From: "Parsifal" 

On 26 mar, 05:13, "Paul J Kriha"
 wrote:
> brique  wrote in
messagenews:1174876868.16547.0{at}demeter.uk.clara.net...
> > H Dickmann  wrote in message
> >news:9QDNh.1707$M.995{at}news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > > "brique"  wrote in message
> > >news:1174864221.13850.0{at}proxy02.news.clara.net...
> > > > H Dickmann  wrote in message
> > > >news:wkANh.1656$M.1115{at}news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > > >> "Parsifal"
 wrote in message
> > > >>news:1174835887.370307.181600{at}p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> > > >> > On 25 Mrz., 12:53, "H Dickmann"
 wrote:
> > > >> >> "Parsifal"
 wrote in message
> > > >>
>>news:1174812401.988679.59800{at}d57g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> > > >> >> > On 25 Mrz., 06:20, "Sound of Trumpet"
> > > >> >> > 
> > > >> >> > wrote:
> > > >> >>
>>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806213/posts
>
> > > >> >> >> Pope: Europe Losing Faith in Its Future
>
> > > >> >> > And we care about what a German
septuagenarian wearing dresses
has
> > > >> >> > to
> > > >> >> > say because...?
>
> > > >> >> He is the leader of a Billion people. Who are you?
>
> > > >> > Do you really think that one billion persons
on the planet do
exactly
> > > >> > as he says?
>
> > > >> No, But then, not every American obeys the law of the land.
>
> > > >> For example, do you think that no catholics EVER use
> > > >> > contraception?
> > > >> > Who am I? Someone who can make decisions by
myself without having
> > > >> > someone "pre-chewing" them for me...
Who are you?
>
> > > >> I'm a person who realises that Society can not
function without laws,
> > > >> even
> > > >> if we don't like all the laws. If you are a citizen
of a country, a
> > > >> member
> > > >> of a soccer club , a social club or a church, you
have laws, rules and
> > > >> regulations. If you want to do your own thing, you
have to live on a
> > > >> deserted island.
>
> > > > And since when did this 'Pope' get to tell people who
are not members
of
> > > > his
> > > > club what to do?
>
> > > You may be anti Bush, but does that mean that he can not
tell people what
> > > is good for America? Or even, what is good for other countries?
>
> > Bush can't even tell what day of the week it is without help... but your
> > touching faith in leaders and willingness to be one of the led is noted.
You
> > deserve each other.
>
> Sheesh, this is weird.
> These last two posts _seem_ to be from a person in the UK
> answering a person in Australia. Neither of them appear to
> know the difference between the pope, a head of the catholic
> church and the American president, a head of completely
> different outfit.

I'm in Austria (no kangaroo in Vienna...). My original question was simply:
why would atheists care about what the pope says. That's it.

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