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02-12-2013 08:45 AM |
Re: Should I be disturbed
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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
(Post 477017)
Damn straight. I never forgave the church for overlooking the whole Hitler-youth thing with Joey Rats. I mean, I understand that he was a kid and it was obligatory and not being part of it was very dangerous, so would could anyone expect him to do. But that excuse would work for a politician, or really for virtually any other position in the world besides Pope. But for the Pope, the question "What would Jesus do?" is actually a relevant one, and I'm pretty sure Jesus wouldn't have taken the easy way out on that one.
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We risk tipping in to the too-serious on this one, but I actually think that bit of his personal history helped his career in the church. While the Nazis were clearly not supporters of churches, the church always felt the real threat came from the left not the right, and a Nazi youth meant there was little danger of closet Bolshevism. The Italian hierarchy can't give up the Holy See to the Spaniards or Latin Americans because there is so much sympathy in those churches for The People; they need a neo-nazi they can trust.
I think the Italian church has managed to purge those wayward Vatican II types, don't expect better than Joey Ratz from them.
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