This is me, Eccles

This is me, Eccles
This is me, Eccles

Friday 13 September 2024

All roads lead to God

In Singapore, Pope Francis has explained to some children that all religions are paths to reach God. As a public service, we present some parts of his address that you may have missed:

'Atheism is another way to find God - in the same way as walking east round the world is a way to get to the west. Just because we are Catholics, it doesn't mean we can't be atheists too! Indeed, many of my best friends are atheists - it's the believers I can't stand.

Flat earth

Flat-earthism is a valid faith too, but be careful with that east/west metaphor!

Another religion that will lead you to god is the worship of Rupnik - that brilliant painter whose life and works are a model to us all. Sit down in a room with a Rupnik picture, and after an hour or two you will be ready for Heaven - or at least you'll wish to die.

Zaphod Beeblebrox, by Rupnik.

Then who can forget the true faith of Pachamama, the Earth Mother goddess? Austen Ivereigh adores her - I have known him to sit in a room with a Pachamama idol and, after an hour or two, to scream very loudly. Is he not imitating the cry of the Mother Earth Goddess? Truly, little Austen is on the path to God!

Pachamama

One path to God - the scenic route.

So, different faiths are like different languages, different dialects. After all, isn't saying "Allahu Akbar" or "Slay the Infidels" just as worthy as "Glory be to the Father" and MUCH better than "Gloria Patri"? Or, for that matter, Cardinal Rochelieu's favourite prayer, "More Tiramisu, Please", is also a way to find God - or at least, a delicious dessert!'

And yes, Prince Philip worship is genuine.

5 comments:

  1. Eccles is saved... and now, so is everyone else!

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  2. The Gospel According The Recent Magisterium :

    {14:5} Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
    {14:6} Jesus said to him: “We are All the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. Everyone comes to the Father, through Any and All Religions."

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  3. Painfully FUNNY 😄

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  4. Don't all roads lead to Rome?!

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  5. To put a bogus Bergoglian twist on a saying of Yogi Berra:
    When you come to a fork in the religious road, take it.

    Closely followed by Yogi's prophetic assessment of the Synodal process:
    They made too many wrong mistakes.

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