Letter from Paul to Pope Francis about Doing No Harm - 13 Apr 2013
Open Letter to Pope Francis
Your Holiness,
The appointment of a Pope named Francis gives many of us hope. Since Francis
was the patron saint of animals, we pray you share his love.
All around the World millions of people are wondering why there is so much
evil when human beings are so capable of love and joy. It's a little too
easy for us to just blame it on the Devil.
Although human greed and lust for power are contributing factors, many of
the wisest and most spiritual people throughout history, including (many
believe) Jesus Christ, have believed that there is a greater, more insidious
evil which has infected most of the people on Earth. It is very likely that
you, too, know exactly what this evil is.
This evil continues to exist because of tradition and conditioning but
mainly because the powers who control money and manipulate human behavior
through advertising, don't want it to change, even if it is at he root of
most human (and animal) misery.
Historical studies have revealed to many of us, that all the major
religions, including Christianity, had a similar, fundamental belief to
start with.
This belief has somehow got lost in translation or conveniently forgotten
about. As I'm sure you're aware, when Rome took over Christianity in the
Fourth Century, Emperor Constantine changed or deleted many of the original
scriptures.
The one teaching that was part of the original Christian, Buddhist and
Islamic belief was simply: 'Do No Harm'. Unfortunately, it has been
misunderstood to mean 'do no harm to other people' when, as you are very
well aware, it means 'do no harm to any living thing'. Jesus Christ, Buddha
and Mohammed all taught people to never harm another living being and to
never take life because only God has that rite.
So why, Your Holiness, does The Catholic Faith allow animals to suffer
terrible cruelty? Why do people continue to eat evil in the form of the
flesh of tortured animals, when the Savior and the leaders of the other
great religions all condemned it? Why are greedy corporations allowed to
continually brainwash weak-minded people to buy and consume products that
clearly cause cancer, heart and liver disease, violence and war?
As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields.
~Leo Tolstoy.
It is believed by many that a Great Spiritual Event, which will change human
behavior for the better, is going to occur soon. Could it be that you will
be part of that Event? Are you soon to announce to the whole Catholic realm,
and to The World, that everyone should start to do what Jesus Christ
originally wanted us to do? To stop eating Death and to DO NO HARM.
We all hope so.
Yours very humbly,
Everyman
[Ed. Note: Listen to Paul on youtube:
Maybe JC Was a Vegetarian and
My Boots Aint Made of
Leather]
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