I made a comment that I don’t think the Pope will last another week and people are jumping down my throat. Lots of conspiracy theorists say this is the last Pope. So why then are so many devout Catholics clinging for dear life to him to the point they would curse me out for suggesting the man will probably die soon? Who knows? I will say this much. I don’t hope he dies. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, except maybe the molesters and murders of the world.
The man is ill and old and probably should have handed over control a long time ago. I guess this is one of the many reasons I have taken issue with Catholicism. Believe me, I know guilt’s grip from my childhood. What I find ironic is devout Catholics who will say things like “there’s nothing wrong with gay marriage” and then believe that the Pope is God’s mouthpiece. If you truly believe he is the voice of God, then you need to reconcile within yourself why you can be so faithful to a church and a leader that you don’t agree with. It is like being a child social services worker with a NAMBLA membership. Usually I’m all about the contrasts that make life interesting, but if another person tries to tear me apart because I’m not crushed that an old man I don’t even know is dying, I will scream. Obviously, it is God’s will, or else he would make John Paul II live forever. So chill people.
I wish him the best, but the reality is he is human, old and quite sick.
The man is ill and old and probably should have handed over control a long time ago. I guess this is one of the many reasons I have taken issue with Catholicism. Believe me, I know guilt’s grip from my childhood. What I find ironic is devout Catholics who will say things like “there’s nothing wrong with gay marriage” and then believe that the Pope is God’s mouthpiece. If you truly believe he is the voice of God, then you need to reconcile within yourself why you can be so faithful to a church and a leader that you don’t agree with. It is like being a child social services worker with a NAMBLA membership. Usually I’m all about the contrasts that make life interesting, but if another person tries to tear me apart because I’m not crushed that an old man I don’t even know is dying, I will scream. Obviously, it is God’s will, or else he would make John Paul II live forever. So chill people.
I wish him the best, but the reality is he is human, old and quite sick.
2 Comments:
Hmm...I may have some problems with this in the fact that you say all "devout" catholics should be against gay marriage. It seems as if you are judging them.
But that is it.
I don't think these people realize that death is a part of life, and, suprise, the pope will die. You will die. I will die. "W" will die (yippee). The little girlscout selling cookies will die. We are all going to die. The most we can wish for is a lack of suffering, and to me that is what the pope is doing right now. This is very very sad, but it will happen one day.
Face reality.
It's interesting to suddenly find myself being a reader who thinks you're talking only about them. I realize I may be completly off base in that assumption, but I'll address it anyway.
I think it's offensive to take bets on when anyone dies- mouthpiece of God or not. I am a devout Catholic who believes there is nothing wrong with gay marriage. I can be devout and still question--- I am also an American, after all, and that's what we're about.
My choice to use a curse word (in my opinion a far cry from "cursing you out") was due to the fact that, dispite my disagreements with him, I kinda dig the pope. I would think it was rude to take bets on W's estimated life span, but I get upset when it's the papa's. However, if my word choice bothered you that much, I apologize. I didn't realize you were sensitive to such a thing and I should have been more thoughtful.
And I know you better (as odd as it seems) than to think you're actually wishing him dead. It is, however, still in poor taste. Yes, he is going to die soon. No, I am not praying for him to stay alive. But I'm not about to put a $20 on late Wednesday afternoon. Have some class Jonathan.
(lia)
Post a Comment
<< Home