[sinkspur]

So, according to your philosophy, the "electorate" is more "enlightened" than the Church, or the King who speaks through the authority of the Church. This line of thought must naturally include the Pope, as he is head of the Church.

Yes. Witness the recent rousting of Saddam Hussein from power, an action taken by duly elected heads-of-state, in contravention to the will of the Pope. In your world, Hussein would still be in power, not only in Iraq, but in Kuwait, too, as the Pope opposed the Gulf War in 1991.

The Pope was wrong about the rightness of both.

[jt8d]

"In your world, Hussein would still be in power, not only in Iraq, but in Kuwait, too, as the Pope opposed the Gulf War in 1991."

In "[my] world," Saddam Hussein would never have made his presence felt, because his ancestors--and those of his Islamic thugs, would never had escaped Godfrey of Bouillon and his Crusaders' swords. Hussein, terrorism, et al. are the sole fruit of the Mohammedian heresy, which, in turn, is one more result of Protestant trechory.