Monday, April 04, 2005
don't poop in the pope pool
it is official. the pope is dead. it seems that the vatican city is under siege from the hundreds of thousands of mourners, lining the vatican square to pay their respects. i also heard on the news the same is happening in krakow, poland. catholics everywhere must be screaming their "our fathers" and "hail mary's" because the pope is dead. however, i know he has been dead for years. most of us nonbeliever atheists have known this for a while, as i am sure millions of catholics around the world have suspected for years. so finally, the poor guy can rest.
i am not really trying to throw salt into an open wound here, but big deal. another pope bites the dust. i am aware that for the next week there will be a smattering across the news of pope news and historical nostalgic bullshit. did anyone see the hypocrisy of ronald reagan's funeral march threw the streets of washington d.c. about 6 months ago? people hailed that guy as a hero. but really he was a fool that enabled the world to march closer to the self destructive edge we are presently faced with. briefly recall the following- cold war, iran contra, and that ingeniously stupid idea of trickle down economics. there is more trickle down my own dick than there was in that economic policy debacle of the 1980's.
so i light of the pope, let us not forget the catholic hypocrisies around us. no contraception is allowed of any kind, in a world of over population, abortion (right to lifers please stand up), universal AIDS pandemic, child abuse, orphans, and disease and famine (the last two factor into the equation). homosexual relationships are forbidden, although countless numbers of catholic priests are still being "outed" for sexually abusing small boys. does anyone else find this odd? the new testament, and the preachings of one j.c. specifically in regards to the lesson of brotherly love and turning the other cheek. how many church sponsored wars are going on as we speak, and if not directly sponsored at least silently tolerated?
these are just a few issues of the present time, and pretty much the last 2000 years. so over the next few weeks when everyone is lamenting about john paul 2, keep in mind however "great" a picture is painted about the guy, he has still presided over catholic hypocrisies for the last 24 years.
i am not really trying to throw salt into an open wound here, but big deal. another pope bites the dust. i am aware that for the next week there will be a smattering across the news of pope news and historical nostalgic bullshit. did anyone see the hypocrisy of ronald reagan's funeral march threw the streets of washington d.c. about 6 months ago? people hailed that guy as a hero. but really he was a fool that enabled the world to march closer to the self destructive edge we are presently faced with. briefly recall the following- cold war, iran contra, and that ingeniously stupid idea of trickle down economics. there is more trickle down my own dick than there was in that economic policy debacle of the 1980's.
so i light of the pope, let us not forget the catholic hypocrisies around us. no contraception is allowed of any kind, in a world of over population, abortion (right to lifers please stand up), universal AIDS pandemic, child abuse, orphans, and disease and famine (the last two factor into the equation). homosexual relationships are forbidden, although countless numbers of catholic priests are still being "outed" for sexually abusing small boys. does anyone else find this odd? the new testament, and the preachings of one j.c. specifically in regards to the lesson of brotherly love and turning the other cheek. how many church sponsored wars are going on as we speak, and if not directly sponsored at least silently tolerated?
these are just a few issues of the present time, and pretty much the last 2000 years. so over the next few weeks when everyone is lamenting about john paul 2, keep in mind however "great" a picture is painted about the guy, he has still presided over catholic hypocrisies for the last 24 years.
