This quote by Stephen Fry is beautifully genius... Do you know who would be the last person ever to be accepted as a Prince of The Church? The Galileean carpenter. That “Jew” … They would kick him out before he tried to cross the threshold. He would be so ill-at-ease in the Church. That simple & remarkable man, if he said the things that he was said to have said, what would he think, what would he think of St. Peter’s? What would he think of the wealth, and the power, and the self-justification, and the wheedling apologies? What would he think of a man who calls himself ” The Father ” a celibate, who dares to lecture people on what family values are.. What would he think of any of that - he would be horrified - But there is an answer, there is a solution, - there is redemption for any one & all of us.. The Pope could decide that all this power, all this wealth, this hierarchy of princes,bishops, archbishops , priests , monks and nuns could be sent out in the world with money and art treasures, to put them back in the countries that they once raped and violated, whose original systems of animism and belief in simplicity they told them would take them straight to hell .. They could give that money away, and they could concentrate on the apparent essence of their belief, and then, I would stand here and say the Catholic Church may well be a force for good in the world, but until that day, it is not. Thank you. “ ~Stephen Fry Timestamp: 1:05:30 https://youtube/watch?v=hn0tPRjVBvw
Posted on: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:10:44 +0000
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