Posted on 01/28/2015 11:21:28 AM PST by Gamecock
A good lesson here. Symbolism is meaningless. If you want peace, you have to kill the aggressors. Don’t bother throwing birds or balloons into the air - kill evil people before they kill us. Do something that will make a difference.
I hoped he’d take this as a message (about his silly “peace with Islam” fantasy) but he’s too full of himself to listen to anybody, including the Holy Spirit.
A message from God, I’d say. Switching the dove to a balloon won’t change things.
Because none of this had anything to do with perhaps God sending a message.
First off, Jesus said he wasn’t here to sow peace.
The attack on the dove was from a sea predator and a land predator.
The attack on the dove was from a white bird and a black bird.
The attack was coordinated. If you’ve ever had any experience feeding birds, the ‘pecking order’ is seagulls, then crows, then the smaller birds, ending with the chickadees and such. They seemed to work in concert.
He’s the Pope, right? Something like that happens to him and there’s no significance to it?
I guess hot CO2 (hot air) going up, with strings attached, and in a colorful package is as symbolic as you can be.
The hot air becomes as lofty as it can before it pops - the pressure of it ultimately overcoming its physical limitations (reality). In the winter, they sink, littering the ground, getting stuck in trees, coming to rest on the thorns.
The only symbol the Chruch needs is Christ on a crucifix. I can’t think of a more fitting symbol in a year with so much Christian martyrdom.
Deut 14
11 “All clean birds you may eat. 12 But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after their kinds; 14 every raven after its kind; 15 the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds; 16 the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl, 17 the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl, 18 the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat.
Coming soon - balloon animals from the Pope.
Balloons are environmentally malign in that they are indigestible by animals and persist in the environment. Sea life, turtles especially, are harmed and can perish when they ingest balloons.
Excellent post!
Very good analysis.
Let’s just be glad he didn’t substitute the Dove Drop with the Turkey Drop.
Could an eagle or hawk be trained to defend the doves?
You are right. Balloons are dangerous for birds, they ingest the pieces, they get tangled with the strings etc. On top, these doves are raised in captivity, they get released in ceremonies, they have no sense of behavior in the wild and they are easy prey to other birds. Cruelty, IMNSHO
Yep Frankie is the gift that keeps on giving
Ah, that Fabio moment. I remember it well!
I rode in that same “Apollo’s Chariot” seat at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg just a few days after that nose-to-goose contact incident.
I thought we weren’t “supposed” to release balloons because seagulls choke on them?
Maybe the “peace” gesture should be little kids blowing bubbles. No harm to birds, and a little soap on the pavement is not a bad thing.
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