I have been called by the term ‘infidel’ by the members of all the religions. It’s offensive, it may hurt… but I do not give it a thought! (of course I had a stronger expression on my mind - self ‘censorship’).
I am an atheist, have been for a long time.
And yet, I thought that I would, maybe, have a positive opinion about the current Pontiff, since he seemed to open up on the possibility of the major changes in the rules imposed on the believers by the Church.
Well, until today. Today the Pope responded to some of the journalists questions during a short Press Conference on board of his plane flying toward Philippines.
Of course some questions asked the Pope for his opinion (or the opinion of the church) on what happened in Paris to the journalists of Charlie Hebdo. And then the Pope, who right after the terrorist attack condemned it strongly, this time stated:
“(…) We all have the obligation to speak openly. Have this liberty, but without offending. It’s truth that one can’t react violently, but if Mr. Gassbarri, who is my friend, says a bad word against my mother, he should expect a punch! And this is normal! One can’t provoke. One can’t insult the believes of others. One can’t make jokes about believes.(…)”(*1)
Oh really!? And I can’t say a bad words about your mother (=Church) even though ‘she’ is filled with the convicted pedophiles, and abusive-slave-running nuns (in Ireland in the 40-ties to 60-ties), and ‘she’ prefers to have millions of new AIDS infection instead of letting people in Africa use condoms…
Yeah, according to the Pope, you can’t offend anybody’s feelings, even though that person might be worst person on the planet.
You can’t offend the religion, even though it’s responsible for millions and millions of killed in it’s name?! And I am not talking about the Islam - I am talking about Pope’s religion, and not that far ago, just a few hundred years ago.
Are we forgetting about the Crusades?, Inquisition? - and other bright moments in the history of that religion?
Every Religion imposes on it’s believers it’s dogma, without questioning, without the right to express any free thought by anybody. And every religion punishes for any attempt to contradict it
Answering to a journalist’s question, the Pope confirmed that the Church (or/and himself) stands still for the censorship, and not the free expression.
Any form of censorship, political correctness (which is simply self-censorship) is harmful to the society as whole. Any form of that censorship allows the bullies to triumph. Any form of the censorship makes the truth vacant from the every day life of the people, replaced by the dogma, and the official, approved political line.
Do we want to live in the Orwellian 1984? No - the Pope is wrong. Je Suis Charlie.
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