# Just When I Think I Like the Pope, He Pulls this Shit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326 "2022-01-06T14:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 338
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326/338 "2022-01-19T01:04:04Z")
Cross-posting from the poll. > [@Poll: Is raising pets an acceptable alternative to raising kids? (take two)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids-take-two/957949/66): > > i can imagine someone who really wants to nurture something, but doesn’t want a child, getting a pet to satisfy their desire to nurture. (Not choosing to get a pet instead of a child, but feeling a lack, after choosing not to have a child, and turning to a puppy to help satisfy their nurturing desires.) This is really all I’m getting at. > [@Poll: Is raising pets an acceptable alternative to raising kids? (take two)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids-take-two/957949/66): > > But i really can’t imagine someone feeling a duty to have children and thinking they can discharge that duty by having pets. Neither can I. The Pope criticized couples that don’t want children (or don’t want more than one child) yet have multiple pets. It seems to me that the Pope is saying the duty to raise children is not discharged by adopting pets, and furthermore, that it is a basic part of humanity. ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-when-i-think-i-like-the-pope-he-pulls-this-shit/957326)._