The Pope John Paul II

Jenson71 · 01-26-2005, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Fairplay

Hey Jenson, you being a huge Godfather fan.
After seeing The Godfather part 3. Should see the church is crooked.

Sure, I've never doubted that the church has had rough times. I understand that. And, this isn't a thread praising the church. This is a thread praising John Paul II as a man. The rest of you are arguing about the church.

Jenson71 · 01-26-2005, 06:57 PM

How factual is The Godfather Part III anyway?

C-Mac · 01-26-2005, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jenson71

How factual is The Godfather Part III anyway?

Let me ask you this, if it were fact and continues today, would it truthfully matter to you?

Jenson71 · 01-26-2005, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by C-Mac

Let me ask you this, if it were fact and continues today, would it truthfully matter to you?

I dunno. Forget I asked.

Jenson71 · 01-26-2005, 07:06 PM

Yes it would matter.

Anyway, I re-read Roger Ebert's review for a little information

"The plot of the movie, concocted by Coppola and Mario Puzo in a screenplay inspired by headlines, brings the Corleone family into the inner circles of corruption in the Vatican. Actual events - the untimely suddenness of John Paul I's death, the scandals at the Vatican Bank, the body of a Vatican banker found hanging from a London bridge - are cheerfully intertwined with the Corleone's fictional story, and it is suggested that the Vatican lost hundreds of millions in a fraud."

C-Mac · 01-26-2005, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jenson71

I dunno. Forget I asked.

You think it was easy for me to make the decision I made? But at some point and time I had to come to grips with realities that I would rather not know about. The pope is the leader of this church that is full of corruption, that is why these things are being mentioned among his thread. Usually you hear of past popes and their corruptions. Its just to big of a problem to keep under the rug.

Jenson71 · 01-26-2005, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by C-Mac

You think it was easy for me to make the decision I made? But at some point and time I had to come to grips with realities that I would rather not know about. The pope is the leader of this church that is full of corruption, that is why these things are being mentioned among his thread. Usually you hear of past popes and their corruptions. Its just to big of a problem to keep under the rug.

I haven't changed my mind on anything. You haven't given me anything. You've just said "it's corrupt. Uh....see?" See what?

C-Mac · 01-26-2005, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Jenson71

I haven't changed my mind on anything. You haven't given me anything. You've just said "it's corrupt. Uh....see?" See what?

I fear you might have opened the flood gates with that one, but anyway I must leave for a time but will check back in when I return.

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Jenson71 fides quaerens intellectum Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: United States Casino cash: $8330900	Yes it would matter. Anyway, I re-read Roger Ebert's review for a little information "The plot of the movie, concocted by Coppola and Mario Puzo in a screenplay inspired by headlines, brings the Corleone family into the inner circles of corruption in the Vatican. Actual events - the untimely suddenness of John Paul I's death, the scandals at the Vatican Bank, the body of a Vatican banker found hanging from a London bridge - are cheerfully intertwined with the Corleone's fictional story, and it is suggested that the Vatican lost hundreds of millions in a fraud."
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