Comment by embedding-shape
4 hours ago
> he believes that he was chosen for that role by an invisible man in the sky.
One thing is clear, you should not be sent to the HN gulag simply because you don't understand what you're talking about. Me and others realize you don't know how the pope is chosen, but damn if I'm not willing to die for your right to state something that is utterly wrong.
You mean the pope doesn't believe he was chosen by God, just by cardinals and other primates?
This is what former pope Benedict XVI said about it:
> I would not say so, in the sense that the Holy Spirit picks out the pope... I would say that the Spirit does not exactly take control of the affair, but rather like a good educator, as it were, leaves us much space, much freedom, without entirely abandoning us. Thus the Spirit’s role should be understood in a much more elastic sense, not that he dictates the candidate for whom one must vote. Probably the only assurance he offers is that the thing cannot be totally ruined.
> There are too many contrary instances of popes the Holy Spirit obviously would not have picked!
Source: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/does-god-pi...
I hope so, considering he seems to have all mental facilities intact. I hope he believes he was elected by the cardinals, which is what happened in reality. I think they usually say the Holy Spirt guides the process or similar, rather than God directly selecting the new pope.
Are you saying God is not invisible?
If God created man in his own image, then why can we see each other?
According to those who believe in god, since "he" is a spirit and not flesh, he is indeed invisible to humans. I guess you can argue he makes himself visible through things like angels and other manifestations, most famously through Jesus Christ.
With the "god created humans in the image of god" part I think they mean more attributes like morality, reason and so on, less physical properties. In the end, humans are visible, finite beings, god is a spirit, so our visibility to each other reflects our created, embodied nature, very distinct from god's invisible, infinite nature.
Or however it goes, I'm an atheist myself so I'm maybe not the best to answer here, but I've been involved in the church for as long as I can remember in some way or another, and an eager reader of the bible, so hopefully I got the overall ideas correct :)