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Management issues at the Vatican

Started by Firebird, May 30, 2012, 03:58:11 PM

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Firebird

May 30, 2012, 03:58:11 PM
Vatican scandals lift lid on secret power struggle

Looks like some issues in upper management. Funny how a religious organization who supposedly relies on god for advice try to stab each other in the back for influence. Guess they don't trust His guidance very much:
I especially liked this line:

QuoteReese isn't taking a position on where the next pope should be from, but he has strong views on what Benedict's successor should do: "The place really needs to be restructured and reorganized. It still operates in many ways like a 19th century European court."

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OldGit

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May 30, 2012, 07:20:56 PM
Why am I not surprised?

markmcdaniel

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May 30, 2012, 07:39:44 PM
Quote from: OldGit on May 30, 2012, 07:20:56 PM
Why am I not surprised?
Probably because you have been around long enough to know that pettiness , back bitting, scandal mongering and that all time classic the information leak ( the more embarrassing the better )  are the first tools of choice in any politics battle.   
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follows from the advance of science - Charles Darwin

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the object of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a god, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism. - Albert Einstein

Religion is a by product of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity. - Arther C. Clarke

Faith means not wanting to know what is true. - Friedrich Nietzsche

OldGit

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May 30, 2012, 07:43:39 PM
Exactly.  And if god really took care of his church, the buildings wouldn't need lightning conductors.

McQ

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May 30, 2012, 09:07:45 PM
Quote from: OldGit on May 30, 2012, 07:43:39 PM
Exactly.  And if god really took care of his church, the buildings wouldn't need lightning conductors.

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