talkpolitics | Rendering Unto Caesar: Venus Upstages the Imperial Orb‏

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During my late teen years I faced the prospect of living in the adult world of slavery. I did not relish the idea. I found it as appealing as sour milk, something the neighbor's dog lapped up with gusto. If anyone had suggested that my distaste for slavery was due to a chemical imbalance, I would have offered them a carton of the stuff that I fed to the eager dog next door. I resigned myself to living in the gloomy domain of subjugation, attempting to live the best life I could regardless of the situation.

During the recent full moon, I got to talking with an acquaintance about celestial phenomena. He mentioned that Venus was due to transit the Sun again. It is a regular event that the ancients could not have observed. The celestial upstaging of the mighty Sol by the diminutive Venus coincided with intrigue at the Vatican. The pope's butler had been caught with internal Vatican papers during an investigation of a leak of documents to the press. The entertainment industry had upstaged the Vicar of ~~Caesar~~ Jesus and the Roman imperial orb. As above, so below.

At the same time the office of the Inquisition issued a ban on a handful of books. The one most prominent was authored by a member of the Sisters of Mercy. This put the book on my reading list. Although the ban may keep the book out of the hands of Roman students, it will become required reading for students of Rome. It advocates attitudes toward human sexuality that make Roman power brokers cringe in fear and disgust.

In a discussion of the Vatileaks and book banning affairs, one of our students observed that this could not be considered a corruption scandal. There is nothing scandalous about corruption at the Vatican. It constitutes business as usual. Another student observed that the book banning affair reminds her of the parable of the Garden of Eden. The naked aggression of Rome indicates her fallen nature. A third student wondered who would stand to gain most by the events of the past week. A variety of benefactors were mentioned including the followers of Ignatius.

BTW: An organization of flat-Earth Romans released a slick video to promote their cause in the American political arena. It features a smith forging words of metal at the heat of a hellish fire. It promotes the freedom of Rome to dehumanize employees by denying them modern medical insurance. It promotes the dehumanization of homosexuals by denying them civil liberties in the name of "reinforcing" marriage. It promotes the dehumanization of women by denying us control over our own bodies. In all, it represents an impressive act of forgery.

When China refuses to be subjugated to the Vatican, she is chastised as a persecutor of religion. The magic of lingual forgery is alive and well in America. China apparently can see more light than can a significant number of Americans.

What do you do to subjugate yourself and others to Rome?

Links: AFP evaluates fallout from leaks. American Catholics support censured Sister.