11-29-2011, 08:18 AM
East Wrote:Huh? Some people can and do overcome their circumstances and programming...some people dont'...some people partly overcome their circumstances. His CURRENT behavior and the CURRENT behavior of the institution he represents is consistent with HITLER and his youth. That is NOT change. The man actively seeks to discriminate against me. You can make excuses for him...I don''t have to.
I'm playing Devil's advocate.
The man represents an organization that is thousands of years old. His views reflects an organization that has held these views well before Hitler and the Nationalist Socialists gathered and plotted in dark cellars and back alleys.
He is ethically obliged to uphold the 'spirit' of Church Doctrine. It's his Job as the Pontiff.
While he is the Voice of the Church, He is not 'God' - he can't walk in and reorganize the church - he would loose his job (if not his position as a member of the clergy).
You fail to understand how the church works as an organization, not only as a political organization but as a social one. the Pope answers to 1.18 billion individuals who find peace and solace in a Church that holds strictly to tradition.