For those who know me, my intention is not to offend anybody, I don't want to judge any religion whatsoever, what I'm pretending is to to shed a little light over an obvious situation and on top of that, to me, a very funny one.
Have you realized that the Pope is a political figure? What I mean is that according to very reliable sources and a very known fact among people interested in this topic, all the Vatican personnel is atheists, meaning Cardinals, Prelates, regular priests and of course the head: the very Pope. Many of you will scratch your heads and pour ash over your bodies as a signal of deep offense because of what I've just said, but the truth of the matter is, that if you take a look a little closer, you'll understand the point of those guys being atheists or in any case, not necessarily believers in something, even though they represent one religion in particular. Plain and simple, "they are political figures". The Vatican is a State, just like America, Spain, Germany or Egypt or any other State in the world. Thus, it has a "president" and a "Congress", very like any other State. In this case, the Pope represent the President and the Cardinals all the congress men, therefore, they don't need to be religious because they don't deal with spiritual matters. I know, some of you must be thinking now, What's this guy talking about? Well, let me clarify a couple of concepts:
First of all, we have to understand the political origins of the Pope and what he represented in the medieval times, the association with the power and his way of deal not only with "religious" matters but with all aspects of life. And there, the circus shows up. Why the Pope dresses the way he does nowadays? Is that relevant according to modern times? Even worse, Why the Swiss Guard (Pope personal security guard) dress like that? Isn't it funny? They look like nice clowns. However, they are one of the most trained, specialized and armed security guards in the world, detail that rises another interesting question: Why the Pope, supposedly the ambassador of Christ here on Earth, has to be mobilized with a Pope-mobil with bullet-proof glasses and surrounded all the time by guards? As far as I remember, the very Jesus never walked around with such level of security. Maybe He was the real Son of God and this fake ambassador has to take care of himself, otherwise, he'd be dead in a heartbeat.
Another interesting fact, the Vatican owns two of the wealthiest banks on Earth, two of the wealthiest...hello? Vatican Bank and Banco Ambrosiano. So, said all this, at this moment in history, how can someone really believe that the Pope and all the personnel working around him, are interested in spiritual matters? What seems funny to me, among other things that are not that funny, is the fact that he's totally involved in that reality, reality based in past glories, living the same way, dressing the same way, even behaving the same way than medieval times, with the only difference that, the clergy is more corrupt now than ever before, followers are abandoning catholicism like flies and, being almost a totally ornamental icon in the world. Let's be honest, what has the Pope achieved for the wellness of the global community? Try to be honest with yourself. What tangible fact or activity he's been involved with? Besides nice words and genuflected prayers in front of camera lenses? Unfortunately, the answer is nothing, he's done nothing. However, the people's need for someone divine, from out of this world, and Avatar to help us all, to save the universe once and for all, that need is so basic and powerful, that people from even different religions still believe in that circus, which is only that, a complete circus. Of course, a 2,000 year in the making, but circus at the end of the day.
This message is for you, visitors of the circus, stop being idolaters and try a different approach. To me, a real VIP is not the Pope, to me, a real VIP is the local priest, or pastor, the rabbi of that particular synagogue, the nun that helps the homeless in her block, or any other person of any other religion or spiritual path, people with real social sensitivity, real and common people with that kind of approach to life and to the community, and not a political figure, corrupt as all the politicians are, living in the past and letting people idolize him for no reason.
By the way, Benedict XVI, nice red shoes.
Have you realized that the Pope is a political figure? What I mean is that according to very reliable sources and a very known fact among people interested in this topic, all the Vatican personnel is atheists, meaning Cardinals, Prelates, regular priests and of course the head: the very Pope. Many of you will scratch your heads and pour ash over your bodies as a signal of deep offense because of what I've just said, but the truth of the matter is, that if you take a look a little closer, you'll understand the point of those guys being atheists or in any case, not necessarily believers in something, even though they represent one religion in particular. Plain and simple, "they are political figures". The Vatican is a State, just like America, Spain, Germany or Egypt or any other State in the world. Thus, it has a "president" and a "Congress", very like any other State. In this case, the Pope represent the President and the Cardinals all the congress men, therefore, they don't need to be religious because they don't deal with spiritual matters. I know, some of you must be thinking now, What's this guy talking about? Well, let me clarify a couple of concepts:
First of all, we have to understand the political origins of the Pope and what he represented in the medieval times, the association with the power and his way of deal not only with "religious" matters but with all aspects of life. And there, the circus shows up. Why the Pope dresses the way he does nowadays? Is that relevant according to modern times? Even worse, Why the Swiss Guard (Pope personal security guard) dress like that? Isn't it funny? They look like nice clowns. However, they are one of the most trained, specialized and armed security guards in the world, detail that rises another interesting question: Why the Pope, supposedly the ambassador of Christ here on Earth, has to be mobilized with a Pope-mobil with bullet-proof glasses and surrounded all the time by guards? As far as I remember, the very Jesus never walked around with such level of security. Maybe He was the real Son of God and this fake ambassador has to take care of himself, otherwise, he'd be dead in a heartbeat.
Another interesting fact, the Vatican owns two of the wealthiest banks on Earth, two of the wealthiest...hello? Vatican Bank and Banco Ambrosiano. So, said all this, at this moment in history, how can someone really believe that the Pope and all the personnel working around him, are interested in spiritual matters? What seems funny to me, among other things that are not that funny, is the fact that he's totally involved in that reality, reality based in past glories, living the same way, dressing the same way, even behaving the same way than medieval times, with the only difference that, the clergy is more corrupt now than ever before, followers are abandoning catholicism like flies and, being almost a totally ornamental icon in the world. Let's be honest, what has the Pope achieved for the wellness of the global community? Try to be honest with yourself. What tangible fact or activity he's been involved with? Besides nice words and genuflected prayers in front of camera lenses? Unfortunately, the answer is nothing, he's done nothing. However, the people's need for someone divine, from out of this world, and Avatar to help us all, to save the universe once and for all, that need is so basic and powerful, that people from even different religions still believe in that circus, which is only that, a complete circus. Of course, a 2,000 year in the making, but circus at the end of the day.
This message is for you, visitors of the circus, stop being idolaters and try a different approach. To me, a real VIP is not the Pope, to me, a real VIP is the local priest, or pastor, the rabbi of that particular synagogue, the nun that helps the homeless in her block, or any other person of any other religion or spiritual path, people with real social sensitivity, real and common people with that kind of approach to life and to the community, and not a political figure, corrupt as all the politicians are, living in the past and letting people idolize him for no reason.
By the way, Benedict XVI, nice red shoes.
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