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posted by [personal profile] selkie at 03:27pm on 02/04/2005
Baruch ata Hashem, eleoheinu Melekh ha-olam, dayan emes.

He wasn't my spiritual leader, and many of his policies excluded me and my loved ones, but I think he did his best in a rapidly changing world, and he tried to undo the silence and blindness cemented by Pius X.
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posted by [identity profile] lonespark.livejournal.com at 11:37pm on 02/04/2005
Yeah. I don't what to make of him either. A flock needs a shepard, and he labored mightily at it and succeeded. I think I would be more resentful if I were actually a member of said flock. Go in peace.
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posted by [identity profile] penmage.livejournal.com at 06:31am on 03/04/2005
That's how I feel. I turned on the TV to watch the BSG miniseries with my 13-year-old sister, and saw the special on the Pope, and paused to watch it for a moment. I said, quietly, "it's so sad that he's gone."

Her: Why?
Me: He was a great man.
Her (scornfully): He was a Christian.
Me: And so are lots of good people. He did a lot of good things, and touched a lot of people in a lot of ways. He had a full life, but it's still sad that such a special person is gone.
Her: Oh.

And then we watched the news about the Pope for a few minutes.
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posted by [identity profile] lonespark.livejournal.com at 09:07am on 03/04/2005
Yeesh, what kind of Christians has this girl met? I am now kinda freaked.
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posted by [identity profile] penmage.livejournal.com at 01:56pm on 03/04/2005
I think it was the general kind of religious superiority kids have. Not that she thought Christians were bad people - just that it hadn't occured to her that I could mourn a Christian and call him a great man. Honestly, I don't think she's really met any Christians. I mean, "these are the people in your neighborhood" style, sure. But I doubt she has any meaningful relationships with anyone that she's conciously aware is Christian.
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posted by [identity profile] upstart-crow.livejournal.com at 02:55am on 04/04/2005
This gay Catholic thanks you for such a kind post. <3
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posted by [personal profile] batyatoon at 02:36am on 05/04/2005
My rabbi spoke about him at our shul dinner on Sunday night.

Said words to the effect of: I know a lot of you may be feeling uncomfortable and conflicted about this, but the thing to remember is, a good man is dead; and people who have been our friends are feeling orphaned by his death.

*nods* Yeah.
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