Pope on Pets and Kids

[Dustparticle]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pope-francis-couples-decide-pets-025348870.html

 

And I have a pet and kid and they have the same name and that is Chocolate.

[Dages]

Western people don't want the responsability... Getting rid of a pet is easier than a children that you did not abort...  

This world is sick.

[Loopy]

38 minutes ago, Dustparticle said:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pope-francis-couples-decide-pets-025348870.html

 

🙄  🤦‍♀️ 🤢

[Tortuga]

We have pets and no children. It has allowed us to do things we wouldn't have been able to do if we did have children. I'm glad our decision doesn't make the pope happy. 

[Girl81]

I have plants.  Is the pope ok with that?  Should I have checked with him first?

[Tortuga]

4 minutes ago, Michelle81 said:

I have plants.  Is the pope ok with that?  Should I have checked with him first?

Be sure and water them with only holy water... available for a modest price...🤣

[Doug]

1 hour ago, Tortuga said:

Be sure and water them with only holy water... available for a modest price...🤣

At www.vatican.com

And don't even think * it's just tap water * when it arrives  

[trottigy]

12 hours ago, Tortuga said:

We have pets and no children. It has allowed us to do things we wouldn't have been able to do if we did have children. I'm glad our decision doesn't make the pope happy. 

My wife and I too. When we got married back in 1987 were encouraged to NOT have children specifically so we could serve full time in various capacities. 

 

Look at this article from just 6 months after I was married:

 

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¹⁶ Now, as never before, “the time left is reduced.” Yes, only a limited time remains for Jehovah’s people to finish the work he has given them to do, namely: “This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations; and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14) That work must be accomplished before the end comes. It is, therefore, appropriate for Christians to ask themselves how getting married or, if married, having children will affect their share in that vital work.

 

17  Jesus likened the time of “the presence of the Son of man” to “the days of Noah.” (Matthew 24:37) Noah and his three sons had a specific work to accomplish before the Flood. It involved building a gigantic ark and preaching. (Genesis 6:13-16; 2 Peter 2:5) When Jehovah gave instructions about the building of the ark, Noah’s sons were apparently already married. (Genesis 6:18) We do not know exactly how long it took to build the ark, but it seems likely that it took several decades. Interestingly, during all this pre-Flood period, Noah’s sons and their wives had no children. The apostle Peter specifically states that ‘eight souls were carried safely through the water,’ that is, four married couples but no children. (1 Peter 3:20) The sons’ remaining childless was possibly for two reasons. First, in view of the approaching destruction by a deluge of waters, they had a divinely appointed job to do that required their undivided attention. Second, they doubtless felt disinclined to bring children into a world where “the badness of man was abundant in the earth and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only bad all the time,” a world “full of violence.”—Genesis 6:5, 13.

 

18. Although not setting a rule to follow, how does the course taken by Noah’s sons and their wives provide food for thought?

 

18 This is not to say that the course of action taken by Noah’s sons and their wives before the Deluge was meant to set the rule for married couples living today. Nevertheless, since Jesus compared Noah’s day to the period in which we are now living, their example can provide food for thought.

 

 

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1988165#h=24

 

Well, recently updated this advice and said - remember it's no one's business if you do or don't have children, but I can tell you back inthe 80s and early 90s when this came out - many felt it their business to tell others what was in the Watchtower. If you know what I mean.   

 

 

Edited January 8, 2022 by trottigy

[GeordieGirl]

14 hours ago, Dustparticle said:

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/pope-francis-couples-decide-pets-025348870.html

 

Says the man who chose to devote his life to unscriptual beliefs and behaviour!!!

[Tortuga]

3 minutes ago, GeordieGirl said:

Says the man who chose to devote his life to unscriptual beliefs and behaviour!!!

...and how many kids does the pope have????   

[GeordieGirl]

3 hours ago, Tortuga said:

...and how many kids does the pope have????   

That was my point. My comment made more sense in my head. 😏

 

It should have said: Says the man who chose to devote his life to unscriptual beliefs and behaviour - instead of to a wife and children. 🙄

Edited January 8, 2022 by GeordieGirl

[Dages]

6 hours ago, Michelle81 said:

I have plants.  Is the pope ok with that?  Should I have checked with him first?

Follow him on twitter to get a free indulgence  

[coolbrz731]

This is just hilarious!  I "love" how the catholic church operates.  In their minds: God taking notes...."People with pets and not children...send them to purgatory for a while....minimum security wing....check for twitter following to see if they qualify for a reduced sentence"

 

I don't know who's scarier, the catholic god, or Satan.

[Doug]

My first thought was:  Who wouldn't rather have a pet than a child?   Just sayin'   .   .   .    

[Cushi]

Francis needs to mind his own business. Some people choose not to have children because they came from an abusive background and are afraid of repeating the same cycle. That’s responsible if you ask me…