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To: IbJensen
Could Benedict be in favor of world government, as many now believe? Taken in the context of papal writings since the dawn of the UN, as well as Benedict’s own opinions, recorded both before and after his election as pope, the passage gains another meaning. It is in reality a profound challenge to the UN, and the other international organizations, to make themselves worthy of authority, of the authority that they already possess, and worthy of the expansion of authority that appears to be necessary in light of the accelerated pace of globalization.

This nails it so well, but will be tough for the sound-byte mentality to grasp.

In fact, and unfortunately, we can look forward to radicals taking the Holy Father's words out of the context of holiness and wisdom and instead using them to justify that awful end of all secular governments that we know in our guts is only a matter of time...

68 posted on 08/20/2009 10:17:05 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (this slope is getting slippereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...)
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To: the invisib1e hand
The problem is that the UN is an mainly an insidious, self-serving amalgam of socialist, godless bureaucrats.

Attempts by the head of the Roman Catholic Church to first convert them and second to have them work towards a world government sounds to me, and I daresay others, like an absolutely ridiculous proposal.

It would be most prudent for America to pull out of the UN, expel its headquarters and go about our quest for peace, freedom and love of God within our own nation which can never be achieved when our government is comprised mainly of liberal, godless pansies who rule and ruin our lives, mock our God and our religion.

The main problem with current papal writings is that they are, apparently by design, very difficult to understand their true intent.

It's bad enough when we have to wade through the verbosity of our so-called 'leaders' without the burden of doing the same wading through what the leader of our Church is saying.

69 posted on 08/21/2009 3:50:43 AM PDT by IbJensen (If Caltholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
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In fact, and unfortunately, we can look forward to radicals taking the Holy Father’s words out of the context of holiness and wisdom and instead using them to justify that awful end of all secular governments that we know in our guts is only a matter of time...


UNMITIGATED HOGWASH.

The context is somewhat MORE disturbing than taking the paragraph and key sentence by themselves.

THE POPE IS THE ONE SANCTIONING OVERTLY AND EVEN AMIDST THE DOUBLE-SPEAK

clear elements of the satanic global government.

The “CONTEXT” only makes it worse.

The “context” makes him appear to be

either an evil duplicitous globalist complicit stooge

or

a clueless idiot.

The context provides no comfort for those of us who would prefer to see him in the best light.

IF he REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY

BELIEVE, THINKS, ASSUMES, PRETENDS

that his sliced and diced; massaged and magled nice words & double-speak phrases are going to mollify satanic tyrannical globalism any time before Armageddon,

then

he’s clueless beyond hope.

And a clueless Pope is worse than hopeless.


107 posted on 08/21/2009 1:08:37 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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