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Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee
Um, Americans aren't some collective all having the same views.
That aside, many American right wingers (which I assure you, this guy almost certainly is) in the U.S. call themselves Christian but don't act it.
Example: there is a disturbingly well-selling series of books in the United States called "Left Behind," which can be described as Christian fantasy/American dominionist (or whatever). It has made its allegedly Christian authors fabulously wealthy, yet when asked why he doesn't give any of his money to charity, one of them responded: "Do you know how much I already pay in taxes?" Apparently he has never read Matthew 19:24.
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Never meant to imply we were a collective, but these types make us all smell funny.
I believe the Pope is essentially the king of the Vatican which is sovereign territory. Not anywhere near the same thing as fleecing people in a bid to buy their way to heaven.