Recently Mr. Wilcox made the statement that the pope has decreed that those people born catholic who changed their religious viewpoint have a special spot in hell all plotted out for them. However, I find it interesting that I do not find this to be my personal belief as a catholic, and in fact I do not agree with the pope being anything other than an administrator for the church.
Drawing a connection between my lack of focus on actual tenets of my organized religion, and the lack of focus on actual tenets of the Jewish religion by many Jews, I hypothesize that the older a religion is the more it becomes a cultural or racial quality and the less it is a religious entity. Both Judaism and Catholicism have been around a long time, with Judaism obviously lasting longer, but it is clear that the newer branches of Christianity find themselves more vehement about what they deem to be right for the world.
Ironically, the Islam faith is very old and yet contains many a radical. However, these radicals appear to be ignoring the tenets of their faith as they shun forgiveness and spend their time killing instead of loving their brethren on earth.
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