To set the record straight I was raised Catholic. By that, I mean, we lived in a Catholic parish, attended Catholic school, went to church on Sundays (most Sundays), and like most of the other weak-minded flock, we were led to believe the members of the church were nothing short of deities.
Of course, you grow older, supposedly wiser, and realize all of that is bullshit. In the end you weren’t being taught faith. And it wasn’t a better way of life. The Catholic Church was, and is, a business. Run by men, who sought control and wealth.
Were there good and decent priests who did, “God’s work?” Certainly. I was exposed (ooh, bad choice of words) to many of them. But, as we have come to learn, this was a mob not unlike the more famous mob, that would say and do anything to protect their evil empire.
Over the past two decades the facade of that empire has come crumbling down, amidst the revelations of the decades of sexual abuse that made we wish I wasn’t an altar boy, but perhaps, a Boy Scout all those years (wait, what am I saying)???
So here we are, 2019, and the church is trying to stave off financial ruin, and keep what meager flock they have together, and you have an idiot in the form of Mr. Chaput. I won’t lower myself to give him whatever stupid title he holds.
In the wake of the latest mass shooting in this country, under boss Chaput exclaims, “You’re a fool, if you thing stronger gun laws will reduce gun violence”.
Wait a moment…think about that.
I left that last paragraph as I did to give us all a moment to ponder. Because he did say that. A member of the clergy. Yes, a laughing stock clergy, but, an entity still. Did he have too much of the sacrificial wine? Was his stupid hat on a bit too tight?
If ever a statement smelled of political and social brother-in-lawness, that was it. Can you say Republicans and NRA? By all means, please do. What this is, sorry to say, is that the church is so desperate, they will take whatever lifelines they have left, and they will hitch their three-wheeled wagon to whomever will pull them along. And Chaput, he’s no more decent a person that Capone or Gotti. In some ways, he’s even worse. Because he speaks to you out of both ends of his vestments.
A group that should be concentrating on cleaning their own house is more concerned with telling America how not to handle gun control. Let’s hope that when the shit hits the fan socially in this country that the likes of Chaput…are finally kaput.
I will never quite understand why, in 2019, large masses of people will continue not only to cling to, but to support an organization that has repeatedly deceived them for their own financial gain. Can’t you have faith without lies? Conviction without convictions? For those steadfast in your support of these monsters, I hope you can sleep at night, before you eventually take your forever sleep.
I am steadfast in my belief that when all of us close our eyes for the final time we will all gather in the same place. The universe of nothingness. I get it, that is too much for most people to accept. They need something more to cling to when this world of uncertainty gets to them. That is understandable, although short-lived…as we all are. Isn’t it better to live a good life while we’re here…because it’s the right thing to do? And that includes putting the likes of Chaput out of business, and into the real working world for a change?
Wait, the working world that the rest of us are mostly engaged in, and which many of you use to give thugs like him the Life of Riley?
It’s bad enough we have political leaders who are fools. We don’t need religious leaders playing political leaders who are fools. And what we need the least are fools supporting them.
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