Two Weeks Notice

Two Weeks Notice

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here [am] I; send me (Isaiah 6:8).

            A person of faith, traveling the world, different civilizations, lifestyles, languages, and certainly religions, a person of faith rejoices in the knowledge that as Blaze Pasqual said, "Every human being seeks a power greater than himself, someone to worship, to fill the vacuum." This writer was amazed by the Buddhist monkey temples in Asia, the Hindu Brahma temples in India, Islamic mosques in every Muslim country (47). Just as conflicting, cathedrals and temples turned into museums in communist countries (St. Isaacs, St. Basil's, Russia). In communist China, earliest areas of Christian missionary endeavor, churches like monuments-tombstones torn down and materials used to build highways. 

            Just before the Russian revolution, Karl Marx, 1918, Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right German economist & Communist political philosopher, said, "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people."

            We do not know much about religious activity before the flood of Noah around 5,000 B.C. Afterwards, great grandson of Noah, Nimrod and his ilk, attempting to build a religious temple to the sky. It was from this area of the world that God decided to try again with Abraham, age 80, first Jew, father of nations. Amazing the men who were called for "active duty" at 80 years of age, Moses in the desert of Midean, Caleb from the mountains of Cana. Many of God's most terrific saints, still preaching-teaching in their 80's (John Wesley). This week, Pope Benedict XVI, gave his two weeks notice, first Pope to resign from office since Gregory, 1415.

            Those of us around his age well understand that "old age is not for sissy's." Even those without great responsibilities know weariness, lack of energy, how world problems burden the psyche.   Just imagine the head of the world's largest Christian denomination (Catholics in the world: 2,331,509,000), as one of the leaders in the Catholic hierarchy, he certainly witnessed the stress and death of his predecessor. So much time spent on travel, demands made on one's personhood. He has already made his great contribution to the world just in his three volumes, Jesus of Nazareth. All Christian denominations have come out of one universal church. All should be glad that the head of the Roman Catholic church has the intelligence to let someone else take over. Only he knows the condition of his body, what he is contributing and failing to contribute.  Only he knows what God requires of him. This writer, mostly because of the Catholic relevant radio which I listen to all the time, the many remarkable personalities on this one radio station, if it were not for so many doctrinal matters with which I have difficulty, I could become Catholic. I like Catholic boldness with scripture, Catholics stressing traditions in the church, family, marriage between a man and woman, sanity in lifestyles, the Catholic PRO-LIFE stance. I like the Catholic presentation of the crucifix everywhere (in most Protestant-Baptist churches, it is very difficult anymore, to find a cross, even evangelic-fundamentalists who are PRO-LIFE), nor do Protestants and Baptists preach the cross.

            This writer comes from Baptist ancestry, maturating, holding fast Baptist doctrines. Much to my sorrow, Baptist churches trying to be as modernistic-liberal-anti-Christ as their fellow front line denominations (Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian) have become cowards of the cross, more like a civic club than the dedicated bride of Jesus Christ (many on church pews pro-choice, pro same sex marriage, pro gay agenda, pro socialism). It is very difficult to tell a Baptist's worship service from a secular-political meeting. The Baptist church left me. The Baptist church so politically correct: "Don't offend anyone, they may not come back."

            Americans, and we are sorry to say Protestantism-Baptists-fundamentalists, so want to believe the "Nigerian chain letter," send some money and gain a fortune. I have friends and relatives who actually kneel to the Obama eugenics, fables of getting rich by going in debt, eliminating costly old people, bringing in foreigners because it is easier to marry non-producing same sex people and keep producers, prospective parents from having children, so both can spend all their time working for the government. It must have been a hard pill for Pope Benedict XVI to swallow, that 54% of American Catholics voted for Obama-democrat absurdity.

            This writer was a staff officer, army hospital, chemical center of the army. Back then, no A.C on cars, we were advised to roll up our windows when passing through the clouds of chemical smoke poison which invaded the entire post. The military recruits both men and women, which say to this medical officer, "The chemicals are killing us...look at my hair, skin." There are 45 pages of chemical allowable's in foods. Food is not food just because it is called food. (Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP), a cleaner is allowed in food, and so many other chemicals-synthetics-poisons, not digestible.)

            Please dear Lord, do a work on our minds, deliver us from stinking thinking.