Sigh.

Pope Francis on the possibility of salvation for atheists

In a nutshell, Francis was not talking about non-Catholics or non-Christians. He was not talking about those who profess another religion with their own mediators. He was not talking about those who pray to other gods. He was talking about atheists.

Moreover, Francis was clear that whatever graces are offered to atheists (such that they may be saved) are from Christ. He was clear that salvation is only through Christ’s Sacrifice. In other words, he is not suggesting – and I think some are taking it this way – that you can be saved, get to heaven, without Christ.

So, have a care with these sermons. It is great to get pithy lines from the Holy Father about something that is crystal clear such as, say, the Devil. It is another when the pithy quip veers into something that is more difficult to untangle. It is best not to jump to negative conclusions based on the incomplete reports about fervorini of ambiguous magisterial authority.

Oops.

To achieve superstar status at least four sockpuppet accounts which have a lively dialogue with each other are needed.

Only if you smoke at the same time. You could choke to death that way.

Love the look of studied incompetence.

 A more consistent and determined use of the Passive Voice to deny ascribing responsibility I have not seen outside of grammar books. 

Mistakes were made.

Heads were lost.

Debts were increased.

Feelings were hurt.

Shake, stand back, then watch it fizz.

It used to be larger percentagewise, but Episcopalians tend to be better-educated and tend to reproduce at lower rates than some other denominations. Roman Catholics and Mormons both have theological reasons for producing lots of children

You will know the tree by its fruit.

1. Mass Muslim immigration
2. Everyone with a right to bear arms

I think there's a reason Detroit and say, El Paso, have differing levels of Mosques.

By the way, the comments at the link are choice.

The Romans would bring entire cities to their knees with merely the threat of crucifixion.

One of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's very shrewd moves was to get Canada's age of consent moved up from 14, quietly, without many in the media noticing. That age of consent had made Canada an attractive locale for sex tourism, which is just another of those charming "unintended consequences" that diversity brings about.

 I'm curious, though, on what basis does she decide that views different from hers are wrong?

You don't even have to use words to refute the idiocy. Just watch the still born numbers in her denomination as the Episcopalians rend themselves asunder with exploding vocations to their wymyness.

No, no, no.

He went Full Akbar.

Abba:

Dancing Scream.

Google Victor Davis Hanson and desecration of corpses by non Western military forces. Someone from San Francisco back in the 1970's had a great policy for dealing with perps with blades.

When tabloid television reporters start broadcasting images of perpetrators of these crimes being shot or beaten to death by citizens then perhaps it will lose some of its glamor. Until then these fellows will continue to patronize the cutlery and cookware sections of Sears, Home Hardware and other fine retailers for equipment designed to "celebrate our diversity" in the accouterments of execution. 

Multiculturalism and diversity apply to cutlery as well food, don't you know? Of course there's been a disturbing uptick in Floridian Haitians dispensing with cutlery all together.

In the meantime -- if my memory serves me correctly -- the Russians are very disrespectful of Islam's prohibitions against pork and unclean meats -- and while I don't want to harm anyone's sensibilities -- I can't help but wonder what the smell of bacon grease in the courtroom and jailhouse and a few stray barn yard animals loose in the interrogation room would do to the perceived glamour of scoring cheap points against Team Infidel.