All Request Friday: Pope on a Rope

"The JOG" as my former college roommate refers to himself once in a while wants to know what I think about the situation with the Catholic Church and the Pope.

I don't.  I'm hesitant to make any disparaging remarks about the Catholic Church, or organized religion in general for that matter, because I honestly think God is not too happy with me for filing lawsuits against the local Catholic Diocese.  Really.  He's gotta be pissed.  (Although add it to the list, really.)  I'm not a Catholic, but I understand he just can't resign and name a predecessor.  He has to actually die.  So, I guess what I think is that he should rent The Big Lebowski, buy some Skittles and hole up in the Vatican and wait to go to the promised land.  Stop traveling.  The last thing we need is him making some visit to Egypt or the West Bank or something ridiculous and he dies there and has religious fanatics up in arms and killing themselves.

Comments

[AJ]

If all is right and "holy", God is pissed at religion in general. Fanatics preaching to kill unbelievers, priests molesting children, financial fraud....(pardon the pun) sue the pants off the Catholic Diocese - they deserve it if they themselves have lost their faith and can not motivate the people of today to live a life based on love and peace - and not fear of a vengeful God that also wants your money....sorry, a little cynical I know....but having been raised a Catholic, there's just NO CHANCE I would ever raise my child in that church today...

[Rich]

Thanks for jumping in on this one, AJ.

You touch upon the main reason I'm so disenfranchised with organized religion in general: this whole 'holier than thou' bullshit attitude for those who decide no to associate themselves with a particular church. The God I believe in has his arms open just as widely to the gay athiest couple who treat others with respect and love on a daily basis as he does to the churchgoing "traditional" families.

Jerry Falwell, I fucking dare you to come over here and comment on what I just said. Fucking dare you. Take a break from blaming what happened on 9/11 on the gays and pornography and bring your ass up in here, big boy.