw me out of 'lurker-mode' for a while my friend. And the first paragraph of your post should have invoked Goodwin's Law but I let it slide as I thought I'd give reasoned reply instead of screaming "TROLL!" and running away.