Once again Pope Franciscus made some
pretty strange statements.
They are right along the saying:
„People who sit in glass houses should not throw stones“.
The Pope continued his antipoverty
campain in South America and stuck right with the theme:
In Communist governed Bolivia he said
this: (Evo Morales rubs his hands in glee.)
„I ask you not to yield to an
economic model which is idolatrous“.
In his harsh criticism of capitalism he
portayed it as a system that „sacrifices human lives on the altar
of money and profit.“
Pretty strong statement, particularly
as it comes from the head of a religious movement which is counted
among the world's most profitable and therefore wealthiest
organisations.
The moneys, pouring into the coffers of
the Catholic church on a daily basis is almost beyond counting.
When one speaks of the „altar of
money and profit“, the Catholic Church, which avoids the payment of
just taxes in many countries, comes foremost to mind.
In one short speech, the Pope condemned
two concepts: Idolatry and profit.
He should be most familiar with both,
since they are practiced by his organisation to a degree of almost
absolute perfection.
Webster's dictionary tells me that
„idolatrous“ means among others, „showing extreme admiration or
reverence for something.“
Pay particular attention to the word:
„something“ … it does not say: „someone“.
When the uncountable images of Jesus,
Mary, and all the Saints in pictures and statues are adored, prayed
to, touched and kissed, the Catholic Church will tell you that these
images serve only as examples, as representations of the persons.
This same lame excuse can also be made
by a member of a Woodoo Clan, when he/she prays to a pile of chicken
bones.
It is, they say, through these
representations that the connection to the real person is
established.
Don't you believe it: The „Believers“
talk to, pray to and beg for intercessions from the idol.
Why do they keep telling us of the
statues of Mary and others, which shed tears, show stigmata and hear
prayers ?
This church has more „Idols“ than
you can shake the proverbial stick at. And all this despite the third
commandment.
The second concept, this brave Pope
deals with, is „Capitalism“ . A system, he says, which
„sacrifices human lives on the altar of money and profit.“
Once again, the Pope pays lip service
to Communism, by condemming what he believes to be Capitalism,
without showing even a trace of understanding of the capitalist
philosophy.
The philosophy of Capitalism, Free
Enterprise, Freedom of the individual are what has brought prosperity
to large sectors of mankind.
Where these principles are not
practiced, where the State, at its whim, organizes the lives of its
citizens, supresses individual freedoms and determines the direction
of the economy, we find precisely the system which sacrifices
individual rights „on the altar of its dictates.“
Franciscus! We understand your concern
about the poor of this world, we understand your desire to assist the
poverty stricken.
But please, do so after careful consideration of
what you say.
Bertstravels
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