Rant Mode //ON//
There has been some whining recently about a comment that Pope
Francis made regarding failed Christians behaving like pagans. Now
apparently, offended neo-pagans everywhere, who had purportedly been
lauding the Pope for his liberal-mindedness are retracting their
peripheral support, crying that he "diss'ed" them. Well, he really
didn't, and I will explain momentarily, but in the
meantime, don;t you think that there is enough crap going on in the
world that you don't need to actively look for, and even create things
to be offended about?
At his General Audience last week, Pope
Francis made a scriptural reference (Matthew 5:47-) that related
Christians unwilling to humble themselves and get to work making peace
in the world with pagan Romans, and arguably the Jewish priests, of
Christ's time; NOT with the modern era neo-pagans of today. If he was
dissing anyone, he was dissing Prosperity Gospel ministers and those who
think themselves too good to get down in the streets and do something.
Pope Francis as arguably the best thing to happen to Christianity
since Christ himself. A lot of things are going to change. Some things
aren't. But at least he is out there making an effort. Not sitting at
home bitching about something taken out of context and without
perspective.
Now, with that said, let's put all of the BS aside
and get to work leaving this world a better place than we found it. That
is a big enough job.
Happy Holy Days to all, and to all a good night.
Rant Mode \\OFF\\
