THE CHURCH AS AN
EXPLOITER:
That the church was often hypocritical, is as sure as the word "amen" is used in the church. People stepped into other countries with the bible in one hand and with a smile on their faces. The sword was in the other hand, which was held behind their back until the other had turned around. Water was preached, but wine was drunk. Poverty was ordered and golden Glasses were lifted to force the orders.
1 just want to count a few examples out of the
history:
The crowning ceremony for the pope, which took
place during his rest in Avignon (13091376) cost 10.000 Golden ducats. With
that much money 2.000 farmers could eat enough for one year.
During the pope election, the cardinals had a
lucrative extra income. According to their behaviour during the election they
got extra expenses, which are, according to today's payment power, millions
worth.
The pope‑crown, which Pope Eugen IV.
(1431‑1227) ordered in Florence, has a worth of 2.000.000 Franc. It must
not be mentioned, that Pope Eugon was an Augustin‑monk, who ordered for
himself personal poverty.
Pope Paul 11. (1464‑1471) could name
jewels his own, which are estimated to cost 8 to 10 million Franc.
The present time does
not look much different:
Six pounds of purest gold was used for the
crown of Pope John XXIII. (1958‑1963). His follower should get this crown
too, but he disagreed. So a new had to be made.
How did the church got
it's riches:
Did Jesus left a sack of gold, which never gets
empty?
1 think he left the sentence: "lt is
easier for a camel to walk through an eye of a needle, than that a rich man
enters paradise."
Jesus is not responsible for lt. But who?
Has the pope found a huge vein of gold under
the Peter's cathedral, out of which the church now digs?
1 do not believe that.
Have angels miracle the riches? 1 do not
believe that either.
No, 1 am going to tell you, how it was in
reality:
The riches belongs people who were, in the best
case, only exploited by the church while in the worst case, murdered after
exploitation. While a few got rich and richer, many others got poor and poorer.
lf you compare the present with history, you
may have the impression, that time is standing still.
It is still the same principle:
In former times, every bishop‑chair,
every Abattoir‑chair, canon‑title, even the election on these
offices were sold to several persons at the same time. Today the Pope John Paul
11. does the same in modern version:
A pope‑blessing on one's own document
costs 5.000 German Marks. Decoration are costing according to the degree up to
120.000 German Marks. An aristocratic‑title does also cost 120.000 German
Marks. 300.000 German Marks does lt cost to get a papal baron‑title. Lord‑titles
are costing now a days 2,5 million German marks. The ceremony‑procedure
in the Vatican is to have for just 50.000 German Marks.
Another example:
In the year 1990 the pope told the world:
"The world has to know, that Africa is
sinking into poverty. Whoever closes his heart in front of this misery, is
guilty for "brother‑murdering impoverishment"."
But in September of the same year, the same
pope accepted a gift, which was the copy of the Peter's‑cathedral.
A copy, which had a park that was three times
as big as the original. 7.800 square meters of windows were used for this copy.
120.000 square meters of expensive Italian marble had to be shipped to Africa
for a luxury road. Nearly 1900 spotlights are lightening the cathedral now. A
place was built too. A palace which had 20 luxury rooms and the only need for
lt was to put up the pope and his people for one night.
And all this in a land in which nine of ten
families do not have even electricity. So far with the "brother‑murdering
impoverishment".