/lit/ - Literature

But, anon. He is a homosexual.
I guess he’s just picking on his own in-group

>>15271740
Well, he is Catholic, so of course he opposes gay marriage. And of course he opposes it when political power is used to try to destroy anyone who opposes gay marriage.

>>15271740
You're gonna eat your words when the government finally passes mandatory gayness measures. Every man will have to spend at least one year living a gay lifestyle before he's allowed to continue his education or reenter the workforce. This ensure a much more empathetic, open-minded population. Women will be exempt, of course, as they know by heart the lessons that men will have to learn through discipline and correction.

>>15271763
Don't give the progs any ideas, please

>>15271763
That'd be completely based, imagine the amount of men who would simply reject the female temptations after such an experience

>>15271763
>>15271772
What the left actually wants and dwells its time on is significantly worse.

>>15271928
>the left
True sign of an imbecile

>>15271928
Well, what is worse than this?

>>15271740
This isn't a pol board

>>15272034
They literally released a book today on this, dumbass

>>15271949
HMM WHAT COULD BE WORSE THAN ONE YEAR OF MANDATORY HOMOSEXUALITY? GEE I DUNNO MAYBE A MANDATORY LIFETIME OF IT

Literally novels by acknowledged classics authors on this. Don't ask stupid questions, faggot.

>>15272067
>>I am repressing my own homosexuality
Gee get over yourself buddy. Just like the Greeks were gay because it was cool, you're straight because it's cool.

I hope this fucking disgusting kike dies a most painful and slow death and the thought police shuts down all and every single person who mention his name alongside his works. We've got to bring back Damnatio Memoriae and recruit hitmen to do away with decrepit sacks of shit like him. If we don't adopt an extremist mentality there will always be voices of dissent.

>>15272067
You see how idiotic this looks?

>>15272067
>>15272096
Case in point, a stupid evil faggot tripfag who wants to destroy any decency in society.

>>15272157
Christianity wasn't at any point in time an upholder of decency.

>>15272096
Degenerates like you belong on a cross

>>15272096
>>15272174
Christian unity was the only thing keeping Islam from rooting in Europe, and the major reason why degenerates like you haven't been stoned to death by now.

>>15272182
Jew worshippers like you belong in a gas chamber along with the rest of the long nose tribe

>>15272202
>Christian unity was the only thing keeping Islam from rooting in Europe
>Christian
>unity
Choose one

>>15271740
Do you have quotes from the book about his views on gays?

>>15272228
nah. sorry. I only saw the report that he has a new book and then a bunch of newssites claiming he was touting anti gay rhetoric.
I was genuinely curious if someone has gotten it day 1.

>resigns
>continues to publish his views, dressing exactly like a pope too

what did he mean by that?

>>15272275
Pontifex emeritus means he has earned the title of pope.
He is still the (or a) pope.

>>15272126
>>15271939
>tp
>Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
Ironic

do you really expect me to slog through this guy's entire biography just to get to the juicy bits?

>>15272337
yes get to work slave

>>15272228
>>15272241
>>15272337
>>15272367
Idk, but here's something from an older document about it

“Legal recognition of homosexual unions or placing them on the same level as marriage would mean not only the approval of deviant behavior, with the consequence of making it a model in present-day society, but would also obscure basic values which belong to the common inheritance of humanity,”

>>15272209
he's factually correct, Protestcucks aren't Christians, the only proper denominations are Orthodox and Catholic

>hahahahahaha niggers and gays are stupid
>the left can't meme amirite


Ratzinger is a pseudointellectual evil wraith

>>15271758
The Catholic church after him did a 360 on homosexuals. The passage from the bible condemning sodomy was a cleanliness thing

Ratzinger/Benedict is actually one of the great thinkers of the 20th Century. He's hugely underrated as a philosopher, theologian, and analyst. Everybody should read him.

Just as a beginning introduction to him, I recommend his "Jesus of Nazareth" books.

>>15272733
they are christians

>>15272811
what are his major innovations?

>>15272826
He was one of the principle thinkers, and one of the brightest minds, behind the Second Vatican Council, and he considerably helped shape the Council and its approaches to various issues.

Ironically, Ratzinger/Benedict himself became significantly more pessimistic towards the Council as he got older, worried that some interpretations of it had gone too far, and that certain strains of thought coming out of the Council were detrimental to the Church overall. This is why he gradually became more "trad" as he got older, which culminated, as pope, in his apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, which allowed for much wider celebration of the Latin Mass.

>>15272933
Interesting, are there any books on this and the Vatican II?

>>15271740
Are you talking about the anti-married priests one that came out in January?

Also, why are people surprised when the Chruch re-iterates their pro-life and anti-gay positions? Do they really expect the Church to change their minds or something?

>>15272801
you have no idea what youre talking about

>>15273943
Are you not aware of the double agent that is "Pope" Francis?

>>15271928
That's not "the left", silly American.

>>15271763
This is your bait on pol.

>>15274625
Why not? Decades ago legalizing homosexual marriage was something unthinkable, almost science fiction, not it's quite normal. Normalization of atrocities is the easy part.

>>15274643
i think the reason it provokes such shitstorms because the legal marriage which only gives legal benefits and the church-sanctioned marriage which only gives spiritual benefits are mixed up.
of course the church shouldnt marry gays if it's against the religion it follows, but matters of the state should be secular.
legal recognition will just allow things like inheritance, tax cuts, etc, and won't threaten the church in any way.

>Woah... This ex pope who oversaw rampant pedophilic abuse said he doesn't like gays... That's so based!

>>15274816
unironically yes. the public disdain only makes the activity juicier. more decadent, more coomersome because it's so wrong.
i would never develop this fetish if these scandals were accepted by the people.

>>15272811
He's a great apologist. His Introduction to Christianity was excellent, albeit aimed at an intellectual audience.

>>15273943
Some atheist leftists believe that the Church should "modernize". By modernize, obviously, they mean believing in the same thing they did.
They don't quite understand how the whole "we believe in God" thing works.

>>15272801
>did a 360 on homosexuals
>did a 360
>360
Is this really what you intended to say anon?

>>15272801
literally a lie
>>15272811
communio gang
communio gang
communio gang

>>15275188
Every time I read Ratzinger I get an appreciation for just how smart he is. He is basically the ultimate proof that religion is not only for brainlets, because he is incredibly smart yet you are always convinced of his piety. You can tell that he really, really does love God. I'm not sure what's bigger, his intelligence or his humble love of Jesus.

>>15271740
Satanic scum. I mean at this point it's obvious.

>>15276105
>You can tell that he really, really does love God.
How? In what ways? Anything he does could be an act. Fake priests can spend their entire lives pretending to love God, and convince their communities of it, but the payoff for them comes when they rape kids.

>>15276198
How is it obvious to you that he's satanic? For many reasonable people he's honest. For many other also reasonable people he's evil.

>>15271746
You are less than shit.

>>15276240
/Lit is pretty based on materialism, but retarded on /x.
The guy is full of satanic symbolism, go check. All popes are, but this one in particular.

>>15276252
take your meds

>>15276252
You sound like a crazy nigga but I'll bite. Satanic symbolism could apply to anyone and anything. Link satanic symbolism as it relates to popes, and I'll follow the rest.