Who Does the Pope Think He Really Is?

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7月10日

Who Does the Pope Think He Really Is?

Have you seen the recent trash coming out of the Vatican, direct from the former Nazi himself (Pope Benedict XVI)?

If you want to see an article on it, here it is: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19692094/

Read it for yourself please, but the gist of it is that unless you are Holy Roman Catholic, you are going to Hell. There are no other true Christians but those that grovel at the feet of the supposed holy one wearing the funny hat. There was mention that Christian denominations are not true churches but mere ecclesiastic communities and therefore do not have the “means of salvation.”

I'll not get too into the arguments they make around apostolic succession: that the Christian church was started by Christ's direction to the apostles (true) and thus Peter was the 1st Pope (False - made up by the Roman Catholics - none of the apostles were Catholic); because all of this is just an argument trying to keep power in the Roman Catholic Church. They do not see the Church as simply a faith, but an organization where they can wield power. The Vatican is a Church State... that tells me something on its own.

Something else that peeved me when reading the article: At the same time the Pope is damning us all to Hell, the Vatican is trying to say that this position did not alter their commitment for ecumenical dialogue -- basically being friendly and open with us 'pretend' Christians. You can't have it both ways Nazi Youth Pope!... I'd rather us just cut the ties. I've always tended to view the super conservative end of the Catholic church as bordering on paganism and cultism anyway. And I am smart enough and caring enough to not lump all Catholic churches together, so I am not making a blanket statement about removing the word Catholic from my view of the Christian community -- but the Pope does not belong in my view of the greater body of Christ.

This just makes me all the more happy I am not a Catholic. And I am sure happy that I am not Pope Benedict XVI... I would not want to be in his position when judgment time comes along and he has to answer why he thinks he is God, doing what only God can do: judge people's souls. He just judged many millions of Christians, and indirectly millions beyond as if he were God himself. I hope he sees the light eventually, and I'll pray for him all the same.

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MooreSteve发表:

Hi Lubna...

There is a precedence, and biblical standing in Christianity that we are supposed to pay our taxes... but just like many radicals (and I am now fully thinking that this pope is a radical), Benedict XVI is taking a common notion and pushing it to extremes. I should not be surprised, as it seems all the rage these days for religious leaders in all ends of the spiritual domain to gorge on their own power and start making edicts, super conservative interpretations, fatwas, etc. You see it in the Catholic Pope, you see it in Muslim Clerics... All the more reason to support a separation of church and state as much as possible: that way people can preach all the extremest ideas they want, and still not force it as law on the masses without some form of reasoning and logic from a societal perspective.

I am well - hope your life is going great and you still like your new job focus.

Cheers - goose

9 月 13 日

Lubna 发表:

Hi Goose,

well at least what he said in your post has to do with something which is his field - God, and heaven and hell. But now he is traversing on other paths - tax included. The latest is denouncing tax havens. Well, as everyone's role in their sphere of work has expanded, guess so have the roles at the Vatican. Hope all else is well.

9 月 1 日

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