Popes

The resignation of Pope Ratzinger has revealed one great truth: He is just another human being.

 

This is shaking the foundations of dogmatic Catholicism. Why? Because the Vatican is being exposed for what it is and has always been, a big business, run by all-too-human beings. The Wizard of Oz has once again been exposed as the little old man behind a curtain.

 

Would sensible human beings listen to a Mobil Oil executive's dogma on ecology without deep skepticism? Why then would a sensible human being listen to the rants of these businessmen in red dresses on AIDS prevention, women's rights and gay marriage? Do we listen to the bearded jihadist imam with similar views?

 

The gradual demise of the moral authority of the Catholic Church is a good thing. It is evidence of the inevitable strength of education, skepticism and logic over superstition. The incontrovertibly brainwashed will have paroxysms of guilt and regret. That is their burden. The rest of the human species will be moving on.