My Newswithviews Column, Feb. 3 (‘Christian Communists?’)

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Is it real or is it photo-shopped? With this Pope you never know.

It really bugs me that the current Pope is always trying to wrest wealth out of the hands of those who worked for it and dole it out to those who didn’t.

Christian Communists?

How much power does this man want to give the government? Did he sleepwalk though the entire 20th century? He wants these thieves, villains, and shysters to “redistribute” wealth? How out-to-lunch do you have to be, to entrust that job to the likes of Barak Obama, Bernie Sanders, or Xi Jin Ping? We know where that wealth ends up!

This world needs a better Pope.

Red Pope Shows His Colors Again

Bemused Or Irritated? Pope Reacts To Gift Of 'Communist Crucifix' : The  Two-Way : NPR

Is this crucifix what I think it is?

Francis I, the socialist who became Pope, has called taxation “a necessary tool for wealth distribution” (https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/commie-pope-says-taxation-important-tool-wealth-redistribution/).

And who authorized “wealth redistribution”–and by whom? Shut up, he explained.

Indeed, it’s more than just a tool: Taxation, he sez, “must promote the redistribution of wealth.”

He tries to use the Bible to justify governments snatching up everyone’s possessions and “redistributing” them to layabouts, minus the great big chunks that stick to the government’s fingers. In Acts 4, the first Christians have all their property in common, selling what they own and donating all the proceeds to the church.

Context, please! These were the very first generation of Christians. They were trying to establish Christ’s Church here on earth. From this they could not afford to be distracted. Possessions, social position, business–these would take away from their mission. So nothing was to be allowed that did that.

So he’s saying Biden and Pelosi and Schumer should have de facto ownership of all your stuff so they can hand some of it over to ne’er-do-wells and use the rest of build bigger bureaucracies… and that that’s what the Bible means to say, only didn’t know how–good thing he came along! Instead of a church led by the Apostles, we’ve got Bernie Sanders and his friends. Oh, what’s the difference!

 

Is the Pope Catholic?

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I’m beginning to have my doubts about that. But even more to the point, is his head screwed on quite right?

Dig this latest quote from the Red Pope, Francis I: “Listen to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor who suffer most because of the unbalanced ecology” (https://www.ecowatch.com/pope-francis-climate-change-2479496671.html).

The cry of the Earth? Whose theology is that?

As for the cry of the poor–well, Sunshine, it’s capitalism that raises standards of living throughout the world, capitalism and technological progress: like building things, bringing in modern machinery, cleaning up the water, growing more abundant crops.

But you and your Climbit Change cronies, you’re the ones who want to stop all that! Tell me how “the poor” are supposed to get clean water and up-to-date medical care if they’re not going to be allowed the amenities of modern life. Look at Venezuela, dude! I mean, you guys are always rattling on about “Science,” and yet you want to take away our cars, our air conditioning, our private homes, and our toilet paper, for crying out loud–things that “the poor” would really like to have, if only you and the other globalist big shots would allow it.

The choice is not between living like 12th century Scottish peasants or polluting the earth to death and we’re all gonna die etc. Nor is everything going to turn out hunky-dory if we sign away our liberties and grow government bigger, more powerful, more intrusive, and more high-handed than it’s even been–while incidentally making you and your pals richer and more powerful than you ever dared to hope.

The choice is between listening to your B.S. or going about our business like sane people while completely ignoring you.

Not a hard choice to make.