The AGW alarmists is clearly being used as a classic socialist style redistribution of wealth. It is guised under this “concern for the environment.”
This could be true. I don’t really know. I can’t see where the money is coming/going, on a broad scale. I suppose this could be true though.
It ought to alarm everyone that is in any way devout that THIS POPE has sought the advice of person who is a professed atheist.
I am devout. I’m not alarmed. Perhaps you will therefore think I’m not really devout because of this. I would certainly be alarmed if the pope sought the advice of an atheist in theological matters. He didn’t, though. So, I’m not really concerned.
Moreover, the pope didn’t seek guidance. He sought technical knowledge. That’s a significant difference. “Advice” is maybe not the best term, in that regard.
The Pope’s rhetoric has clearly been left leaning and socialist. He clearly believes in it. I have not seen him at criticize those totalitarian governments. Governments whose treatment and violations of human rights are so disgusting that it really does not need to be stated. We all know it.
Totalitarianism, socialism, communism, etc… these are not inherently evil. They are structures, modes of governing. Historically, great evils have been associated with them because evil men have used such governments in dominating and destructive ways. The Church, believe it or not, actually does not propose any one form of government as better than another. It is how those governments are used, how people are treated under such governments, that the Church has a voice about.
For example, the Church does not condemn the Chinese government because of the fact that it IS communist. Rather it condemns it because of how it actively limits the freedoms of it’s population.
But guess what. The Church also condemns democratic, capitalist governments too, when they do the same things, or when they fail to uphold moral positions. If Pope Francis speaks on behalf of the poor, or when he condemns unrestrained pursuit of capital and greed, that doesn’t make him “Socialist” any more condemning Communist Russia made Pope John Paul II a democratic capitalist.
Let’s be frank here. The Catholic Church is a theocratic hierarchy. That’s not democratic. It’s not communist. It’s not any other political format. It has more in common with Muslim governmental structure than it does with America’s.
This global warming industry (btw the world leaders no longer call it that. It is climate change) has become a 1.5 TRILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY. It is clearly being used as a type of trojan horse to take advantage of the gullible and naive. It is absolutely being used to redistribute wealth.
Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. Who am I to say. I don’t think it’s a “clear” matter though.
Anyone here remember Pope John Paul II? His stances against the totalitarian regimes? It is rather hard for me to not consider that the Church leaders are seeing the big decline in parishioners and that means decline in revenue. Let us not kid ourselves that that is no factor.
Do you remember when Nazi Germany conquered Poland? Pope John Paul II lived through that. Who do we have to thank for the end of Nazi Germany? Most people will say the Western Allies. But Russia sacrificed millions more men than all the allied nations put together in order to defeat Germany. We should be grateful.
But Pope John Paul II wasn’t anti-Communism in principle. This position he took was specifically directed toward Russia. This is because communist Russia had designs to destroy the Catholic Church, which has been the single greatest bulwark against militant atheism that has ever been. Pope John Paul II, as leader of the Church, had a vested interest in seeing that government fail.
Combine that with the massive banking scams and for the first time in many centuries there are TWO POPES.
I’m not sure “scam” is the right word here. There was scandal, for sure, and little transparency, but keep in mind that the Vatican is it’s own city-state. It’s central bank is as obliged to be transparent about its dealings as any country is. That is to say, it’s not obliged unless it is a member state of the UN, in which case as a member state you’ve agreed to financial transparency.
Guess what, the Vatican isn’t a member state. It’s also not a member of the EU. So why was it forced to disclose it’s financial position, when it had no obligation to do so? It didn’t have to, by any legal standard. Yet, it did, as a measure of good faith.
