Pope Benedict Preaches Nonviolence? News&Opinion

by djermano | July 18, 2008 at 03:55 am | 198 views | 7 comments

The International Institute of Nonviolence.

By Rev. Jermano

Pope Benedict is preaching Nonviolence? I find that surprising, given that the majority of Christians in the USA support the American governments right to use guns, and supports the greatest super power military establishment in the world.

It is strange to see all the superpowers including the USA and China jumping on the back of little countries who feel threatened by them, when they want nuclear weapons. We know who they are N. Korea and Iran. In fact instead of getting these little so called evil empires to abandon their nuclear programs, shouldn't they be disarming themselves?

Nice to hear your good words Pope Benedict, but really the Bible is full of wars and violence. There have been more people who died and killed in Wars over religion than in any other topic of discussion. Somehow religion has really let me down. I can't live and work in the USA without them taking my money in taxes to support the military machine that I reject on religious grounds. Instead of being a hypocrite and stay in the USA I left to protest war. But do others do that? I bet the Catholic Church gets donations from the the Military Contractors in the USA. How is it that the Church gets money from stock dividends who profit from war, when thousands of innocent people have been annihilated?

You are good pals with GW Bush aren't you Pope? We have seen your pictures with him, shaking hands with a War President that does not care about the innocent people of his war machinagins. I really wonder how you can stand there talking about Nonviolence, when the Catholic Church is one of the biggest contributors to the military establishment?

Something must be on your mind Pope? Hope you will join my Institute. The International Institute of Nonviolence. http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/international-institute-nonviolence Maybe there will be hope when we see the good to this with its complete severance from the military establishment in the world.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080718/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_pope

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Barry Artiste

at 04:26 on July 18th, 2008

good stuff:

djermano, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Rev. Jermano (not verified)

at 05:14 on July 18th, 2008

Thanks Barry for your flag. The other night I was having a dream with some singer on stage in a rock and roll concert, and the singer was saying Kill, kill, kill, kill, and everytime he said that roll of words he would take out his machine gun and rat a tat, rat a tat, rat a tat a tat a tat, tat, tat. How many more people do we have to kill in order to end all war?

We have gone on throughout history witnessing how the greatest military empires of the world have all cried those same words to fight for freedom, but in the end its nothing but a killing zone and smouldering bodies everywhere? Don't we humans ever learn that guns and militaries don't give freedom? In fact they take it away. Its all about hate, and stopping bad people that we created in the first place, and we are suppose to be happy that we need arms and guns to have peace in the world? It has proven to fail time after time, and yet the people fall for the same old misery, by people who expect us to trust them, because they have a gun.. In fact those are the very people I don't trust. Better to trust a guy who carries no guns or supports guns because he or she threatens or intimidates anyone. They seek means and ways to end conflict and war, instead of promoting it.

The Pope wants us to believe he did not support the War with Bush? He supported it, along with the Mormon Church as well. They are military Religions, and in my view not true to the teachings of Jesus.

It's more the reason I have started The International Institute of Nonviolence.

djermano

at 05:18 on July 18th, 2008

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We have gone on throughout history witnessing how the greatest military empires of the world have all cried those same words to fight for freedom, but in the end its nothing but a killing zone and smouldering bodies everywhere? Don't we humans ever learn that guns and militaries don't give freedom? In fact they take it away. Its all about hate, and stopping bad people that we created in the first place, and we are suppose to be happy that we need arms and guns to have peace in the world? It has proven to fail time after time, and yet the people fall for the same old misery, by people who expect us to trust them, because they have a gun.. In fact those are the very people I don't trust. Better to trust a guy who carries no guns or supports guns because he or she threatens or intimidates no one. They seek means and ways to end conflict and war, instead of promoting it.

It's more the reason I have started The International Institute of Nonviolence

Paschen

at 05:23 on July 18th, 2008

good stuff:

djermano, I like this story. It's good stuff.

You have my vote here, maybe you want to send this to the Pentagon, and the Bush administration. Good to see you around!

azzayindia

at 08:38 on July 18th, 2008

good stuff:

djermano, I like this story. It's good stuff.

good post djermano,most religion thrive on war.The more war we have and more people look towards religion.the more fear the more need for religion.Religion works really on fear factor as for nonviolence part pope surely must have read history of christianity.