Miss Z
Not intended as a smear, indeed, I would imagine most religious authorities would look to their pontifex above all else. I just wonder what your opinion is on this?
This seems to be addressed to Blue, however I thought I would give my thoughts on your question. First you are using a Term to describe a church leader that has been distorted in recent years. "Pontifex" as it applies to the church would apply only to the Pope of the RCC , since they are the one church organization that has a figure of this statue and power. "Pontifex" has been used by several radical groups such as "White Supremacy" groups here in the US. The RCC Leadership is the only orginization that is really under question by the original post. True there are people in places of power that maybe shouldn't be there. We can not take the position that as long as you have "this" or "that" happening you should not be bad mouthing the church. Discussing the lack of leadership in the church was the whole point of the thread. We can't take the position that the church is off limits as long as Obama is making bad appointments. These are all typical smoke screens that are used by some to high jack a thread. This is so typical.