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2005-03-30 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Greer Watch: Pope may be fed through tube into his stomach

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Posted by .com 2005-03-30 04:40|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I believe the pope wanted to live through Easter. Now he has a period of time where it is not as traumatic to the Church for him to pass on.

I expect that is his plan.

(Don't hit me too hard! If you feel otherwise go place your bets about the pope on Strategy Page.)

Posted by 3dc 2005-03-30 12:48:08 PM|| 2005-03-30 12:48:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I beleive that the Pope taking a feeding tube was a direct gesture to the whole Schiavo thing.

This Pope has always been all about being true to his word. He shamed the communists in Poland and started in motion the things that would eventually bring down Communism. He forgave the man who tried to assasinate him instead of going to a Holy War mode. He has stood firm for the princple that Life is important and precious, be it the elderly or the unborn. And even though he opposed the war on terror by these principles (much to my chagrin), he did not make it a dogmatic statement, leaving room for those who argued on the Just War theory to proceed. And now he is dying and still teaching by way of how he dies. Incredible. John Paul II will be written as one of the giants of the 20th century. JP-II, Reagan and Thatcher will be the dominant figures in the latter part of the 1900s.

He shamed Communism into changing, and now he is doing the same to the "Culture of Death" here and abroad by his actions.

For you non-Christians out there, this is one of the ways the Pope "Picks up and bears the Cross" for the faithful, trying to provide a living example of the things he teaches, one of which is suffering in grace.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-03-30 1:13:52 PM|| 2005-03-30 1:13:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I beleive that the Pope taking a feeding tube was a direct gesture to the whole Schiavo thing.

This Pope has always been all about being true to his word. He shamed the communists in Poland and started in motion the things that would eventually bring down Communism. He forgave the man who tried to assasinate him instead of going to a Holy War mode. He has stood firm for the princple that Life is important and precious, be it the elderly or the unborn. And even though he opposed the war on terror by these principles (much to my chagrin), he did not make it a dogmatic statement, leaving room for those who argued on the Just War theory to proceed. And now he is dying and still teaching by way of how he dies. Incredible. John Paul II will be written as one of the giants of the 20th century. JP-II, Reagan and Thatcher will be the dominant figures in the latter part of the 1900s.

He shamed Communism into changing, and now he is doing the same to the "Culture of Death" here and abroad by his actions.

For you non-Christians out there, this is one of the ways the Pope "Picks up and bears the Cross" for the faithful, trying to provide a living example of the things he teaches, one of which is suffering in grace.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-03-30 1:13:52 PM|| 2005-03-30 1:13:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by OldSpook 2005-03-30 1:13:52 PM|| 2005-03-30 1:13:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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