Dear Friends,

> Keep in mind the Pope is leader of hundreds of millions of Catholics.
> When I read what he says, I can not begin to describe the sickening
> feeling that overwhelms my aggregates.
> Evil in itself is filthy and disgusting, but evil delivered in a
> pseudo-intellectual disingenous double speak meant to swindle
> impressionable followers is a sin of the highest order. The salvation
> and heavenly realm that awaits this Pope will be nothing like he
> imagines.

Well, I am not one hundred percent sold... what does Buddhism have to say
about homosexuality for instance? Regarding misbehaviour of priests in the
Catholic church, consider the misbehaviour in other not-so-mainstream
religions - is our own religion so pure?

About the Pope's misunderstanding about salvation, well, I'd have to agree
that this is a misunderstanding, and not very objective at all...

> Keep in mind the Pope is leader of hundreds of millions of Catholics.

Did you ever hear the story of Sanjaya? Sariputta and Moggalana invited him
to join them in following the Buddha, and he asked them: "Are there more
wise people or more fools in the world?" They responded that surely there
were far more fools in the world. Sanjaya rejoined with "then you go ahead
and join with the wise who are only a few, and I will stay here and be rich
and famous leading millions of fools."

More news from America: now you can buy candles that smell like Jesus
(before or after he was nailed to a stick?). And the newest diet: "What
would Jesus eat?"

Suma"ngalaani,

Yuttadhammo