tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post8745161975369525171..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: Pope Benedict Adds More Fuel To My Conspiracy Theorycolkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-43409737763791920332011-05-23T09:52:53.591-06:002011-05-23T09:52:53.591-06:00Why is it that Pope Benny and his minions talk of ...Why is it that Pope Benny and his minions talk of returning to ecclesial tradition and stop short at the Council of Trent? Wasn't there a mellenium and a half of Christianity before that?Bill Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03454615295707833435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-86545141872205698462011-05-20T10:03:53.987-06:002011-05-20T10:03:53.987-06:00JD, that onion photo is funny.JD, that onion photo is funny.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-42463228673205028912011-05-19T20:30:26.403-06:002011-05-19T20:30:26.403-06:00Have you seen this?
http://www.theonion.com/articl...Have you seen this?<br />http://www.theonion.com/articles/vatican-beatifies-john-paul-ii-as-patron-saint-of,20301/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-33819915029738501562011-05-17T14:35:01.801-06:002011-05-17T14:35:01.801-06:00Well said Colleen !!
As someone said,they are tryi...Well said Colleen !!<br />As someone said,they are trying to wrap us up in a cocoon when we should be in flight with the butterfly.<br />So repressive !!<br />BlessingsBlue Eyed Ennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181985609681328032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-65315157371351226372011-05-17T14:27:16.681-06:002011-05-17T14:27:16.681-06:00I wonder if he's one of the Koch Brothers?I wonder if he's one of the Koch Brothers?Lynxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-46615114549347274322011-05-17T13:03:25.549-06:002011-05-17T13:03:25.549-06:00I am reminded of T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow...I am reminded of T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men"<br /><br />http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/tseliot/1076 <br /><br />We are the hollow men<br />We are the stuffed men<br />Leaning together<br />Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!<br />Our dried voices, when<br />We whisper together<br />Are quiet and meaningless<br />As wind in dry grass<br />Or rats' feet over broken glass<br />In our dry cellar<br /><br />Shape without form, shade without colour,<br />Paralysed force, gesture without motion;<br /><br />...<br /><br />... This is the dead land<br />This is cactus land<br />Here the stone images<br />Are raised, here they receive<br />The supplication of a dead man's hand<br />Under the twinkle of a fading star.<br /><br />Is it like this<br />In death's other kingdom<br />Waking alone<br />At the hour when we are<br />Trembling with tenderness<br />Lips that would kiss<br />Form prayers to broken stone.<br /><br />p2pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-72253272521325850902011-05-17T09:26:09.987-06:002011-05-17T09:26:09.987-06:00The early Church was known as The Way. It was a pe...The early Church was known as The Way. It was a period when early Christians came together in each others homes for prayer and Eucharist. It is time again for smaller prayer communities to come together and select a person to lead in prayer. This selection could change at any and every celebration. In some theologies the most important even Apostolic (if that is really important) priesthood is the priesthood of Baptism. <br /><br />I think with all the scandals of money, sex, and other areas of discontent, either a Bishop(s) will get disgusted with the continued hypocrisy and lead millions of people away from Rome, or there will be judicial decisions in the World Court and elsewhere to further illuminate people about the decadent conduct in the Vatican. I do not see Pope Benedict or the post Benedict popes coming up with a win, win solution preserving there grand leadership or an intact Catholic Church. The Schism between the clerics and The People of God is already too deep to reconcile.<br /><br />Like judaism, we are more and more becoming of different sects. There will be a few hardcore member of the RCC who worship in temples with elaborate medieval dress and using a dead language like the deadened mindset of their leaders. Then there will be other varieties of Catholics and other Christians. I think some will be members more carefully following Christ’s Way and less fearful of new revelations from the breathing Spirit of each present. The latter will be the ethical leadership of society.<br /><br />And yes, besides the Confusion inside Latin Catholicism, there will remain other fundamental confused Christians who come together more for Xenophobic reasons to share resources with others of only their ilk. The friendliness between these fundamentalist other Christians with Latin Catholicism will dissolve into combative competitiveness. Such is probably the end result of such a poor leadership after Pope John Paul 1. As far as conspiracy theory inside the Catholic Church, does it seem probable that he met a criminal fate? dennisrdp46https://www.blogger.com/profile/04427786268228285222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-7445042730237575132011-05-17T08:46:15.344-06:002011-05-17T08:46:15.344-06:00In my most cynical moments I think, "Oh well....In my most cynical moments I think, "Oh well...he doesn't have very long any way, let's see him try that before he's dead." <br /><br />This is one of those moments.<br /><br />KallistiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com