Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Pope is a bad Joke





Easter Sunday.
But the Fuso Szulc is in the dry river bed of Punta Boca del Salado in Baja California, Mexico and the sun just came up and it is 21ยบ C and the pelicans are flying by and the waves are crashing on the beach and the birds are vigorously singing in the nearby bushes and what is exactly the signification of Easter in these circumstances?

Of course, with the thorough Roman Catholic education received, it is known that the crucification of Jesus Christ is celebrated with Easter.
Or maybe better put: remembered.
Because Christians still feel guilt for this act of cruelty.
Killing a man who had only good intentions can't be celebrated, right?

A man who has no problem not to feel guilty though is the Pope of Rome.
An 82 year old German by the name of Mr. Ratzinger.


Mr. Ratzinger, Pope Benedict 16.


He had his assistant, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, say today:
"With this spirit today we rally close around you, successor to Saint Peter, bishop of Rome, the unfailing rock of the holy church."
Sodano also said: "Holy Father, on your side are the people of God, who do not allow themselves to be influenced by the petty gossip of the moment, by the trials which sometimes buffet the community of believers."


Cardinal Angelo Sodano

Those are truly nasty remarks, fervent and loyal blog readers.
For one we must realise that Cardinal Sodano is not going to say publicly and in the presence of the Pope anything that Mr. Ratzinger doesn't approve of.
So, we can easily conclude that the Pope sanctioned his Cardinals remarks.
And that says a lot because, what is this that he has another guy say that he is "unfailing".
How can a human being be "unfailing"?
No person sane in the head will ever claim to be "unfailing".
Because that is simply impossible unless you are God yourself.
Therefore we must conclude that the Pope considers himself on the same level as God and had his assistant made this known to the people.

Of course, most people worldwide will understand what a joke this clown made claiming infallibility and the equal of God.
And will only laugh and spend time and energy on more relevant matters.

But in the second part of Cardinal Sodano's statement is something said sanctioned by the Pope that is much more serious.
As we all know, the Roman Catholic church has a history of having priests who have been molesting, misusing, violating and aggressing children.
These widespread practices, that were occurring worldwide, are coming more and more to the surface.
And by now it is known that the current Pope, in a former position, has been involved in a systematic covering up of criminal acts of priests misusing children.
To have this called "petty gossip of the moment" is an affront.
Especially towards all those persons that have been misused by priests that pretended to live in celibacy but had their hands go into the pants of boys and worse acts of sexual and social misbehavior.
And those victims of black-frocked molesters had and have therefore to live with a life long trauma bringing unhappiness, shame, pain and anger.
Bringing all this into the open and have the culprits brought to justice is the right way.
To try, as the responsible authority, to minimize the scandal and label it as petty gossip will
only boomerang.
And postpone drastic measures.
Like cleaning out the stable by punishing the culprits, compensating the victims and ending the obligation for priests to live in celibacy.



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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Organized religions have been, and still are, the root of evil for most of recorded history.

Anonymous said...

"And AMEN to that!"
Tony M., USA

Fred Wishnie said...

Right on the mark!

Hope you are well after yesterdays earthquake.