I wanted to bring this up because I think most people simply have the blinders on way too much these days especially when looking at the world for what it is. Sure this can be a touchy subject but only if your not honest with yourself about it.
I’m sure many of you know, but some may not, among criminals rapists and pedophiles (especially pedophiles) are at the absolute bottom of the barrel in terms of how they are viewed by other criminals. In jail it is common that rapists and pedophiles receive a very hard time by other inmates due to the nature of the crimes they have committed. Many times pedophiles have been badly beat up and murdered by other inmates for what they have done to others on the outside.
In knowing that, and also clearly seeing the acceptance of pedophilia within the Catholic church, why do they seem to be an exception to the rule? I’m not saying violence or murder is necessary here whatsoever, I’m simply bringing awareness to the fact that we are so blind when it comes to how we view religion. We cannot even see the people and institution in the same way we see real life and other people. There are some us who believe the Pope is closer to God because of his position in the church and therefore we have this massive filter over our eyes blocking us from seeing what he actually represents and does, the same goes for how we view priests. Again, this is not to attack but just seeing whats going on here without the “starstruck” mentality.
If you were sitting in a room and a man walked in and it was known he was a pedophile, you might feel uncomfortable or possibly judge him for what he has done. Most likely you would think he is a “bad” person or “disgusting” etc. Yet we don’t sit on our couch watching the television set saying to ourselves “The Pope is a bad person and disgusting for fully knowing these priests were pedophiles and he did nothing about it.” Similarily, we line up like crazy when the Pope is making a speech or doing a mass because we want to see him, we flock to the very person we would run from simply because he wears a funny costume and we buy into his illusionary power. Now this is not to say the Pope is a “good” or “bad” person, there is no need to label, simply, see it for what it is and don’t color it by his position.
So I ask, how much has religion really molded our perception? How much power have we actually given something that is based on a book? It is not my goal to bash, but to simply state what’s happening here. We do not see religious figures in the same way as everyone else because we probably fear what God would think if we said something bad about the Pope. Or we might end up in “hell” for agreeing that the Pope is a “bad,” “disgusting” person and condones pedophilia.
Religion hasn’t shaped our minds? Hasn’t put us in fear of someone above us that we can’t see? Doesn’t get special exception to the law? I think maybe it’s time we are honest with ourselves and how we operate in viewing others with an UNFILTERED perspective.
Peace
Joe
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