An aethiest's prayer to Catholics on this sad day.

[Draklar]

Originally posted by Platyna
In Poland, Moogie, it will take like a month. It is here like some kind of
national hysteria. Looks like those people don\'t really believe in God if they
are that sad that pope is now with God, If I\'d believe in that there is a better
life after death I\'d be rather happy that pope died since it is better to be
with your Lord in heaven than be a weak, suffering from Parkinson old man.
Also first major demonstration were in 1968 - 10 years before pope became
a pope, and that demonstration had been made by students of University
of Warsaw after communist goverment forbidden to play \"Dziady\" written
by A. Mickiewicz who is considered our greatest poet. Students organized
a gathering near the Mickiewicz\'s statue, alot of people from whole Warsaw
has came to demonstrate with them, goverment has sent military and police.
My mother got beaten up almost to death and arrested, few years later she
had to escape because in her close friend\'s home police found leaflets,
they executed him instantly, and she saw, how they are taking him out,
through the window, where then were the pope? Safely in Rome with
guards. I am not negating that pope was a good man but people are
exaggerating it too much. Communism would die without speeches of pope
anyway.


Regards.

Well let it take a month. Although I\'m sure he wouldn\'t want everyone to mourn over him, still what can be greater for a man than knowing that he shall live on in hearts of many people for many years to come? Although I highly despise christianity, I still admire him. He was a great man, from whom many could learn a lot. He didn\'t mock other believes, but strived to make peace. I listened to a poem about the pope today... I must say I haven\'t felt so heavy on my heart for a long time. Let people cry, let them despair. Losing someone that you love isn\'t an easy thing to shrug off. As for medias, try to ignore them (nothing else could be expected from them anyway).

And sure, communism could fall without his help... But how many more people had to suffer before that would happen?

It\'s not about what he has done.
It\'s about what he did
What he strived for
And what kind of man he was.

[Moogie]

Need I point out that, at least in Vatican City itself, people arn\'t taking all this time to mourn. When the announcement came over the loudspeakers that the Pope had passed away, what do you think happened? Shocked gasps, crying, hysteria?

They clapped for him.


Now let them show some respect, and please stop turning this thread into some kind of debate.

[DepthBlade]

Originally posted by Gronomist
I can\'t say that I bother the least. I think I\'ve seen the pope die ten times already, and if I\'m not entirely mistaken, they\'ll just elect another man who\'s so old, he\'ll die soon too anyway.

But yeah, sad face and all that.

Oh... And well, I\'m not really a celebrity stalker, but what exactly did he do for his people besides read prayers and appear once in a while? Anything I missed?

Watch your mouth seriously! You may not hold the belief or respect it but don\'t you ever come on here and start talking about death like its a joke. For millions Pope John Paul II is the leader of the faith, closest thing to God...disrespectful child -_-

[Moogie]

Look, I didn\'t make this thread so everyone could come here and start flaming eachother or asking things like \"what\'s wrong with communism?\".

I\'ve expressed my sympathy and shown my support, that was the only point besides allowing others to do the same. So I might aswell stop this before people ruin it completely.

Thanks to those who posted kind words here.