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HagiaSophia
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Actually it’s kind of like the Snow White story – they look into the mirror and see reflected back exactly what they are., and perhaps more importantly, are not. They are not the “fairest” of them all. They see Benedict and see everything they are not, can’t be, and that drives the green eyed monster even harder. It really has nothing to do with him personally - it’s what he symbolizes to the world. A value far in excess of what they can offer. It’s what makes people commit blasphemy for shock value. They are driven to profane the sacred, the pure the holy. IOW dark cannot exist in the presence of light. It’s as simple as that I think.It seems they hate and fear the Pope and the Catholic Church.
Cecil B. DeMille once said when the jaded had exhausted the vices of their lives, the only thing left for them was corruption of the innocent. As the years have gone by, the more I reflect on that statement, he knew what he was talking about. It’s 2,000 years later and the spotless lamb cannot be welcomed in some quarters. The story of light and dark seems an eternal one.