Friday, September 17, 2010

Men in White

Approximately fifteen-million pounds for a four-day visit. Utter lavishness. Whilst the Christ carried the cross on his shoulders and walked a long way to be crucified, His man in the Vatican city needs a specially designed bulletproof car. Modernization at its best. Church and modernization? Wealth overpowers principles, you know.

Sadly enough the Pope's tour is a State visit. I didn't realize until I figured out the meaning of State visit. David Cameron has to pay 20p from British tax-payer's money even for "His Holy Pee". One of my friends asked me innocently: "That won't be bad. How much would he pee?"

Pope's embarrassments usually start and progress during the tour. This time it came a little early. One of his advisors pulled out of the entourage quoting that UK is like a third world country due to its multicultural society. I personally don't bother about all this. Why bother a bunch of lunatics running a wealthy asylum by misleading people in the name of religion? But, do they realize that Jesus was a brown man from a third world country? I am sure not. They may even ask: Jesus, who?

Traditionally, the Vatican understands neither religion nor politics. It clearly didn't come across David Cameron's "Please save our butt" column in the Hindu when he visited India. Had they read there wouldn't have been a third world comment.

In his speech, Pope, not withstanding atheistic protests, compared Nazism and atheism saying Nazis were also atheists trying to abolish religion and God. He has a humor side too in spite of being a man of God.

Two more days left of his visit. He is yet to address the parliament. Lots of fun due. May God bless the Pope for bringing fun all the way from Vatican. I now rank Wimbledon second only to him.

While I write this I wonder: Is he really the God of men or just a man of God?

1 comment:

Naresh said...

Well written man! It is quite a shock that tax payers have to pay for the cost of Pope's visit. Moreover calling UK a third world country because it is multicultural is just plain racist! Can't believe that they actually said it.