Why is everyone going gaga over the
pope? Have nothing against
him personally, I don't know the man, but I do know the church that
he represents and it's history. Seems that we,as a nation, have
forgotten.
Four
hundred years ago the Puritans escaped Europe, that was essentially
controlled by the Roman Catholic church, to come to “the new world”
They wanted the freedom to worship God as they chose, not as dictated
to them by Rome or the king, who was little more than a puppet of
Rome.
They
went through hell trying to establish a toehold in this land and
while they were not perfect, they had issues of religious freedom
themselves as well as issues with the natives, but it was worth it to
them because they wanted to escape from the persecution of the Roman
Catholic Church. Prior to that time the Catholic church had spent
hundreds of years persecuting and killing those who disagreed with
them,especially among the Jews, but many others were tortured and
burned at the stake for no other reason than they disagreed with the
church or they had a scientific point of view that flew in the face
of the churches dogma. Someone once said that if it hadn't been for
that kind of oppression we could have landed on the moon 500 years
earlier then we did.
Back
in the colonial days of America most people were against anything
that even looked like “Popery”They didn't celebrate Christmas or
Easter or any other day that looked even remotely catholic. The
reason the Irish were treated so badly when they first came to the US
was because they were not only Irish but they were practicing
Catholics.
Most
of the protestant churches used to believe that the Roman Catholic
Church was the “beast” spoken of in the book of Revelations and
Daniel, yet now the Pope is considered to be the head, at least
according to the media, of the worlds 2.1 billion Christians, how did
that happen? How can it be that a nation that was essentially founded
on religious freedom, fleeing from the church ,has now come to
embrace it? Has the the Pope or the Catholic Church apologized for
the murder of hundreds of thousands, if not more, over the years?
Have they apologized or made amends for the countless civilizations
that they destroyed because the people were heathens to them? Have
they made any kind of restitution or reform that would convince you
that they have changed?
The
church says that the Pope is infallible and that he represents God on
earth. Really? I don't think so. He is no more than a mere mortal
man , just like the rest of us. We don't need him or anyone else to
advocate for us before God ,that's what Christians used to
believe,and that's what both Jews and Muslims still believe. I know
that the Roman Church has put a new friendly face on their church but
the bottom line is that they crave power and world domination as they
once had and they will use any means to do it.
You
don't have to believe me, go read the history, go see how they
adopted customs (think Christmas) that was originally pagan in
origin, read how that changed a few things about those holidays and
created a new religion out of. Look how they adopted various idols
and changed the Sabbath,even though the bible speaks against it, and
then read how they treated everyone who has disagreed with them.
Even
now,as he visits the US he is using the pulpit to press forward
popular opinion and political views all the while speaking of
religious freedom. He knows that if he can get the praises of the
people,especially those here in the US, then he will be well on his
way to the real agenda of the church and that's religious and
political domination. They have done it before , they will do it
again, if we allow it.