Summary

Pope Francis experienced a critical asthmatic respiratory crisis, requiring oxygen and blood transfusions due to low platelets.

He remains alert but in more pain than the previous day.

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 months ago

    Funny how a man who claims to be the representative of God on Earth seems to be totally let down by the supernatural and entirely dependent on secular medicine for survival, like the rest of us. It’s almost as if he was nothing special at all…

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      4 months ago

      It’s not too late. He can still turn from his sin and accept Satan into his heart. Or more importantly, his lungs.

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        4 months ago

        According to one story of French philosopher Voltaire’s last words, his response to a priest at his deathbed urging him to renounce Satan was “Now is not the time for making new enemies.”

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      4 months ago

      Not really. If you believe the teachings of Christianity, we were intentionally created as fallible and imperfect creatures, especially with the whole “leaving the garden of Eden” thing.

      You might also say that God created us with the ability and skills to perform and improve medicine.

  • EndlessApollo@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Worship shitty gods, win shitty prizes :D maybe try not running the world’s largest pedophile ring next time

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      4 months ago

      European universities started as church institutions doing 3 things - theology, philosophy and medicine. So no, he shouldn’t.

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        4 months ago

        Plus the Roman Catholic attitude is that God’s far too important to do little mundane things like that.

        You have to put in the effort to get well, you can’t just sit back and expect God to do all the work.

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    4 months ago

    “This pope is the best so far but he’s still imperfect for [reasons]. And so [impolite wishes for him to suffer]”

    Watch people proclaim how they misunderstand how Perfection steals joy from Better, and how it kills efforts for incremental improvement.

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      4 months ago

      The best pope is only as good as the worst priest. And either way Catholics have been pretty messed up over the years.

      The only good pope is a dead one. There is no way to see them as valuable as anything other than an example of what not to dedicate your life to. Nothing but good comes from that religion collapsing.

      But so far there’s always another. One day we will be rid of them. Hopefully we’re at least halfway through their chapter in history.

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    4 months ago

    This is very bad, lung diseases is just about the ONLY thing the Pope could die of. Because it makes it impossible for him to pray!!!
    Yes yes I know atheists say God usually responds with NO! anyway, but this is the Pope goddammit!! God wouldn’t say NO to the Pope…

    Would he?

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        4 months ago

        Buff

        It was an attempt at a joke on the fact that God doesn’t exist, which is why he tends to not answer prayers, which is similar to answering no.
        So obviously even the Pope will get a no too.

        But apparently I failed miserably.

          • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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            4 months ago

            I bet I know more about Christianity than you do, which is why I mock it for being obviously idiotic.
            Have you actually read the Bible? I mean the WHOLE bible, not just new testament.