DCML digest, Vol 1 #822 - 15 msgs

[Don Markstein]

>Doesn't current Catholic doctrine state that the pope IS infallible? 
I'm sure the Church is very serious about it. Whether you agree with 
several hundred million Catholics or not, I don't think making fun 
of people's religious beliefs should be part of a discussion of ducks.


Yes, Papal infallibility is a part of Catholic belief. But that doctrine 
only goes back to the 19th century, and it applies only to a certain 
rigidly speficied type of statement -- so rigidly specified, I don't 
think it's been invoked as many as a half-dozen times. To say that 
a statement must be retroactively true because a Pope said it hundreds 
of years ago is a joke that even a Catholic might make. In fact, 
a well-informed Catholic would see instantly that it IS a joke. As 
a Recovering Catholic myself, I see nothing wrong with a little gentle 
ribbing like that.

By the way -- I sent a note about this several days ago, but something 
seems to have gone wrong, as it didn't show up on the List. I heard 
a RUMOR that Disney approached CrossGen (a small American comic book 
publisher) about the possibility of licensing the Disney characters.
After considerable negotiation (according to what I heard), CrossGen 
turned Disney down, for reasons similar to Gladstone's for not renewing 
the license. Does anybody know anything about this?

Quack, Don

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