The current world leader of Roman Catholicism is the direct link to Pope Peter (St. Peter) the apostle of Jesus. According the Catholic Church Peter was personally appointed as the first Bishop of Rome by Christ. Over two thousand years of Christianity passed before Pope Francis was elected to follow Peter and lead the church forward.
Francis is known for his humility, emphasis on God's mercy, concern for the poor, and commitment to interfaith dialogue. To further his ideals Francis continues to reach out to people in the Western Hemisphere. Throughout his visits to Latin America and Cuba he was met by joyful and respectful crowds. In meetings with national and church leaders he spread good will across the region. The Pope and the Church knew that the United States was a unique case even before he arrived in the country. What they had not realized was that they would encounter Saint Kim of Kentucky and her mouthpiece who repeatedly poked the Pope with PR stunts. A man who lives on honesty can't understand the scam lessons taught on Madison Ave and streets of Hollywood.
This encounter cast a dark cloud over all the Pope had accomplished on his trip and may even destroy all of Christendom. St. Kim and the mouth made allegations that not only had the Pope meeting privately with Kim but blessing her martyrdom just short of canonization. According to the allegation the Pope was attempting to influence the U.S. policy and the court system.
Faced with a slippery slope the Church was quick to deny the allegations as the Pope beat a hasty retreat from the country. Not satisfied with casting the Pope's tour into the gutter, St. Kim and the mouth called the Pope and the church liars pushing all Christianity down that slope.
Consider if the Pope and the Church are lying now what else have they lied about. Did the lies go all the way back to St. Peter? What if Peter had lied about Jesus and he wasn't divine? What if Marx was right and religion was created by the elite as an opiate for the masses? The very rock on which Christianity is anchored on crumbles and Christians are cast adrift with the reality of their 2000 years of crimes against humanity no longer have divine forgiveness. Judaism acknowledges Jesus as important and Islam claims him as a prophet both without divinity. Anchorless Christians must now reach out to religions they have persecuted for centuries to save their souls. A new Dark Age engulfs the world with Muslims again protecting the world's light. Fear of lost souls drives many to embrace Islam
The mouth and the Kim Unity Movement draws lost evangelicals tightly around the Kentucky courthouse that is now the center of their religion. As they consolidate power they replace democracy with an evangelical theocracy that drives Jews, Muslims, Democrats, Romans Papist and other heretics into the rising seas.
Long live Kim! Careful what you wish for.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Displaced 092915
The news of the day is that Europe is facing a migrant crisis. Reality is that the crisis lies deep in Africa and Asia where displaced began to seek stability and safety in Europe.
Germany enacted the most liberal refugee and immigration policies in post WWII, opening its doors not only to Europeans but also the displaced from other lands. The present masses of displaced however find the German door hard to open. European nations are attempting to bar their doors in face of a growing migration. Border States are accepting the displaced from humanitarian concerns but are unable support the large influx or pass the migrants through locked doors while States debate the crisis.
The Twentieth Century was the century of displaced brought about by major wars and global economic depression. World War One displaced masses not only in Europe but also Africa and Asia. The Bolshevik Revolution added Russians to long lines trudging across Europe and Far East. Before these refugees were settled a global financial meltdown swelled to ranks of displace. Chinese and Spaniards joined the march while the depression was still generating wanderers. The States created by the Versailles treaty were unstable, sending more people in search of safety. Japan invaded Asia already at war with itself and the political collateral damage was more displaced. The classic displaced haven was the United States but even it was beginning to limit immigration. Without options the displaced wandered, living a marginal life to survive. Then came WWII where countries were destroyed with survivors becoming the new global displaced. WWII did not really end but became a cold war of very hot proxy wars with more displaced from remote regions, swelling the ranks of the unwanted.
It is probable that there will never be a reliable estimate of the vast numbers of Twentieth Century's displaced. Whole families died along the road; often no one was left to count. Others just disappeared, some resettled in their own countries, and still others were lost in foreign lands. The United States deludes itself that it can never happen there, but it has during the great dust bowl and depression along with ethnic cleansing of minorities.
That's the last century, the displaced of this century might exceed its flawed estimates. Great power politics and war has already sent millions of displaced wandering in search of a home. They are met with little sympathy even hostility as they arrive on to distant shores. The problem is not resettlement of the displaced but rather addressing the dynamics that forced them to take extreme measures to survive.
As they wander across the landscape even more villages are bombed daily swelling the endless stream. Disease and poverty are rampant in remote regions. Nations complaining of the masses at their door should address the causations that forced migration. Stop destroying cities and villages, assist peace, health and development efforts in regions generating much of the migrations. With the right turn and militarization within the developed States this is unlikely in the short term. Their humanitarianism wears thin and migrants are told to move on, they and their culture is unwanted.
Germany enacted the most liberal refugee and immigration policies in post WWII, opening its doors not only to Europeans but also the displaced from other lands. The present masses of displaced however find the German door hard to open. European nations are attempting to bar their doors in face of a growing migration. Border States are accepting the displaced from humanitarian concerns but are unable support the large influx or pass the migrants through locked doors while States debate the crisis.
The Twentieth Century was the century of displaced brought about by major wars and global economic depression. World War One displaced masses not only in Europe but also Africa and Asia. The Bolshevik Revolution added Russians to long lines trudging across Europe and Far East. Before these refugees were settled a global financial meltdown swelled to ranks of displace. Chinese and Spaniards joined the march while the depression was still generating wanderers. The States created by the Versailles treaty were unstable, sending more people in search of safety. Japan invaded Asia already at war with itself and the political collateral damage was more displaced. The classic displaced haven was the United States but even it was beginning to limit immigration. Without options the displaced wandered, living a marginal life to survive. Then came WWII where countries were destroyed with survivors becoming the new global displaced. WWII did not really end but became a cold war of very hot proxy wars with more displaced from remote regions, swelling the ranks of the unwanted.
It is probable that there will never be a reliable estimate of the vast numbers of Twentieth Century's displaced. Whole families died along the road; often no one was left to count. Others just disappeared, some resettled in their own countries, and still others were lost in foreign lands. The United States deludes itself that it can never happen there, but it has during the great dust bowl and depression along with ethnic cleansing of minorities.
That's the last century, the displaced of this century might exceed its flawed estimates. Great power politics and war has already sent millions of displaced wandering in search of a home. They are met with little sympathy even hostility as they arrive on to distant shores. The problem is not resettlement of the displaced but rather addressing the dynamics that forced them to take extreme measures to survive.
As they wander across the landscape even more villages are bombed daily swelling the endless stream. Disease and poverty are rampant in remote regions. Nations complaining of the masses at their door should address the causations that forced migration. Stop destroying cities and villages, assist peace, health and development efforts in regions generating much of the migrations. With the right turn and militarization within the developed States this is unlikely in the short term. Their humanitarianism wears thin and migrants are told to move on, they and their culture is unwanted.
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