pope reactions- phase 2
I really am too used to JPII to adjust easily to seeing Ratzinger (i wonder, is it a freudian slip that i've repeatedly misread Ratzinger as Rasputin in the past few days...) in papal robes- my feelings on his election aside. He just looks un-pope-like. And am somewhat amused at his chosen papal name- as the name 'Benedict' doesn't suggest anything to my American ears so much as Benedict Arnold. Will make of that what I will- in other words, Ratzinger can become (or, already has been) a 'traitor' to the inclusive spirit which the Church should be embracing (and which has, unfortunately, been all too lacking- and will only become more so- in future.)
You know what, forget the Conclave and what a bunch of old men decided. Edwina Gateley can be MY Pope. I'll make this a sort of George W thing of 'I didn't vote for him; he isn't my president'. I didn't vote for- or want- this pope, therefore he isn't really my pope.
Speaking of that idiot- he's probably delighted at this. He might not be Catholic but IMHO, he and Ratzinger are cut from the same cloth, both loving to condemn those who are different from them, both sublimely confident that God speaks through them and will join them in smiting everyone who disagrees with them. They can have some fun in future (in what I hope will be a very brief papacy) in condemning homosexuality and trampling on the rights of women in every conceivable way.
And while I'm talking about those 2 ultra-conservative ______ (insert uncomplimentary word of choice)-- will add in a very heartfelt 'ditto' to this NY Times Opinion piece on yet another ultra-conservative who is the recipient of my hearty dislike: Activist doesn't mean Liberal
And I'm going to take refuge from this oh-so-displeasing reality in retreating into the world of books- currently amusing myself with the foibles of people too dead for their actions to trouble me much, specifically Henry VIII, his wives and his children.
Denial and repression are wonderful things.
You know what, forget the Conclave and what a bunch of old men decided. Edwina Gateley can be MY Pope. I'll make this a sort of George W thing of 'I didn't vote for him; he isn't my president'. I didn't vote for- or want- this pope, therefore he isn't really my pope.
Speaking of that idiot- he's probably delighted at this. He might not be Catholic but IMHO, he and Ratzinger are cut from the same cloth, both loving to condemn those who are different from them, both sublimely confident that God speaks through them and will join them in smiting everyone who disagrees with them. They can have some fun in future (in what I hope will be a very brief papacy) in condemning homosexuality and trampling on the rights of women in every conceivable way.
And while I'm talking about those 2 ultra-conservative ______ (insert uncomplimentary word of choice)-- will add in a very heartfelt 'ditto' to this NY Times Opinion piece on yet another ultra-conservative who is the recipient of my hearty dislike: Activist doesn't mean Liberal
And I'm going to take refuge from this oh-so-displeasing reality in retreating into the world of books- currently amusing myself with the foibles of people too dead for their actions to trouble me much, specifically Henry VIII, his wives and his children.
Denial and repression are wonderful things.