Latest Outrage – Pope Francis Compares Trump to Herod, Who Tried to Kill Jesus
Walls make for a Herod — seriously???
Vatican is largely surrounded by walls, gates, metal detectors, building perimeters. Building entrances are guarded. Access is at approved times or by appointment only. No one just walks in to take up residency.
Our charges:
1) Pope Francis is a living breathing careless wreck as a Christian logician, exegete and communicator, OR
2) a purposeful divisive accusatory fomenter of hate, envy, covetousness AND
3) a purveyor of the false gods of one-world-government, the state as such and gaia , AND
4) A huge CO2 hypocrite jetting around as he does, living in air-conditioned comfort and behind a guarded wall as he does, as corpulent as he is
Strong words? Indeed, but the Pope having just accused me (by implication) of being another Herod because I support efforts to control the border and protect our sovereignty, two can play the game. He deserves it because he shows (personally or through his offices) no compunction, no effort to specify who or what he is talking about, but rather for lack of it, to implicate and impune. He is a careless, loud-mouth, appalling, hateful sore on the world stage given the responsibilities of his office, far more so than Donald Trump could ever be objectively accused.
Now it could be that there was more context to what the Pope said, ameliorating the import than what was reported in this Breibart article. But we respect that they got the gist of it. However it is way too far into the game to not be clear on such matters of state, to be careful in utterances, not to paint with a brush so irresponsibly. So we don’t let someone like him off the hook out of charity when he offers none over policy differences. It is up to him to specify if borders are unBiblical, if nation-states are unBiblical, whether walls are good for any purpose including drug interdiction . . . rather than issue cheap shots
Pope Francis’ in showing no care as to lump believers in borders in with Harod and it is outrageous. Trump has accomplished more to save more babies than any modern living world leader including I do not hesitate to say His Holiness by virtue of highlighting the issue of baby killing that this Pope obfuscates with other issues.
Trump has reduced war while maintaining peace through strength. Trump has worked to make for a vibrant economy that can show the world the way — feeding more and more. He has held families together with those economic policies rather than making family members wards of the state.
It is not a leap for me to believe this Pope’s occasional words in opposition to abortion are anything more than window dressing. Which of the true modern-day baby -killers has he attacked, mänō ä ˈmänō – whose face has he been in — the UN leadership? the Castros? the Pelosis?, Trudeau?, Xi Jinping? any communist dictator anywhere to decry their policies of state sanctioned if not mandated “Herodizing” of babies? They know he won’t do anything about it, not like make it an issue or anything. And they know they can use him for their mutual designs, validating the overwhelming power of the state.
I pray to God few actually listen to him in favor of more authentic balanced, responsible Catholic/Christian teachers. This Pope’s world-view is that of a Marxist which is inextricable from totalitarianism. Via Breitbart:
Pope Francis Compares Trump to Herod, Who Tried to Kill Jesus
ROME — Pope Francis has compared U.S. President Donald Trump to the murderous King Herod who massacred innocent children in ancient Palestine while trying to kill the baby Jesus, a Jesuit journal revealed Thursday.
Speaking with his brother Jesuits during his recent visit to Thailand, the Argentinian pope minced no words in his thinly veiled condemnation of the U.S. president and his administration, suggesting that like a modern-day Herod, Mr. Trump separates families at the border while allowing drugs to freely flow into the country.
“In other parts there are walls that even separate children from parents. Herod comes to mind,” Francis said. “Yet for drugs, there’s no wall to keep them out.”
“The phenomenon of migration is compounded by war, hunger and a ‘defensive mindset,’ which makes us in a state of fear believe that you can defend yourself only by strengthening borders. At the same time, there is exploitation.”
In this Q&A session, the pontiff also proposed that the rise of populism is at the root of migrants’ problems in Europe.
“I must admit that I am shocked by some of the narratives I hear in Europe about borders,” the pope said. “Populism is gaining strength.”
“The phenomenon of refugees has always existed, but today it is better known because of social differences, hunger, political tensions and especially war. For these reasons, migratory movements are intensifying,” he said.
“What is the answer the world gives? The policy of waste,” he continued. “Refugees are waste material. The Mediterranean has been turned into a cemetery. The notorious cruelty of some detention centers in Libya touches my heart.”
“The Christian tradition has a rich evangelical experience in dealing with the problem of refugees. We also remember the importance of welcoming the foreigner as the Old Testament teaches us,” he said.
