Posted on 09/20/2015 4:23:27 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Castro is sure delusional. Cuba is far from spiritual.
I’m embarrassed and ashamed.
Paging Archbishop Gilday
1. You got that right. He was as "communist" as all the other true-blue commies who believed in the "ism" as long as they got what they wanted.
2. Signs of spiritualism probably got punished. It would be interesting to see how many "closet" Christians kept the candles burning, so to speak. I read that many Russian/Soviet and other USSR countries still had people praying and otherwise adoring God.
Hard to believe in no God whatsoever, unless one is either delusional or believes in his/her own "god"dom.
One man does not a religion make but this one man is trying very hard to UNMAKE mine.
Two socialist dictators praising each other.
I don’t recall Jesus’ parables condemning receiving payment for work.
I’m sad and praying a LOT.
It does appear the Pope has gone around the bend- socialism, communism, and global warming oh my!
Birds of a feather....
THE LAST POPE
Poor Castro. He seems unaware that the Pope is not authoritative in matters of politics, science, OR economics. Catholics may disagree with him on those. He has authority on matters of faith and morals and his statements have been traditionally firm there. Regarding faith and morals, the Pope has been absolutely in line with the ancient doctrine of the Church.
I am in the same situation and I don’t like it.
That said, the socioeconomic system that best rewards peoples efforts, best supports self-determinism, and that has done more to help the world than all the other socioeconomic systems combined (IMHO), is capitalism. If the Church wants to distance itself from capitalism, I would suggest they stop asking for donations during mass.
their are = there are (sorry).
Indeed.
New Living Translation
Don’t move around from home to home. Stay in one place, eating and drinking what they provide. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve their pay.
Luke 10:7
New International Version
For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and “The worker deserves his wages.”
1 Timothy 5:18
And, of course, there is the Parable of the Talents.
OK, I am just a bass-player, not a Jesuit or a Pope, but those verses just floated out my fingers.
“turned money into its idol”
Money has been an idol long before it went global.
Socialism is built on envy, greed, and theft. These go hand in hand with persecution of believers, abortion and other forms of murder, and all the trappings of a tyrannical state. Castro is living proof.
Nuances are lost in this debate.
There is a difference between socialism, capitalism, and free markets and how these systems operate in different countries and hemispheres.
Francis avoids rigid ideologies. He is not against free markets but is against those Masters of the Universe (Think Lemans Bros, Goldman Sachs, Soros, crony capitalists) who rig the system that in turn impoverishes others. This is rampant in Latin American “capitalism,” where corruption is endemic.
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