How can the Vatican justify its wealth?

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  1. Lindis

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    Who are you talking to now?
     
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    that was in response to your post Ron, accusing me for your derail, no surprise there.
     
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    I have a theory in mind that could well justify, (sort of anyway), all the wealth that The Vatican has accumulated up until this time.....
    In a sense I would audition for the role of the Final Elijah and I would put a really unusual spin on that proposed role......

    ..... actually I would do a Final Elijah / Volunteer Yom Kippur goat spin on my version of that role.......

    I would submit the idea that the ECONOMIC VALUE... .for the Debt / Guilt of Azazel as hinted at in Leviticus chapter sixteen verse ten was
    three quadrillion USA metro-dollars........

    and I would begin to explain hidden meaning in a paper that I wrote for a Roman Catholic University Diploma in Theology courses back in 2009 / 2010......

    http://greendesertstoreducecarbon.blogspot.com

    Friday, January 22, 2010
    Is Pope Benedict XVI In The Best Position to Effectively Combat Climate Change?[/paste:font]

    Homily for January 17, 2010 by Dennis Tate. Assignment #2 for MNST 130 class at St. Francis Xavier University.

    http://www.usccb.org/nab/readings/011710.shtml

    Reading I Is 62:1-5
    .......
    I feel that Dr. Moses Coady was so powerfully guided by the Ruach ha Kodesh/The Holy Spirit that it is legitimate to compare him with the ancient prophet Elijah. In my opinion, Dr. Coady has accomplished a tremendous amount even the economic aspect of the restoration of the tribes of Israel.

    http://www.drbo.org/chapter/26048.htm


    "And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch."...
    "Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the
    Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes
    of Jacob." (Ecclesiasticus 48:1,10 DRBO)

    I may be wrong in this assertion but over the past decade or so I have noticed over and over again that our opinions regarding politics and economics are astonishingly similar to our own ideas regarding philosophy and theology. Those of us who feel that God has a simple plan, that the souls of the dead are either saved or lost, either in heaven or in hell often seem content to be satisfied with a world in which a minority are spectacularly wealthy while the vast majority of humanity is forced to scrounge for a pathetic living. Dr. Moses Coady felt that there was some glimmer of real hope for the people who were in something of an economic purgatory. His confidence in their ability to be raised up to a higher level was instrumental in his being able to help so many thousand and now millions of poor people to transform their lives.

    In 2007 Sir Richard Branson announced a $25 million award for a design for a device that could remove one billion tons of carbon out of the atmosphere annually. In a somewhat tongue in cheek but essentially still serious tone I submitted a proposal for this award:



    "Dear Mr. Branson:It is my firm belief that the number one technological device
    to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gases has already been invented. It is the
    tree.


    What is desperately needed at this time is not necessarily a new mechanical
    device but instead a paradigm shift in economic theory regarding monetary policy. We require a readily understandable explanation on how leaders in business and government can direct not only millions, but actually trillions of dollars of investment into combating global warming."



    One of the most effective practical methods that could be put into place in the
    least amount of time would be dozens of the largest possible desalinization
    plants all along the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Huge quantities of fresh water
    could be dripped onto the Sinai and Sahara deserts and voila, well chosen
    species of newly planted fast growing trees could soon change the color of these
    relatively desolate areas, significantly reduce atmospheric CO2, positively
    affect local weather patterns and at the same time significantly counterbalance
    the increases in worldwide ocean levels as the polar ice caps melt. This will
    buy us some extra time and thus expand the “very brief window of opportunity to
    deal with climate change.” (Anti-Armageddon Paradigm Shift Monetary Policy
    Theory, The Introduction by Dennis Tate).
     

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