Pope and Religion
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I think most of us need to really back up when judging the Pope and any religion.  The disillusionment is a bit like asking the moon to sprout trees and oxygen, to ask a child to think like an adult, or an adult to grow young again.  The Catholic Church, Mayans, Muslims, Judaism, and many other religious or cultural groups hold solid to their beliefs and will for as long as possible.  Once they give up their basic rules, their religion is lost, the concept becomes something else entirely.  So getting angry with platforms is really sort of a useless waste of time and anger. 

In truth, most of us would not be welcomed into most of these groups anyway, even to be 'married' under their roof, particularly not the Catholic Church.  I surely would not be welcome since I'm a Pantheist/pagan.  I recognize that my beliefs would be seen as evil and repugnant just as I see some of their doings just as evil, repugnant and inhumane.  But as long as their beliefs do not interfere with my own life or others, do not break laws, then I do not care what they say or do, AND we all have a choice to either get involved with their rules and ideas, or just enjoy their pageantry.  In addition, while my own spiritual beliefs have no place in the making of choices or decisions for others OR being a tool in the policies of government....neither do any any religions, including the Catholic Church, that's probably the ONLY area that really needs to be modified or removed entirely.