A Mundane Existance

I Am Deeply Saddened That...

there's this big fuss over our dearest Pope John Paul II, bless his soul
everyone's gone into a mourning and weeping frenzy
isn't that sick. doesn't that make you sick ?
i won't even heisitate to contrast one man's death
to the thousands who die daily
from starvation, from disease and plague in third world countries
what the hell is wrong with the world.
sure he may be a big shot in life,
but doesn't Christianity teach that life is all equal
does that not imply that the deaths of say,
a young Sudanese child is equivilant to the death of the Pope?


sure he gets more recognition because he's so renowned
i won't say he hasn't done the world a great deal of good,
but this mass mourning.. makes me so sickened
after the death of every past Pope, a sacred ritual called conclave is held
this ritual is held in the Vatican to nominate one of the preferiti to be the next Holy See
these chosen cardinals are selectively picked from the cream of the crop
cardinals who have not wavered in their line of duty to the catholic church
men who do not have skeletons in their closets
men who do not have any past griviences that would marr the name of the church
well.
so this cardinal #1 gets chosen
what happens to cardinals #2, #3 and #4 etc. ?
do they go discarded whilst each and everyone of them gets zero recognition?
to think they all had equal chances at Popedom.
i doubt the past preferiti would be getting the same treatment
as John Paul II when they die.
would they ?


so a Pope is mourned because of the good he's done for the world.
what has he done?
did he get any Nobel Peace Prize?
that means when Bono dies people are gonna mourn even more for him?
that U2 singer has gotten his 2nd Nobel only recently.
but i bet you didn't know that
i mean, everyone knows the Pope
he's the big shot in the catholic church
everyone respects him right ?
and the square was filled with youths singing
' Hallelujah, he will rise again '
like w-t-f. John Paul was hardly Jesus
he's not gonna rise up anytime soon
although i'm sure this was sung in the best of heart,
it just goes to show that most people in this world don't think before speaking
or singing, for that matter


now Straits Times published a segment for letters written by our leaders
they express their grieviences for the late Pope
but i guess they never really knew him
i mean, i would express sadness for him (or is it Him, since we're so fond of capitalizations)
but grievience. that's only if i knew the guy
was PM Lee even catholic ?
i don't see the point of sincerity in those letters.
maybe a touch of teary condolences. but the fact is - no one really gives a shit
no one gives a shit about a dead man lying on his ornate tomb
no one gives a shit about a dead man who did a whole load of goodness while he was alive
sure, they all piss and moan about how he died
but no one really knew him personally, maybe except his chamberlain and his cardinals
but other than that,
why is everyone moaning their asses off over a man they hardly knew
they only knew him through his actions
so does this imply if i do good deeds, people will mourn for me later on?
i doubt so. so does that mean they're mourning only because he's the Pope?
i think that's a more plausible logical deduction. because he's the Pope


i can't wait for conclave to end, so maybe then we all can look forward to a bright future
of another old man kicking his bucket so we all can repeat this cycle again
which won't be long, since only old men are holy enough to be picked as preferiti
so i'll just sit on my couch with a bag of chips (Ruffles are the way to go)
and a can of drink (Hell Yeah, Coke Light!)
and watch the next funeral from my comfortable position
and unless i know the next Pope, which sure as hell won't be my grandfather
or your grandfather, or the grandfather of anyone i'll know (hell, i won't care anyway)
you won't see me crying for that man
i'll just cross myself and say amen. -gg



Pope John Paul II asks for forgiveness for the sins of the Holy Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages. Note: The Catholic Church itself is sinless as is its founder Jesus. Only men can sin and these must personally ask for forgiveness. His action clearly is intended to discredit the true Church.
While it is ludicrous to apologize for the sins of another person, one may properly apologize for failing to publicly admonish public sinners –priest, bishop, pope– for sins against God and the members of His Church


are you sure? or is he just trying to beg his way into heaven ? hmm.



Sorry man, but it was cool while it lasted


The Pope was ranked top 100 on the world's sexiest man list, right after me.

posted by Sheng @ 6:34 AM