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Originally Posted by ZenGum
(Post 852446)
Or it could be that you cynics are right.
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Eliminate spin from people whose job is to invent spin. What is left? Numerous accusation supported by facts that say this Pope is guilty of more than just condoning pedophilia.
First, this Pope intentionally demeaned Islam in a famous Regnesburg speech. Saying that Christianity is based in reason. Whereas in Islam, Allah need not act as required by his own word. That Allah can be self-contradicting. And that Allah can act contrary to reason. An apology does not correct what were his opinions. He did not withdrawal his reasoning.
Second, we know this Pope, both as the previous Pope's advisor on the issue and later as Pope, repeatedly protected the Church and its pedophiles at the expense of children. Did so even when American Bishops and Cardinals went, in mass, to Rome to ask for guidance and assistance. Ironically some of those Catholic leaders are later exposed for conducting or protecting pedophilia. And the Pope still did nothing.
Third, corruption is widespread throughout the church as even summarized in
Pedophilia Irish Style. Even demonstrated in a survey by The Economist. The Pope's butler exposed some of it by leaking the Pope's own papers as published by Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi. Letters and memos exposed an institution dominated by jealousy, intrigue and underhanded factional fighting. At minimum, the Pope did nothing to address this problem. More likely, he condoned such attitudes. Meanwhile, even American courts exposed financial and other corruption in some archdioceses. The actual corruption probably is much larger.
In short, nobody has any reason to associate words such as honesty and integrity with the Roman Catholic Church. What remains is why this Pope is resigning. Either because he is so ineffective as to be corrupt? Or have reformers politically trapped and forced the resignation of a Pope who condoned corruption for personal and political gain? Both are reasonable possibilities. Only spin from his allies contradict those possiblities.
Either way, the reason this Pope should have gone years ago is because 85% of all problems are directly traceable to the top man. And because this top man had denied or ignored all three problems that tarnish or make corrupt the entire institution.
This Pope was so misguided as to even condemn contraception and family planning. Unfortunately, too many loyal parishioners ignore corruption to faithfully contribute money. Another example of so many who act like children (believe only what they are told) rather than become informed and think logically like an adult. That only makes conditions ripe for more corruption, disparaging other religions, priest who cannot marry, and pedophilia.
