To roll my eyes everytime a parent sends a Pope well wishing message

[LittleTurtle]

and lol a bit everytime I get one.

We are in a Catholic state school, and as you all know that you are meant to attend church and be all religious just to get into the school.

A few of the parents are sending messages about the new Pope, do they really care that much or just showing colleagues how religious they are?

why don't you think they are interested?

Yes, they do care, and yes, YABU.

Because in general, they do not act all that friendly and religious on school runs. Never really greet others or show friendlyness, but now suddenly.........

Perhaps they are interested,why dont you ask them?

YANBU

haha, how does one act 'friendly and religious'?

on the school run particularly

You're being totally unreasonable. Catholic parents in a Catholic school are bound to be interested in the new Pope

Depends, if this pope actually does something to change the Catholic Churches attitude to deviant Priests, and people are wishing him well in this hope, then yes, YABU, otherwise YANBU. Last pope left because he couldn't clean up Vatican City.

I'm reserving my judgement on the new pope until i've read more about the allegations of badness during the years of the Argentinian Junta....

How do people act friendly and religious? Oh don't know, maybe they can start by greeting other parents that they see on a daily basis?

I guess you're not 'all religious' then?

Devout Catholics will care deeply about the new Pope. Even super-lapsed Catholics (like me) wish him well - if he can get to grips and clean up the stinking sordid mess that is the Church, then more power to his elbow.

do they completely blank you when you greet them? Even at church?

You can be religious and unfriendly. Perhaps the detect a dissenter at the school gates. Perhaps they care more about the new Pope than they do about their peers' children/jobs/the weather.

I am friendly and irreligious at all times in all places.

Mitchy, actually I greeted one of them in church and they blanked me at the school run.

Shatner, I thought friendliness was one of the cornerstones of religion - met a few really nice christians

What if i'm not that religious, lost son and all............................lol.

Please note that this is not an angry post.

I hope you meet some friendlier ones, religious or not, if you want. Sorry to hear about your son.

I don't know if you're doubting those parents' Catholic beliefs, or jealous of the new Pope getting all the attention today

Sorry Mitchy, I did not loose a son, but I was referering to the bible lost son and then was found. Band analogy. So sorry.

Bad analogy

haha, how does one act 'friendly and religious'?

You point a cross at the other people.

Oh, wait, that's at vampires.

Ah, awkward, ok, my fault - ever eager with the compassion!

I am sorry I really don't see why this is a problem? Catholic people interested in huge news in the catholic church? It doesn't get much bigger than this for the faith.

I guess you're not 'all religious' then?

Well, she obviously managed to put up a good enough show to get her child into the school, judging by her OP.

she obviously managed to put up a good enough show to get her child into the school, judging by her OP

erm, we are surrounded by religious schools, my child has to get an education somehow. By the way, we pay for part of that 'religious' school. Does not matter how religious we are.