In a few days, on movie screens around the world, the Catholic Church will be bashed mercilessly, ridiculed and slandered.
As The Da Vinci Code, that "delightful" piece of fiction, that entertaining mystery thriller, is poised to slash at the foundations of Catholicism, here's some reality:
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI urged Islamic countries to ensure religious rights for Christian migrants Monday while also saying Christians should continue welcoming Muslim immigrants with open arms.
Benedict stressed the need for "reciprocity" in Christian-Muslim relations during a speech to members of the pontifical council for migrants. The Vatican office is studying the issue of migration to and from Muslim countries during its annual meeting this week.
...Benedict said Christians were called to "open their arms and their hearts to everyone," regardless of their countries of origin.
"Obviously, it is also to be hoped that Christians who emigrate to countries with an Islamic majority find welcome and respect of their religious identities there," he said.
In other words:
DON'T BEHEAD ME BECAUSE I'M CHRISTIAN.
The Pope notes that the Catholic Church has respect and shows tolerance for people of all faiths. He urges that Muslims grant that same respect and tolerance to Christians.
The Catholic Church is about RESPECT and TOLERANCE.
This reality is likely to be lost among the hordes flocking to The Da Vinci Code this weekend.
2 comments:
Hello Mary,
All ancient religious, mystical, and wisdom texts have been shrouded in mystery for millennia for one primary reason: The ability to understand their widely evidenced symbology was lost in antiquity. How do we finally solve these ages-old mysteries? To recast an often-used political adage: It’s [the] symbology, stupid!
It's amazing the Vatican still tries to insist the Gospels are the literal truth. It is beyond obvious they are replete with ancient Hebrew symbology. Every miracle purported for Jesus has multiple direct symbolic parallels in the Old Testament, Apocalypse, Dead Sea Scrolls, and other symbolic narratives and traditions.
Likewise, the following Washington Post article demonstrates how many changes and embellishments were made to these texts over the centuries, unequivocally demonstrating they are not original, infallible, or truthful. What then is the purpose of "faith" but to keep good people from seeking to understand truth and wisdom?
The Book of Bart
It's no wonder the Vatican fears the truth more than anything else. Now comes justice, hot on its heels... (symbolism...)
Revelations from the Apocalypse - Here is Wisdom!!
SEVEN STAR SPAM!
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