Why Does the Pope Think He Has Any More Moral Authority . . .

[drbrumley]

Why Does the Pope Think He Has Any More Moral Authority . . .
Thomas DiLorenzo

. . . than your local bartender, your barber or hairdresser, or the checkout clerk at your local grocery store on the issue of global warming or “climate change”? (The Vatican is reportedly “outraged” that President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the globalist central-planning-under-the-guise -of-“saving-the-planet scam). * It has nothing to do with theology or Catholic doctrine, after all. And why does this Argentinian socialist think it is moral to impose upon the poor people of America (and everyone else) $25/gallon gas, and a quadrupling of monthly electric bills — for starters? *Wouldn’t that be a form of regressive taxation, imposing a proportionately harsher burden on lower-income than higher-income individuals? *That after all would be the effect of the gigantic carbon taxes the international socialist cabal dreams of imposing on all of us in the name of “saving” us from global warming. *Furthermore, why is it “moral” for governments to plunder citizens in this way in order to give politicians all over the world more money to waste, squander, and steal?

Just wondering.

I was wondering the same thing...

 

[annabenedetti]

Why does Thomas DiLorenzo think he has any more moral authority than the Pope?

 

[Arthur Brain]

Fair enough to some degree. Then again, why do extremist zealots think they're any sort of moral authority either? Some of the Christian variety would quite happily take the world into nuclear oblivion and to heck with everyone including unborn babies - those the 'pro life' sort would normally ardently argue against killing - so go figure.

Zealots - ya gotta love em'.

 

[Arthur Brain]

Why does Thomas DiLorenzo think he has any more moral authority than the Pope?

Because he's a pompous blowhard who probably thinks he's intellectually superior to most people anyway?

 

[drbrumley]

Because he's a pompous blowhard who probably thinks he's intellectually superior to most people anyway?

Like the Pope?

 

[annabenedetti]

Because he's a pompous blowhard who probably thinks he's intellectually superior to most people anyway?

Sounds about right. :thumb:

 

[Arthur Brain]

Like the Pope?

Apparently he's not pompous or ideologically aligned with what several up themselves zealot Catholics would prefer him to be so not really, no...

Zealotry eh? Gotta love it!

 

[annabenedetti]

Apparently he's not pompous or ideologically aligned with what several up themselves zealot Catholics would prefer him to be so not really, no...

Zealotry eh? Gotta love it!

Pope Frances regularly rode public transportation when he was bishop of Buenos Aires, and has avoided as much of the pomp of the papacy as he's been able to. The pope is a humble man with a love and concern for the poor and the helpless.

 

[drbrumley]

Why does Thomas DiLorenzo think he has any more moral authority than the Pope?

Who said he did? Last I checked, DiLorenzo wasn't a leader of a denomination who hangs on His every word...

 

[glorydaz]

Pope Frances regularly rode public transportation when he was bishop of Buenos Aires, and has avoided as much of the pomp of the papacy as he's been able to. The pope is a humble man with a love and concern for the poor and the helpless.

Oh boy howdy....you can tell by looking at the man he is humble and filled with love. Ya gotta love these libs. They just never cease to amaze.

 

[annabenedetti]

Who said he did?

DiLorenzo's screed pontificates for itself.

Last I checked, DiLorenzo wasn't a leader of a denomination who hangs on His every word...

That certainly doesn't prevent him from asserting his own personal version of moral authority though, does it? Anyone can climb up on a soapbox.

 

[drbrumley]

DiLorenzo's screed pontificates for itself.

I know, you disagree...waaaaaaaa!

That certainly doesn't prevent him from asserting his own personal version of moral authority though, does it?

Like you as well.

Anyone can climb up on a soapbox.

And you do it better than most!

 

[annabenedetti]

I know, you disagree...waaaaaaaa!

There there, it's okay. I didn't mean to make you cry.

Like you as well.

Like anyone, I suppose.

And you do it better than most!

And I can balance on one foot while I'm at it, too!

 

[intojoy]

There there, it's okay. I didn't mean to make you cry.



Like anyone, I suppose.



And I can balance on one foot while I'm at it, too!

I can tell you've never been with a real man


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[drbrumley]

The High Cost of Centrally Planning the Global Climate

Like the man who hysterically demands that everyone build a winter shelter his way or die, the global warming lobby thinks that its highly speculative, unproven, massively expensive, and poverty-producing plan is the prima facie solution to everything. Naturally, they want to use the coercive power of the state to force everyone to conform to their plans as well, and if a billion poor people have to pay a steep price, well, that’s a price that wealthy and upper middle-class academics and activists are willing to have the poor pay.