Well a new pope has been elected, another 'conservative'. Whether he'll be different from John Paul II, the activists around the world don't think so. I still think the church will be as oppressive and they will still have the opinion that the world's problems are 'black and white'. We shall see in the next 6 months if he’s going to let the Spirit work or box it up again.
I think that the word conservative has been overused in practically everything in this world. And it has come to a point where the world means being narrow-minded. If I recall correctly, being conservative used to be someone who favours traditional views and values but not a person who discounts change. When did being conservative mean being a bigot and discriminating?
*sigh* well, we do live in the world where money and power is everything, what makes me think that a church will be any different.
About Me
- Wolfgang
- Melbourne, Australia
- I'm a gay Singaporean currently working in Melbourne, Australia. I have been happily attached and monogamous (I added that in for the fundamentalist Christians) for the past 4 years (we are having our 5 years anniversary this year). I love Singapore but really hate the PAP. I'm planning to be a permanent quitter (as MP Goh put it) for I'm planning not to return, why be in a country and contribute to it when it hates you so much?
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