The Bear shrewdly and I think accurately poses the question: Is this the "high water mark" for Pope Francis? Excerpts:
We may be witnessing the high water mark of Pope Francis.
The Bear has a feeling it's downhill from here.
Why would the Bear say such a ridiculous thing now, of all
times? The whole world has turned its gaze toward the Man in White.
First of all, what does he bring to the party, if it is
permissible to put it like that? The only so-called science will be second-hand.
Nothing new here. It's not like he's an expert in the field. The people who
have been impressed with the climate change pseudologia fantastica thus far
will continue to believe, and those who don't, won't. How many people do you
think will really say, "Oh the Pope has come out on the subject of global
warming, so I'm going to change my mind! Honestly, the Bear doesn't think it
will be very many.
[...]
The Bear believes it is unfortunate for a pope who is
already suspect in some ways in the minds of many, to so unambiguously align
himself with a goofy political fad and all its hangers on. The Bear's theory is
that global warming "ticks all the right boxes" for the Pope,
economically and politically. He was powerless to resist. That's about the most
you can say.
Pope Francis is as at the height of his power as Pope, and
perhaps at the height of his celebrity, too (if there is a difference). The
Bear would say, were we talking about a secular figure, it's all downhill from
here.
When's the last time you heard of Al Gore?
In a similar, but non-Catholic vein, the blogger at the provacatively-titled blog Moonbattery, makes an absolutely undeniable point-- it is an either/or win for the hard left:
The encyclical promises to be a stunning victory for those
who would drag us into the impoverished darkness of oligarchical collectivism.
Either Francis is successful at subverting Catholicism to put it at the service
of leftist ideology, or he drives people away from the Church by binding it
tightly to political radicalism and a debunked hoax. Either way, the hard left
wins.
3 comments:
It used to be that popes wrote about HOLY things...you know about God or about the salvation of souls, etc. Sigh. We yearn for such days again.
Going to never read this 'encyclical' or anything else coming from Rome at this time.
You and your readers might also consider this point of view:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/419946/consider-accepting-pope-franciss-invitation-view-human-creation-full-and-yes-including
Dear Mr. or Ms. M. Prodigal: The last time I checked, the earth was created by God, who declared that it was "good." Yes, believe it or not, that which God makes IS holy and worth protecting. Most likely the reverence that Pope Francis (the Holy Father, the Vicar of Christ, leader of the Church on earth) is trying to encourage in his encyclical does not fit with your political orientation and/or your economic interests. Sorry about all that. But no need to run down the pope -- as some at this supposedly "Catholic" blog do -- when he writes about protecting what God has created.
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