This Carbon Based Life

By David Glenn Cox

How bad could it get? How bad is it really? The Pope of Rome spiritual leader of millions and infallible in all matters of the church and theology. The vicar of Christ declares the “Backwardness” of Conservative Catholics AKA American Catholic Republicans.

The Holy Roman fires back at Conservatives who (This is amazing) think the Pope has been spending far too much of his precious time on social issues like the environment and the poor. What’s a Pope to do? What makes this amazing is the Conservatives challenge the leader when the rules specifically say that you can’t challenge the leader. Galileo got a couple of years of house arrest for challenging the big guy. If he hadn’t been Galileo, he’d have gotten worse.

Amazingly, American Catholic Conservatives think the Catholic church is a democracy. We don’t Have to do that! Not, if we don’t want too. A smorgasbord of theology, a little of this and a little of that. “Pass me over some that sweet hellfire and infant damnation! Let’s talk about sin and abortion and spiritual warfare and stuff like that for desert! “Let’s talk about when Jesus comes back, and we all get to die!”

Vatican City Employee number one declares, “They have replaced faith with Ideology.” You don’t get to be Pope by being dumb. It’s the great new cult inside the old cult, born from an even older cult. But these things are handled quietly in low voices with polite flowery language. For the Pope this is a “Your Mama” moment. Calling them out publicly in front of God and everybody.

He’s the Pope of Rome and the rules say you can disagree with the Pope, but you can’t argue with the Pope. You can disagree, but you keep your big yap shut about it. He’s the boss.

This generation of little Johnnies and Janie’s who never had to eat their spinach if they didn’t want too. Challenge spiritual leadership on the same grounds. Church emphasis on the environment and the poor conflicts with the modern Republican teachings. “God loves fossil fuels and hates poor people.”  So, the Conservatives do what Conservatives would do in any cult. They tell the Pope he’s wrong. Rules? What rules?

We need to build a wall and set up razor wire and damn right! Ron DeSantis would use violence to stop the crisis at the border. Hey glory! Just like Jesus would.

I was hungry, and you told me to fuck off. I was thirsty and you said, that’s not my problem. I was naked and you said, “you’ll never get a job looking like that!”

“And if the band you’re in starts playing different tunes.” They must choose between the faith of their fathers and their orange faith. The blue haired ladies committee against freedom meets in the basement on Thursdays to decide which books to remove from libraries. The church teaching where Jesus says let the poor and destitute pull themselves up by their own boot straps. “Let us always be involved in the things which don’t really involve us.” Be in the world, but not of the world.

They’ve been trained that rules don’t apply or can be ignored. Tommy Tupperware lives in Florida as a Senator from Alabama. Trump can do whatever he wants, leave him alone. They don’t believe in institutions or rules. Pope who? They haven’t just replaced faith with ideology, they have replaced their faith with a virulent anti-institutional fanatical ideology.

Concerned more with the persecution of sin and Gayness, abortion and birth control. All the worst attributes of a religion with none of their redeeming social graces.

The Holy See calls you, “Backward! Backward! Do you hear? That’s about as close as a Pope ever comes to calling someone a dumbass. “Hello! Is there anybody in there? You’re being a dumbass! Hello? Am I getting through to you child?”

The interbreeding of religion with politics until they won’t worship the Liberal Jesus anymore. Never mind the poor; the poor will always be with us, why bother? Never mind the environment; Jesus will be back soon to take us all away to where the oil never slicks. Don’t worry, Jesus will fix it.

Vivek Ramaswamy internet huckster and Republican candidate says, “Fossil fuels are essential for a prosperous world and Climate Change is a hoax.” The same diminutions of institutions, “Oh environmental scientists say, huh. Well, la di da, scientists huh? Well, I say otherwise! And my know nothing position, is just as valid as your overeducated and well-articulated position. Mainly because my position is both comforting and contrarian.  

The blue haired ladies need not fear the children living on a dying planet. If someone will tell them that everything is fine, go back to worrying about sin and sinners.  It’s just liberal mumbo jumbo! It’s always 120 around here during the summer. Canada has always been on fire somewhere. And contrarian is good, If liberals is worried about it, then we ain’t. Bunch of mamby pamby scientists, down on the loading dock, we know better than that! Fauci lies! Vaccines can make you magnetic!

A puritan death cult out looking for witches and iniquity wherever they can find it. All in the name of Jesus in Torquemada demonstrations of using political power to enforce religious beliefs of those outside their church. Literally and figuratively, whiting out the central figure of the cult. Feeding the multitude with loaves and fishes (sorry: Only one fish per customer. Please don’t ask for seconds. Bless you!)

A church without a spiritual leader, earthbound tertiary, or imaginary. Like “Brave New World” they’ve knocked the top off the cross to represent Trump.  The new religion of a political cult inside of a religious cult inside of a much older religious cult.

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them.” ― Barry Goldwater