Climates and Pontiffs change, Christ never does

The sad truth is that under Francis, the papacy has drifted over from religion to politics; from the saving of souls to outright propagandizing.

On an undeniable roll, man-made global warming/climate change activists can legitimately present the greatest coup in their decades-long history: The Pope, social media’s top public figure, has thrown in with them.

In President Barack Obama’s ‘Brave New World’ world where transitioning over to genders and colours with which you weren’t born is a growing trend, Pope Francis is now the world’s prime global warming/climate change activist, in terms of Internet popularity, now bigger than Obama and Al Gore.

What advancing the status of man-made global warming has to do with religion leaves countless Christians scratching their heads.

chuckles, I saw no fighting words in your post, only good Christian sense. This human induced climate change/gaia worship encyclical was the last straw for me! I’ve basically putting the RC church at arms length since 2008, when my pastor signed a letter in support of not excluding homosexuals from the seminary. Keep in mind, one of our previous pastors was a pederast and abused boys in the 1970s and it was covered up by the diocese. It rocked my parish badly and we lost a ton of parishioners. Then our new pastor comes out in support of gays being allowed to become seminarians!!! It blew my mind! I won’t place my faith in a man (the Pope) a church but place it directly into the hands of Jesus.

Thank you for at least reading it in the spirit given. There is Truth in almost every Christian denomination or it wouldn't be Christian. The trouble comes when we add our spin onto the Gospel of Christ. Soon enough we always head down some rabbit trails that get us too far from the main subject. A short search in my history at FR will show I have been griping for literally years about the government of the Catholic church being owned by the liberals. There was no other way to explain Kennedy, Pelosi, Kerry, Biden, and the list goes on. How on earth can a RC stronghold in Mass. vote Dem every election if the system wasn't sold for a bowl of stew. If the pope says a gunsmith can't be christian, how on earth can a sodomite loving baby killer be a Catholic?

Many RC's would attack saying "It's great in my parish", or my particular church is old school. Now it has morphed into what I feel is the Obama of the RC world.

If you look at it objectively, Francis can't be the Vicar of Christ. The only realistic thing that can happen now is independent thought in the church. If we follow the leader blindly, we will definitely end up in a ditch. It should be obvious to any historically savvy RC that the church has been led badly in the past. Some are in some sort of denial that the church is led by God and we need to submit to authority. Well, the answer there is, Did the church submit to the authority of God when they picked this guy? Francis is so bad, IMO, that he will set the church back 1000 years if not destroy it all together.

I can't even imagine 1.5 billion people being led by someone who follows an atheist to get his science opinions. How far will he take the church to "re think" or relationship to gays? Just being a Jesuit for me is a frightening event for the faithful. IMO, the RC church is lining up with the Last Days prophesies perfectly to put the church in dire danger.

I have moved on to a non denominational church now, But I do care greatly for all Christians that they not be misled. When I read the letters to the churches in Revelation, I see Jesus warning the churches that are misled that they must repent or pay some price. IMO,( this is my own belief, not taught too many places), I believe you can be saved and go to heaven, but you might not be invited to the wedding feast after Rapture. An example might be the church at Philadelphia, Jesus says they are doing good so in verse 3:10 Jesus says they will be kept from what He is about to do to the whole world. They will be Raptured. In the other churches, He has something against them and asks them to repent. There is some statement that indicates they will be left behind if they don't. Rev 3:3 talks about Him coming as the Thief when they aren't watching. Even so, some will overcome. Those will follow God and not Dogma. The parable of the virgins tells us that 50% of the church will be left behind where they "buy and sell". They are Christians, not the lost, but they haven't been adorning themselves while waiting for the Bridegroom. IMO, They can be saved if they stay to the end, but they will face the Antichrist and be beheaded for their faith if they refuse the mark. 1.5 billion is a large number to be left for the Beast to hack on. Look at the invitation to the wedding where everyone found an excuse not to come. It's time to sober up and be anxious to attend our wedding. Don't be left behind. IMO, time is short.

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