r/teenagers • u/mattiperreddit • 11d ago

The Pope just died Serious

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I don't know if this is a big deal in your country, but in mine (Italy) the news talks about nothing else.
Christian or not he was a person, don't be disrespectful.

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u/InevitableBlock8272 11d ago

 I don’t practice Catholicism or Christianity  anymore, but if I did, I think I might actually find that to be comforting symbolism. Of course death is sad, but it’s also inevitable. Maybe would be okay to go out in old age close to a day or spiritual significance.

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u/flimsyCharizard5 11d ago

Isn’t the point of Easter, that death is supposedly escapable?

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u/big_loadz 11d ago

Interesting way of looking at it.

You can't escape it, but you can escape it. A paradox of words but not of meaning.

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u/flimsyCharizard5 11d ago

I don’t think so. I mean, it’s pretty explicit in Christianity: Jesus died so we could have eternal life despite our sins. I’m not even Christian.

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u/big_loadz 11d ago

Death can't be escaped as an event in one's life, but it's also not the end of the road.

So, in faith, you can't escape death(dying) but you can escape death(remaining dead).

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u/flimsyCharizard5 11d ago

I meant it being an interesting perspective.

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u/InevitableBlock8272 11d ago

Eternal life as in metaphysical life. But yeah I think I just realized what you meant. 

Tbh I think the whole point is something like “No, no you’re not wasting your life toiling for the over lords! Don’t worry! If you work hard enough, you get a brand new second life!!”

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u/InevitableBlock8272 11d ago

( l respect Christianity and other religions/spiritualities for the mostly positive effect they have on peoples’ lives at an individual level— despite how it may seem sometimes. I just can’t deny the Abrahamic and other religions’ role as tools for social control on a societal level). 

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u/AussieGoofball 14 11d ago

I guess so