Benedict fucks up again
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What is the matter with Benedict? Threats to peace? Seriously, has he gone insane? He is a very convincing argument for dismissing the ridiculous notion of papal infallibility.
Let's run through is short but glorious time as Pope. In addition to yesterday's raving, he abolished limbo and promoted religious conflict through his 'we are right and you are wrong' doctrine. Do the PTB not see that Benedict's statements are inappropriate especially now? Does he pine for the days of the Holy Roman Empire and the discrimination that the church promoted? Perhaps he can increase the hate some more by inciting a new 'crusade'.
He is not promoting peace or goodwill. By stating that abortion, birth control and same-sex marriage and threats to world peace, he is not only showing the depth of his ignorance about the realities of living in the real world and a profound disrespect for those of us who work to establish peace, but he is also making it open season to attack women and gays. How fucking typical. We have actually emerged from the dark ages. We don't burn women at the stake any more, literally at least. Figuratively is another matter...
As far as I remember from religion class, Christ's number one commandment was 'love one another as I have loved you'. He did not say except if you are a woman, use contraception, have abortions, are gay, support gay marriage, or are Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist. He said to 'love your neighbour as yourself'.
So Benny, why are you continuing to promote hate and violence. It would seem to be in direct violation of your mandate. As a Catholic, I must ask for your immediate resignation.
EDIT: The more I think about this, the angrier I get. This is the leader of the Catholic church? This is the man that I am supposed to believe in infallible? This is the man that promotes hate? I struggle enough with the church being a Catholic and a feminist and with this misogynist homophobe as leader, it may be time to cut ties. Anyone know of a church that believes in love, peace and understanding? I sure don't.
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Nuclear arms proliferation, environmental pollution and economic inequality are threats to world peace -- but so are abortion, birth control and same-sex marriage, Pope Benedict XVI said in a statement released by the Vatican Tuesday (Dec. 11). (Source)
What is the matter with Benedict? Threats to peace? Seriously, has he gone insane? He is a very convincing argument for dismissing the ridiculous notion of papal infallibility.
Let's run through is short but glorious time as Pope. In addition to yesterday's raving, he abolished limbo and promoted religious conflict through his 'we are right and you are wrong' doctrine. Do the PTB not see that Benedict's statements are inappropriate especially now? Does he pine for the days of the Holy Roman Empire and the discrimination that the church promoted? Perhaps he can increase the hate some more by inciting a new 'crusade'.
He is not promoting peace or goodwill. By stating that abortion, birth control and same-sex marriage and threats to world peace, he is not only showing the depth of his ignorance about the realities of living in the real world and a profound disrespect for those of us who work to establish peace, but he is also making it open season to attack women and gays. How fucking typical. We have actually emerged from the dark ages. We don't burn women at the stake any more, literally at least. Figuratively is another matter...
As far as I remember from religion class, Christ's number one commandment was 'love one another as I have loved you'. He did not say except if you are a woman, use contraception, have abortions, are gay, support gay marriage, or are Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist. He said to 'love your neighbour as yourself'.
So Benny, why are you continuing to promote hate and violence. It would seem to be in direct violation of your mandate. As a Catholic, I must ask for your immediate resignation.
EDIT: The more I think about this, the angrier I get. This is the leader of the Catholic church? This is the man that I am supposed to believe in infallible? This is the man that promotes hate? I struggle enough with the church being a Catholic and a feminist and with this misogynist homophobe as leader, it may be time to cut ties. Anyone know of a church that believes in love, peace and understanding? I sure don't.
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10 comments:
Calm down sis, he's restating Catholic doctrine as it has been since Humanum Vitae. Honestly, you should get more if all you can post is this bile.
This just in: institutional Catholic Church is reactionary.
ffs
O-oh, and by the way... his "mandate"? Would that mean the Conclave of Cardinals, or did you have something else in mind...
I can understand frustration with Catholicism, but anger at having your complete failure to understand its nature rubbed in reflects on your own ignorance rather than Servus Servorum Dei, who is only being faithful to his tradition.
And since I'm on the counter-ranting thing, you might want to disregard the purported sayings of Christ in the Gospels and read the letters of S Paul if you want to understand where Catholicism is coming from.
Religion class... how sweet.
How does one burn women at the stake figuratively?
The more I look at your blog post, the more amusing it gets. But hey, comedy beats anger, right?
Last comment -- Benedict XVI is known in the Vatican to be gay. His lover-priest is Georg Ganswein, aka Bel Giorgio.
Please don't use this interesting fact as an excuse to fire off some overcooked nonsense about 'hypocrisy'. Or on second thoughts, do, it would give me a good laugh.
tee-hee maguir o'c
ps pity we won't see you over Christmas, but we're sending gorm over with a bottle of western cynicism. Clearly your stores need replenishing. Are you perhaps associating with two many lefty seppos? That's generally where I find the kind of affronted naivete you've been spouting recently.
Peace out, sis. I'll wait for your cheering squad of developing world femi-nuns to descend and scourge me.
"Figuratively," of course.
dear nonny: the cough syrup? you're really not supposed to down the whole bottle in one go.
belledame222 -- typically pathetic. Seppo for sure.
charming. and I'm sure you're a right credit to, well, wherever the fuck it is you're from, County Plonker or whatnot. seriously, have you considered a career in diplomacy? i mean, there's building bridges, and then there's -living- under one, and by God if there's one thing the world doesn't have enough of, it's smarmy trolls. and yes, that's INCLUDING our current administration.
Who's been at the cough bottle now? Or should I upgrade that to the SSRIs? I wasn't the one who swept in with a casual slur, and is now acting all offended.
Sheesh, at least argue about the damn blog rather than fling excrement about.
As for your current government -- I don't think anyone outside the bright-eyed imperium expects anything to change in the near future. After all, Bush is Clinton's natural successor. Lacking in charm, I grant you, but it's debatable who caused more needless suffering and death. I assume the presentation style will change with the next preznit, but the substance will be more or less the same.
humanae vitae !
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