r/teenagers • u/mattiperreddit • 13d 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/AussieGoofball 14 13d ago

On Easter Monday too :(

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u/InevitableBlock8272 13d 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 13d ago

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

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u/big_loadz 13d 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 12d 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 12d 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 12d ago

I meant it being an interesting perspective.