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this is just something i want to say. i just got back from spending ten days in italy and it was amazing. however after visiting the vatican i feel a little weird. it was an interesting place. st peter's basilica was absolutely amazing. the entire building is made of gold, bronze, and marble and the most ornate and elaborate place i have ever been inside. it was incredible. the vatican museums were also unreal. they have the most expensive art collection in the world and it is amazing to see some many things from history in one collection. and of course the sistine chapel is one of the most famous rooms in the world. the entire thing is covered with amazingly intricate paintings and i just did not know what to think. it was all so amazing.

however once you walk back onto the streets and through a giant brick wall that surrounds the whole country you immediately are met with people that are missing limbs, people that are starving, and people that are homeless. i just thought that was completely fucked up. literally rags to riches all within a few feet. doesn't that seem a little wrong? people with absolutely nothing sitting outside one of the most lavish things ever created by man.

i have nothing against religion. people should do whatever they want to feel happy and believe whatever they choose to believe. however after seeing all of what the catholic church has i just feel weird.