wheatpenny opened this issue on Apr 02, 2005 ยท 18 posts
hauksdottir posted Sat, 02 April 2005 at 3:21 PM
Enlightened????? Only if you are a conservative male who blindly accepts authority for authority's sake and who enjoys his place in the heirarchy of obedience! He thought that feminist females were the next lowest thing to destructive demons (accused us of tearing families apart), and caused untold hardship and cruelty to gays, overburdened poor families who really didn't want more children (which puts additional pressure on this global ecosystem), and fulminated against anybody of intelligence raising a questioning or dissenting voice. The Vatican's classes in Satanism are a fascinating touch... witch-burning can't be far off once they get their criteria sorted again. There is no difference between him and Sistani and Khomenei and anybody else who uses power to promote extreme religious doctrine at the expense of individual or civil rights. Just because he was rich and powerful doesn't make him worthy of respect. I give my respect to people who have earned it. Carolly