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2016-02-18 Olde Tyme Religion

Jesus does not want you to be hit men, pope tells Mexican youth

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saying Jesus would never ask them to be “hit men”, Pope Francis begged young people in Mexico’s gang-infested heartland on Tuesday to shun the lure of easy money and big cars offered by drug traffickers.

Gang wars over the methamphetamine trade have torn the western state of Michoacan apart. Widespread kidnapping and extortion by gangs have sparked an uprising by vigilante groups.

“It is a lie to believe that the only way to live, or to be young, is to entrust oneself to drug dealers or others who do nothing but sow destruction and death,” he told young people at a stadium rally in Morelia, the capital of Michoacan.

“Jesus would never ask us to be hit men,” the pope said. “He would never send us out to death.”
Mom wouldn't want them to, either. So why do they do it?
The money's good and the wimmin love them...

Posted by Fred 2016-02-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [28 views ] Top

#1 D *** NG, I KNEW IT!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-02-18 01:27|| 2016-02-18 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 When Pope Gramsci I sends the message that covetousness is a virtue, not a vice - which he frequently does - he also sends the message that anything done in the name of envy is OK.

That's why they want to be hit men, father. If you spent more time trying to save the souls of your flock and less trying to be a leftist SJW, maybe these boys would understand that the impulse to make lots of money to be "equal" by any means necessary is wrong in the first place.

Posted by no mo uro 2016-02-18 05:46|| 2016-02-18 05:46|| Front Page Top

#3 While that is true, in the realm of what Yeshua would do, chasing your ass with a whip is very much in the realm of possibility.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-02-18 10:50|| 2016-02-18 10:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Probably about as useful as Clinton's "midnight basketball" as a crime prevention tool.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-02-18 12:53|| 2016-02-18 12:53|| Front Page Top

#5 At least he got one thing right.

Posted by newc 2016-02-18 17:30|| 2016-02-18 17:30|| Front Page Top

#6 In denial about the fact protestant and jewish societies are generally more civil and better run than catholic ones.

Posted by phil_b 2016-02-18 18:53|| 2016-02-18 18:53|| Front Page Top

#7 There are a lot of 'Jesus' in Mexico. I suspect some would indeed want you to be a hit man.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-02-18 20:54|| 2016-02-18 20:54|| Front Page Top

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