We are
caught in a tsunami of Pope mania. It is
easy to forget that the Pope represents a religion that imposes a broad cavern
between perceived reality and what is actually real.
We now live
in a world where the socio-religious would impose their dogma on all mankind. The purpose of the Catholic Church (and all
religions) is to consolidate ignorance under the banner of immortality. If life after death doesn’t exist there is no
reason for religion; so the Catholic Church deals with death by abolishing it.
Twenty
percent of the world in Christian and sixty percent of that world is Catholic;
and for that Catholic majority the Pope is the direct, infallible representative
of God.
It was Popes
that instituted the Inquisition from 1231 to 1820. Millions were tortured by the Catholic Church
and died horrible deaths, including many scientific notables at the hands of
the inquisition.
God has
released his wrath and then changed his mind many time with the succession of
Popes. Even in the last century Pope
Pius XII supported the Nazi rounding up and imprisonment of Jews.
Now this
Pope is expounding somewhat limited liberal ideals. Along with addressing climate change he also
states that women who have had abortions and homosexuals may not go to hell if
they return to the church and confess their sins – not well received by much of
the misogynistic Catholic clergy that believe Eve was responsible for original
sin and homosexuality is an abomination.
The Catholic
Church, which this Pope represents, requires blind faith and allegiance.
The Churches’
doctrines are:
- A belief in the virgin birth and other outlandish miracles.
- The veneration of human sacrifice and transubstantiation.
- Sexual suppression – opposition to birth control…
- Female phobia – dictating female reproduction policies…
- Censorship.
- A promise of resurrection and an afterlife.
- The repression of logic and suppression of scientific enquiry – stem cell research...
- Intolerance, bigotry and pious outrage – organize opposition to gay rights initiatives.
- Expounding a belief in Gods, angles and demons. Now, in the twenty-first century, the Catholic Church still has a group priest especially trained to perform exorcisms on the mentally ill.
Religion
thrives in the absence of reason. The
greater the absurdity the stronger the beliefs.
This new
Pope is expounding some liberal ideas, but saying that women who have had abortions
and gays may return to The Church is the equivalent of the evil witch of fairy
tales that eats children sending flowers and candy packages to pregnant
women. He is still the representative of
a repressive and indoctrinating religion defending twelfth century dogma in a
twenty-first century world.
the Ol’Buzzard
