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...I saw a woman (Vatican mother church) sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls (riches of the Papacy), having a golden cup (mass chalice) in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written,

MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT,

THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus (Roman Catholic Inquisitions).... And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains (Capitoline, Palatine, Aventine, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, and Caelian), on which the woman sitteth... And the woman which thou sawest is that great city (Vatican), which reigneth over the kings of the earth (Rev. 17:3-6).

Vatican artwork: A dragon fountain at entrance to St. Peter's Basilica

Vatican artwork: Entrance to the Gallery of Maps Dragon Crest: the coat-of-arms for Gregory XIII

The Pope on the World Economy: Prophets, Not Profits

July 12, 2009

The Pope on the World Economy: Prophets, Not Profits

By Jeff Israely

Time.com

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1909020,00.html

Ever wondered what God makes of the current global economic crisis? We'll never know (according to Time Magazine), of course (the lost world only needs to read the Bible to find out), but the man the Roman Catholic Church deems the Almighty's "pastor in chief" has finally weighed in with his own take: Pope Benedict XVI offers neither stock tips nor bailout plans in Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), but the long-awaited third encyclical of his papacy is a wide-ranging commentary on the sources of our economic woes and a holy blueprint for recovery based on something greater than the once mighty dollar. "The economic sphere is neither ethically neutral, nor inherently inhuman and opposed to society," the 82-year-old Pontiff writes in the encyclical released Tuesday. "It is part and parcel of human activity and precisely because it is human, it must be structured and governed in an ethical manner."

But aside from weighing in on the issue of regulating financial markets, his proposals appear to be based largely on fostering in economic actors a sense of obligation to serve the greater good rather than just shareholders and the bottom line. The Pope states up front that he isn't offering "technical" responses but wants to avoid a simply "sentimental" interpretation of economic rights and wrongs. A theologian by training but an avid student of history and ideas, Benedict attempts to offer some serious philosophical depth — driven by his vision of revealed Christian truth — to the catchphrase ethical capitalism. Indeed, according to Stefano Zamagni, an economics professor who was a consultant on the encyclical, Benedict believes that capitalism as such is now effectively "obsolete" and must be replaced by a new form of market economy whose driving force is not the maximization of profits (The Pope is going by his anti-Biblical and anti-Christian bias. Jesus taught that capitalism, hard work, fairness, and a just balance are the godly, economic guidelines as taught in the scriptures [Matt. 20:1-16]. Apparently the Pope is reading from the communist manifesto rather than the Bible. The kingdom of the anti-Christ will be a global, communist kingdom on a level that far surpasses Stalin's communist Russia or Hitler's socialist Germany).

"Capitalism is an old idea, where the market was supposedly morally neutral ...where efficiency becomes an ethos," said Zamagni during the presentation of the document in the Vatican press office on Tuesday. "This encyclical aims to overcome a dichotomy that characterized the 20th century between the economic and social spheres. If we can instead incorporate the idea of the social element into the economy (communism and fascism), the market itself becomes a force for civility" (see Ten Worldwide Super States: Playing Monopoly with the devil). Benedict denounces the modern corporate business model, taking on the global Wall Street and its super bonuses (the riches of the Vatican far surpass most business leaders and their bonuses), which lead to financial speculation and labor outsourcing. "In recent years, a new cosmopolitan class of managers has emerged, who are often answerable only to the shareholders generally consisting of anonymous funds which de facto determine their remuneration," he writes. "Profit is useful if it serves as a means toward an end. Once profit becomes the exclusive goal, if it is produced by improper means and without the common good as its ultimate end, it risks destroying wealth and creating poverty" (most Catholic countries are impoverished because they worship a false god and belong to a political church that steals their money via masses praying for the damned in hell. They pay the church to pray during a mass so a dead, damned loved-one escapes eternal flames; what chapter and verse do you find that in the Bible please. Talk about a lucrative business).

Benedict acknowledges the acceleration of globalization since the last major encyclical dedicated to what is called the church's "social doctrine," Pope Paul VI's Populorum Progressio in 1967. But this too, the Pope says, is inherently neither good nor bad. "We should not be victims of [globalization], but rather its protagonists, acting in the light of reason, guided by charity and truth." The encyclical, which follows two others in this papacy on the concepts of Christian love and hope, was initially scheduled for release last year, but the Pope thought it wise to publish what is in effect a "post–Lehman Brothers" version. There are frequent references to the global financial crisis, though Cardinal Renato Martino, who shepherded the encyclical, declared Tuesday that if it had come out in early 2008, "it would have been prophetic." Its release comes on the eve of the Group of Eight summit in nearby L'Aquila, Italy, where church officials hope its message will reach the world leaders gathered to discuss ways out of the economic crisis (see Get Ready For A World Currency [Economist; 01/9/88, Vol. 306, pp 9-10] The Phoenix Dollar Advantage Russia Proposes Creation Of Global Super-Reserve Currency).

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six (Revelation 13:16-18).

In one of the more provocative passages, the Pope says the global recession requires not only a reform of the U.N. and international economic institutions but also the "urgent need of a true world political authority ...universally recognized and to be vested with the effective power to ensure security for all, regard for justice, and respect for rights" (what a great pitch for the anti-Christ). While critics, particularly in the U.S., are likely to shun such an idea as a utopian sort of "world government," some world leaders, like French President Nicolas Sarkozy, have been advocating since late last year for comprehensive and binding global regulation of financial markets. The 144-page document—an encyclical is considered Catholicism's highest teaching authority—expands well beyond strict economic theory, touching on abortion, euthanasia, immigration and the environment. In each case, the Pope provides an economic reading of why church teaching on these issues is not only holy but also helpful for improving human material conditions (The pope is teaching against the true kingdom of heaven. The papacy is advocating the kingdom of the anti-Christ of which the pope will richly benefit. The office of the pope is the false prophet who ushers in the anti-Christ).

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast.... (Rev. 13:11-14)

In the final section, titled "The Development of Peoples and Technology," the Pope challenges the modern gospel of progress (chapter and versed in the Bible for this papal bull? The pope is making it up) for progress's sake. And as elsewhere in the document, he calls on individuals to take responsibility to do the right thing as both a moral and a socioeconomic imperative. "True development does not consist primarily in 'doing.' The key to development is a mind capable of thinking in technological terms and grasping the fully human meaning of human activities," he writes. "Even when we work through satellites or through remote electronic impulses, our actions always remain human, an expression of our responsible freedom. Technology is highly attractive because it draws us out of our physical limitations and broadens our horizon (in other words take the chip in the forehead or right hand, go on, it's technology it's good for you). But human freedom is authentic only when it responds to the fascination of technology with decisions that are the fruit of moral responsibility." Even more than loose credit, Benedict clearly blames loose morals for our economic ills (no time for the loose morals of the Vatican church, here and now, but see Vatican Watch).

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