Reply #9: I am glad I am ignorant of the Catholic Church

[AnArmyVeteran]

Yes, I am ignorant of the procedures and rituals performed by most churches, all of which were made by people, not god. Frankly, I am glad I am ignorant of all the hocus pocus in the Catholic church. I used to go to Catholic church services and I had no idea what was going on. The services were in latin, the priest would wave or play with urns and bottles, and he would make all kinds of ritualistic gestures, none of which was created by god. And when I looked around and saw frail, old ladies barely able to get up and down, down to their knees, then sit, then stand, then back down to their knees I thought it was cruel. My urge was to help them, but there were too many in the church and because I was a kid I was terrified to look out of place by going from pew to pew to help people.

I am ignorant of the rules and rituals of the Catholic church, but I do know what responsibility means. And to have someone like the Pope who allegedly turned his head as children were being abused makes him a monster who should be arrested, tried and put in prison.

BTW, god DOES NOT appoint the Pope. Cardinals do and they are MEN. Does anyone really believe god picked all of the Popes, when some where tyrants, oppressors, murderers, deviants and evil? I'm sure just like in most circumstances, the MEN who select the Pope do so with a long of political posturing and maybe even arm bending.