{"id":644,"date":"2013-05-29T13:21:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T17:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/dangeroustalk\/?p=644"},"modified":"2013-05-29T13:21:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T17:21:14","slug":"the-man-in-the-funny-hat-isnt-running-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/dangeroustalk\/2013\/05\/29\/the-man-in-the-funny-hat-isnt-running-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man In The Funny Hat Isn’t Running The Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who would have guessed that the man in the funny hat is just a figure head? Over the last week or so, we learned that the Pope isn\u2019t in control of the Vatican and that what he says isn\u2019t infallible\u2026 okay we already knew that second part.<\/p>\n

Last week, Pope Francis infamously stated that atheists are welcome in heaven as long as we are morally good. He talked about meeting us there and how the Church should be less judgmental toward atheists. Personally, I appreciated the gesture but pointed out that I’m not really interested in \u201credemption.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n

Still, it didn\u2019t take long for the Vatican to issue a statement retracting Pope Francis\u2019 statements. Fr. Thomas Rosica, issued the statement \u201cclarifying\u201d the Pope\u2019s comments<\/a>. He basically said that what the Pope really meant was that if you are not a Catholic, you will burn in Hell for all eternity.<\/p>\n

Can a Friar do that? I thought the Pope was the \u201cbull starts here\u201d authority. I thought the Pope was the infallible one and that the Friars just do what he tells them to do. But all this time I had it wrong. Someone else makes up the shit and the Pope tells it to the masses like a puppet.<\/p>\n

Others are holding the strings and the Pope is just an actor playing a part. The problem is that this Pope messed up his lines so Friar Rosica had to step in and regulate. I used to question the claims that the Pope was a moral leader because I didn\u2019t think he was moral. Now I don\u2019t even think he is a leader.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s like the Mandarin from Iron Man III. Who knows, he might be partying it up with hookers and snorting coke when the cameras aren\u2019t rolling. For the first time in the Church\u2019s history, we have seen behind the curtain.<\/p>\n

Check out my Huffington Post article: Dear Pope, Atheists Don’t Need Redemption<\/a><\/p>\n

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