We all know what’s up with the Catholic Church these days. No…It’s not becoming a giant amusement park called “Benny World,” and I dare say much of what is happening is NOT amusing in the least. Some think we may be seeing the final death blows to this ancient temple of misogynistic fun, others think this will all blow over and that the church will be vindicated in the end. Mark Morford of the San Francisco Gate thinks the former and I hope he is right. It is time for the Church to own up to its seriously deviant past (some 2000 years) of sexual and psychological abuse of its followers. So far it is having trouble doing so, but it will happen, I am sure, sooner or later, simply because they will have no choice.
On one side we have Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens (among others) calling for legal action on the Pope himself when he visits the UK this fall. On the other we have Morford and others hoping for the final death of this ancient cult.
I would like to agree with Morford that this is a signal that perhaps the “Rapture” is finally upon us, because, like him, I have a different definition of what the Rapture will be:
The Rapture is when the major karmic roadblocks of man — all the Vaticans, popes, temples, cults, megachurches and even most organized religions all stagger and collapse under the weight of their inherent hypocrisy, all the oppressed sexuality, the homophobia, misogyny, fear of science, the denial of true spiritual source.
Hat Tip to Shalini Sehkar for pointing me to this article
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St. Malachy prophesied about the popes that will occupy the seat of the papacy back in the 12th century, here, according to his prophesies are the final three together with prophetic account of them:
The longest serving pope who corruptly led followers to believe in “Maryology”, putting Mary on the same level as Christ the way to salvation:
John Paul II (1978-2005) – 110 – De labore Solis (of the eclipse of the sun, or from the labour of the sun) Hist.: Karol Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 during a solar eclipse. He also comes from behind the former Iron Curtain (the East, where the Sun rises). He might also be seen to be the fruit of the intercession of the Woman Clothed with the Sun labouring in Revelation 12 (because of his devotion to the Virgin Mary). His Funeral occurred on 8 April, 2005 when there was a solar eclipse visible in the Americas.
The current pope mired in controversy over countless child abuse cases:
Benedict XVI (2005-) – 111 – Gloria olivæ. The Benedictine order traditionally said this Pope would come from their order, since a branch of the Benedictine order is called the Olivetans. St Benedict is said to have prophesied that before the end of the world, a member of his order would be Pope and would triumphantly lead the Church in its fight against evil. While the Holy Father chose the name “Benedict”, this does not seem enough to fulfil the prophecy. Nor is it clear how Benedict XVI (a Bavarian) is “Glory of the Olives”. Since he is said to have remarked in the Conclave after saying he would take the name Benedict that it was partly to honour Benedict XV, a pope of peace and reconciliation, perhaps Benedict XVI will be a peacemaker in the Church or in the World, and thus carry the olive branch.
The last pope who will more than likely be in the papal seat when the church is utterly destroyed, some Christians believe he is the second beast spoken of in Revelations and he would perform false miracles and cause the world to worship the first beast (the Antichrist):
In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit Petrus Romanus, qui pascet oves in multis tribulationibus: quibus transactis civitas septicollis diruetur, & Judex tremêdus judicabit populum suum. Finis.
(In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge his people. The End.)
Based on the above prophesy by St. Malachy and coupled with the controversy and age of the present pope, we may see the final pope coming into power very very very soon. I don’t know how credible these prophesies are because they are not biblical. The coincidences however are quite remarkable. Check out the web for prophesies of St. Malachy about this mounting pressure being heaved in one fell swoop onto a 2000 year old religious system.
@wabd said:
Well, need I really say anything here? Prophecy Shmophecy, I am not sure that the term “credible” even applies since there is no such thing!