Old Childless Man Says Not Having Children Is "Selfish"

[bednobs]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59884801
my dog thinks the pope is deluded

[pixie374]

Don't stop... :-)

[andy-hughes]

I doubt that the irony of the Pope's statements has been grasped by him, or the Catholic hierarchy.

When you populate a world that consists entirely of thought, prayer, and contemplation, and a condition of your place in it is the absence of a loving relationship and children, lest they distract you from it, then your world can only benefit from more people being theoretically able to grow up and join in.

The simple practicalities of raising children are lost on the priesthood, it is alien to them as their strange world is to us.

So we should not be angry with the old gentleman, who is charged with providing guidance to millions of people who follow his church.

Simply accept that if you don't play the game, you don't get a say in writing the rules.

[pixie374]

If I was honestly bothered, I would say x

[gness]

Not be angry, Andy. Poppycock. We are lucky to have people like Catherine Corless who do get angry and bring changes to this cruel organisation.

[ladybirder]

I could argue the opposite. It has been said that having children in an already over-populated world is being selfish.

[Peter Pedant]

Jesus was childless innit

[Peter Pedant]

//it is alien to them as their strange world is to us.//
as mamaL would say and has: dont be daft Andy
Priests are human not martians!

[bhg481]

pat - the care home would be staffed by a younger generation than yours (ours), which is the point I was trying to make.
My wife and I both favour euthanasia, if it becomes possible, as we don't believe we have the right to lumber a younger generation with our care. I don't believe that children have a responsibility to look after their own parents; we chose to have our daughter, she didn't choose us, although we get on extremely well.

[davebro]

Isn't having too many children the cause of many of the world's current problems?

[andy-hughes]

PP - // Priests are human not martians! //

They are - they just don't live as though they are.

[Canary42]

Pope said, " [it's] a denial of fatherhood and motherhood and diminishes us, takes away our humanity".

Well it certainly did in his case, not to mention the hordes of paedo priests.

[davebro]

we don't know the Pope hasn't fathered children - just saying!

[naomi24]

We don't know Jesus didn't father children .... just saying.