Monday, July 11, 2005
Stop in the name of God.
That's what the Pope said to terrorists today.
So far I've been impressed, even dazzled, by Ratzinger/Benedict XVI as a rock-solid intellect and man of faith.
I was unimpressed by JPII in his last decade or so; he had been fierce in opposition to Nazis and Soviets when they hurt Poland, but fuzzy and lukewarm when speaking of other tyrannies. Might be uncharitable, but I finally concluded that JPII was more Polish than small-c catholic.
XVI seems to understand today's situation well. I wonder, though, if he has pondered the consequences of calling on Osama to stop in the name of God.
Osama is essentially counting coup, making raids on the Crusaders to show the other bands of the Mohammedan tribe, and other religions, that Osama has a superior broadband connection to the Central Node.
Well then, what if this ....
.... continues to happen after the Pope has said Stop in the name of Jehovah? Osama will be able to say -- convincingly -- that Allah controls the traffic.
If, on the other hand, Osama's attempts are mysteriously and permanently aborted, ...
I'm not going to bet against XVI just yet. ¶ 9:34 PM
So far I've been impressed, even dazzled, by Ratzinger/Benedict XVI as a rock-solid intellect and man of faith.
I was unimpressed by JPII in his last decade or so; he had been fierce in opposition to Nazis and Soviets when they hurt Poland, but fuzzy and lukewarm when speaking of other tyrannies. Might be uncharitable, but I finally concluded that JPII was more Polish than small-c catholic.
XVI seems to understand today's situation well. I wonder, though, if he has pondered the consequences of calling on Osama to stop in the name of God.
Osama is essentially counting coup, making raids on the Crusaders to show the other bands of the Mohammedan tribe, and other religions, that Osama has a superior broadband connection to the Central Node.
Well then, what if this ....
.... continues to happen after the Pope has said Stop in the name of Jehovah? Osama will be able to say -- convincingly -- that Allah controls the traffic.
If, on the other hand, Osama's attempts are mysteriously and permanently aborted, ...
I'm not going to bet against XVI just yet. ¶ 9:34 PM
