Dear Doves,
Apparently God’s Ten Commandments are “too much”, “too hard”, or “not necessary” to follow. No worries…people will have no problem following the FP’s Ten Commandments.
http://news.yahoo.com/pope-10-commandments-happiness-170500681--politics.html
FP’s Ten Commandments in quotes, my comments on them are in brackets and bolded:
1. “Live and let live.” [tolerate all evil, say nothing]
2. “Be giving of yourself to others…If you withdraw into yourself, you run the risk of becoming egocentric. And stagnant water becomes putrid.” [is the vatican egocentric?]
3. “Proceed calmly [in life].” [how, when lawlessness and corruption are rampant and the world is falling apart?]
4. “A healthy sense of leisure … Consumerism has brought us anxiety, causing us to lose a healthy culture of leisure.” (On this point, the pope also urged families to turn off the TV when they’re eating together.) [thanks to the AC, there are way fewer jobs, so leisure time has increased, and no salaries equals less consumerism]
5. “Sunday is for family.” [can a family choose the day they want for ‘family day’?]
6. “We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities, they will get into drugs.” [see #4 above…plus you might worry about what your priests are doing with the “young people”]
7. “Environmental degradation is one of the biggest challenges we have. I think a question that we’re not asking ourselves is: ‘Isn’t humanity committing suicide with this indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature?’” [funny how the top elites who fly all over the world constantly and use the most energy, are the ones who claim to be worried about the environment]
8. “Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self-esteem. That means, ‘I feel so low that instead of picking myself up I have to cut others down.’ Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy.” [yeah, if we talk badly about our thieving politicians it’s because we have low self esteem]
9. “We can inspire others through witness so that one grows together in communicating. But the worst thing of all is religious proselytism, which paralyzes: ‘I am talking with you in order to persuade you.’ No. Each person dialogues, starting with his and her own identity. The church grows by attraction, not proselytizing.” [whatever you do, don’t tell the good news of the coming Kingdom of Christ and His salvation through grace, to anyone!]
10. “We are living in a time of many wars, [and] the call for peace must be shouted. Peace sometimes gives the impression of being quiet, but it is never quiet, peace is always proactive.” [“when they say peace and security…”]
Well, I must say, this ravening wolf’s ten commandments appear to be a whole lot easier than God’s.
YsiChrist,
Patty RP