Shame on You JPII

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This brings us to the matter of JPII who is living moment to moment as the Pope of Billions who believe (being gassed here) in the Catholic Paradigm. You and I suspect that JPII is about to die and that in so doing He will demonstrate a style worthy of emulation. You and I beleive that this will be a natural disaster; that most Catholics will prefer to die in the style of JPII, and that this will result in a species of social and economic decline. I know you! You might be right.

If you are, then it will mean the extension of the primitive idea that life is right regardless of the consequences. But is JPII really right? I think not. I think that - economically speaking - JPII is far past His peak and has become a drag on The Church. I think furthermore that JPII is doing evil by his stubborn grasp on The Papacy in spite of his obvious approach to death. Not that I think JPII is evil - not at all. But it seems to me that JPII has descended from The Papacy into the common arena where we have such an absolute fear of death that we use all means to avoid the inevitable.

Shame on you JPII. You should be leading us into the direction which we will all eventually turn. Your avoidance of suffocation (or whatever) tends to create doubt in our faithful minds. We are beginning to think that you are afraid to die. Your fear of death disturbs us. We want you to die with style. We want to believe that you will enter Heaven instantly after you die and that you will send us a message from Heaven to the effect that you have arrived there and that Heaven is real, not a myth!

So here is my advice to you JPII: Die. I give you permission.