TOMORROW THE POPE LEAVES OFFICE, which is an event so rare that the conspiracy theoristsare out in force, not unpredictably. The various theories are of striking quality, in terms of creativity and imagination.
The pope is being blackmailed out of office. He will be arrested for crimes against humanity as soon as he leaves the vatican. His removal is part of a vast transfer of political economic power world wide, in which powefrul people everywhere are being replaced.
Well, whatever. A large part of the beauty of the catholic church is the mystery, especially in matters of the spirit. But, admittedly, there are times when it would seem that a bit more, shall we say, "certainty" might be nice.
Take, for instance, the gospel. The Holy Bible, formalized, organized, codified at the council of nicea, 325 A.D. There is no doubt about this historical fact. And there is no doubt that three hundred years is a very long time to allow a church, the church, to languish without Official scriptural guidance, in a faith which places so much emphasis on; it sacred holy book.
God speaks to man through the bible, three hundred years after christ walked on earth. Jesus came to earth, for one thing, to preach, to teach the word of god. Well then, who better to write the word, to put it on paper, indellibly, forever, in front of everyone..than jesus himself?
Automatic authenticity, straight from the source. The church, with its undeniable, well witnessed gospel, in print, available for all to see and read, right from the very beginning, having come straight from the son of god himself.
Well, it just seems like that would have been the way to do it, considering how questionable books, by their very nature, are. Jesus, writing in front of his followers, could have avoided all that, all the uncertainty, and after all, wasn't he here, partly, to teach us all?
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