Prismattic comments on Rationality quotes January 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Prismattic 04 January 2012 01:14:01AM 2 points [-]

Also, popes (say that they) believe there is a god and that said god makes the pope infallible.

Technically, only popes since 1868 have claimed that. (It was also the inspiration for Lord Acton's famous quote about absolute power.)

Comment author: dlthomas 04 January 2012 01:45:14AM 2 points [-]

And even more technically, they've only claimed that they believe god makes the pope infallible when he's doing certain things.