Hide the epileptics and those with Tourette Syndrome, Pope Benedict XVI is on the rampage against Satanism!
According to this Raw Story, Father Gabriele Amorth, senior exorcist of the diocese of Rome, says that Pope is taking the problem of demonic possession very seriously, “setting up exorcism squads to deal with the rampant growth of Satanism.”
Though I haven’t seen any of these modern day witch hunters running around with vials of Holy Water, throwing Eucharist wafers to and fro like a demented Johnny Appleseed to keep the demons at bay, it’s probably just because I avoid wild packs of wandering lunatics as a habit. (I avoided the primary’s yesterday for the same reason.)
Apparently Pope Benedict XVI believes in evil, but cannot believe in evil unless Satan is behind it all. From my perspective, humans are pretty damn good at evil without any pitchfork wielding bogeyman behind the curtains. Perhaps this is how His Holiness is able to reconcile what he was caught up in during WWII with the Hitler Youth? To be fair, he never was a Nazi, but his claims that joining the Hitler Youth was compulsory in 1941 doesn’t match up with the history books. Membership in the Deutsche Jungvolk was compulsory, but he avoid that. Why join the Hitler Youth then? Also, though he deserted the German Army, he didn’t do so until April 1945, when the war was almost over. This guy was the best candidate they had?
In any case, if you’re Catholic and develop a neurological disorder, be prepared to be guided away from professional medical attention at the lieu of medieval ju-ju.
Of course, if you’re Catholic, why the hell are you reading my blog?
Tags: demons, dogma, exorcism, papel nonsense, pope benedict, Religion, ridiculous, satan
