A New Pope is Chosen

To be honest, I expected a lot of hand wringing and gnashing of teeth when the College of Cardinals elected a new Pope.  I knew it was an impossible task to follow Pope John Paul II, and I suspect most of the Cardinals were well aware of it as well.

And indeed, there has been some wailing and gnashing of teeth about both the chosen Successor, and the fact that no one is Pope John Paul II.

But what I find disgusting and troubling is the number of seemingly rational people that are doing basically a 'sky is falling' imitation.  I mean, people, get a life!

There have been no less than a half dozen articles on this site alone (one from someone who registered just to post about armegeddon) that portends the end of the world, either through Prophecy (Nostradamus and Malachy), or the fact that the church is not changing fast enough for some of our selfish and self centered reasons.  And that disgusts me.

It disgusts me that in the space of a week, the Catholic church has fallen from a beacon of hope, peace, love and faith in the modern world, to an institution of hate, bigotry, intolerance, and subversion of the human spirit.

And the new Pope has not said one damn thing yet!  He has not issued one decree, made one edict, subjugated one person, mentioned one vision, nothing!

And yet, now the world is ending, all hope as we knew it is at an end. 

To the rational ones left out there, I have one item of advice to give you.  Quit being an effing Drama Queen!  Stop thinking that because the Catholic Church, who you may or may not be a member of, and indeed you can quit if you are a member of, has to change to suit your model of the world or humanity.

How effing conceited is that?  You, 1 mortal amoung 6 billion, has to dictate the direction of a church of 1.1 billion? Where did you get that ego?  Did it just spring up yesterday morning when you awoke and realized you were the second coming of Christ?

I think all the people that want to condemn this planet out right on the simple action of the election of a new Pope need to step back and take a deep breath.

And I leave you with this thought. What the hell makes you more important than the other 6 billion people on this planet, and who the hell made you God?