NP my anti-Catholicism

[Otto]

Generally I agree that Karol Woytila is a sympathetic man who has done a lot
for the political freedom in Easter Europe. I was shocked when he had been
shot and I feel sorry for him being so sick now.

But in the last years he has become more and more conservative, forcing the
German Catholics out of the pregnancy advisory boards helping pregnant women
in difficult situations to avoid abortions, speaking against the use of
condoms against Aids in Africa etc. And now this beatification that
justifies pastime acts of genocide in my opinion.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: <Bandwraith at aol.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: NP my anti-Catholicism


> I'm not Catholic (not even a christian) but this old man in the
> funny costume strikes me as one of the more heroic figures
> on the current world stage. Apart from the superstitious aspects
> of his creed- not unlike the similar rubbish of all the other
> religions, the need for which seems fairly universal, and will
> probably hasten our collective demise by distracting us from
> the impending environmental melt-down- it would be hard to
> name other religious leaders who have tried harder to bridge
> the gaps that separate the peoples of the world. He is an
> old, fallible man, whose actions, like anyone in a position of
> great power and authority, might have unintentionally harmed
> many people, but he is trying to be a good person, and I
> respect him for that.
>
> In a message dated 8/7/02 2:20:35 PM, ottosell at yahoo.de writes:
>
> << Where can I find any critical article on this unbelievable story of the
> Pope
>
> who calls these Stasi-indios ("informelle Informanten") holy who have
>
> betrayed their own people?
>
>  >>


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