Pope Benedict joins forces with Al Gore

Pope Benedict joins forces with Al Gore
Record cold and snowfall is being reported throughout the planet. Places that haven’t seen snow in decades have now been turned into winter wonderlands. Miami, Florida is experiencing the coldest weather in a decade with temperatures dropping to 32 degrees Fahrenheit. A little north in the Orlando area, temperatures have dipped to 21 degrees Fahrenheit. The Midwest is being hit by record low temperatures and snow accumulation with no relief in sight.



Now I don’t expect Al Gore and all of the other phony Global Warming hoaxers to change their tunes. I also don’t expect the brainwashed lemmings attending major American universities to open their minds and eyes to reality either. The Left has successfully managed to turn environmentalism and global warming (now climate change) into a radical religion which can’t be reasoned with or disproved by science.



Unlike the religion of Global Warming, Roman Catholicism has been in existence for 2000 years. Yet, on New Years Day the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI used the traditional New Year address to join forces with the extreme environmental movement. His comments must have had Al Gore doing cartwheels.



Citing the recent Copenhagen Climate Conference, Pope Benedict said that “action at a personal and community level was just as important to save the environment.” He went on to say: “an objective shared by all, an indispensable condition for peace, is that of overseeing the earth’s natural resources with justice and wisdom.” He called for people to alter their lifestyles for the sake of the environment.



According to Reuters, last month the Pope sent a letter to heads of state and international organizations calling for rich nations to take responsibility for the environmental crisis and to shed consumerism. Gee…that sounds like the gibberish that would come out of the mouth of your typical American leftist college professor.



Is it me, or is the Pope beginning to sound a lot like Barak Obama, Van Jones, Hugo Chavez, and Fidel Castro?



As a person who was raised in the Roman Catholic faith, and as a liberty-loving free market capitalist, I’m outraged at the Pope’s remarks and at the Vatican’s slow but steady march towards one-world socialism. This is one of the reasons that I fled the Catholic Church long ago and never looked back. I was also turned off by the dreary sermons and its obsession with suffering and guilt. Isn’t Christianity supposed to be inspiring and uplifting? Anyway, I digress.



The fact is that the Catholic Church has become a steady proponent of Big Government. The Church has taken traditional left-wing stances on immigration, welfare reform, global warming, and now, universal healthcare. Reason tells you that if it weren’t for the abortion issue, the Catholic Church would surely be a favorite among left-wing liberals. The Church will tell you that their stances are based on Christian doctrine. I contend that they’re mostly based on Church economics. The Church is in favor of open borders with Mexico and amnesty for Mexican illegal immigrants because they want and need the new Catholic customers. If Mexico was filled with Jews instead of Catholics, I very much doubt that the Church would be so enthusiastic about open borders and amnesty. The Church was also against the sweeping welfare reform passed during the 1990’s. Why? Because the more people rely on government welfare, the less people will rely on them. Before the Great Society the Church bore a large brunt of the burden in helping the poor.



I know that some will say that the Catholic Church under the leadership of Pope John Paul II helped Reagan and Thatcher bring down communism. I contend that the Church was never so much opposed to the economic aspects of communism, but rather to the fact that atheism had become the official religion of communism, and in many cases the Church was banned. On the other hand, I also believe that the Church genuinely cared about the human-rights abuses going on throughout the Soviet Bloc.



In spite of my feelings about the left-wing politicization of the Catholic Church, I still consider myself a Christian. I realize and understand the positive affect that Christianity has had and continues to have on mankind. This great country was established upon Judeo-Christian philosophy and values. These values are based on personal liberty, personal responsibility, and limited government. Unfortunately, the current Roman Catholic Church seems to have forsaken these values for the false promises of Big Government.