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More than ever we need a new international order which draws on the experience and results of the United Nations," the 83-year-old pontiff said at a mass in St Peter's Basilica...

"An order which is capable of finding adequate solutions to today's problems, based on the dignity of human beings, on integrating all society, on solidarity between rich and poor countries, on the sharing of resources and the extraordinary results of scientific and technological progress," he added.

And just how is the Pope proposing to enforce his idea of a non-sovereign, communistic utopia??

Quite frankly, this man is dangerous.

"Quite frankly, this man is dangerous."

What I wonder is, how can someone who (supposedly) knows the Bible inside out fall for delusions like the U.N.?

Jesus flatly stated there will ALWAYS be wars and rumors of wars. He flatly stated that the poor will ALWAYS be with us. Not that you wash your hands of the problem of war or poverty, but a Biblical world view includes the realization that men "will wax worse and worse" as we approach the End. There's no "happy ending" for this world. It's on death row, and we do the best we can until the Judgement.

Also, how can a thorough-going Catholic not be in touch with one of their oldest doctrines, that of The Fall of man? Genesis, for a believer, explains the whole story of why we're in this sorry mess. We rebelled against God "in Adam", we're all guilty by proxy. There is no quicky cure for this curse! God took His time before revealing His Son Jesus (who truly is the Cure). He allows much misery to occur in this world...maybe because of the Fall? The consequences of that act resonate through history.

I wonder if there aren't cynical manipulators behind the scenes using the aged John Paul as a puppet. I hope he doesn't truly believe in a godless version of "peace".

"And just how is the Pope proposing to enforce his idea of a non-sovereign, communistic utopia?? Quite frankly, this man is dangerous."

A potential danger to the rest of us (given the right circumstances), is:

[1] Any tyrannical (top-down) mentality who would claim to be the sole, and final spokesperson for God in spiritual matters.

[2] Anyone who actually believes that it's true.

America's Framers didn't. That's why we got a Republic - a bottoms up form of government, undergirded by an impartial rule of law (not by the fluctuating, changing rules of biased, partial men).