popes and pipe dreams

so there is a new pope in town. and no, i still don't care. but i do find it interesting. one of the more interesting experiences i have had involving catholics was when ashalee and i discussed martin luther.

now for ashalee, catholocism is a doctrine, and you can't make any bones about it. she was endoctrinated all of her life, and eventually (or sooner) figured that there was a large gap between doctrine and truth (my words, not hers).

as an interesting side note, i am very good at typing in the dark. i don't look at my typing at all, i look just at the screen, or close my eyes -- just as my typing instructor said way back in the ninth grade. and for what it is worth, i still believe that learning how to type was one of the wisest things i have ever done. home ec, the number of shop classes and whatnot, none of them have ever come in use as much as that one semester of typing.

but for some reason, ashalee still holds her endoctrinated prejudices of martin luther, one of the greatest men to ever walk the earth -- certainly of the variety that wear the lord's tunic. few of the early critics had the balls to go the direction that luther went, even if it is not what i believe is right.

the question, of course, is pretty simple. if god is perfect, and all powerful, than can humans ever do anything wrong? now i am not saying that luther gave a fuck about the fundamental questions of human understanding. i do believe that he felt that god was perfect, and his life and loyalty were devoted to his holy spirit.

but luther looked at the catholic church, and not unlike ashalee, he said, "what the fuck?" he pointed out all of these injustices, and in turn, opened the door for broad reformation and helped usher in the prodestant doctrine.

this only matters to me, of course, because it means that people listen to themselves, rather than god. of course, it also leads to the vulgar display of independence that has dominated my lifetime. me, i would have been happier if people looked at the basic question of holy perfection and realized that perfect does not have to be synonymous with all powerful.

the point of all this just being that i find it interesting that thee new pope is a german, and apparently the first one since before luther. concidence?

what i find more interesting is that he is supposed to be very conservative. and just like people insisting that bush was bound to lose because he did not represent the majority of the public. but i just don't think that is true.

i think that i live in a politically conservative world. i think that people recognize the seriousness of the wold and it's situation, and like luther and the protestants (am i even spelling that right? and what is the difference between that and predestinism?) and the weirdest part is that i feel like the outsider. i always thought that i was far more conservative than anyone i knew. and now i feel like the world has passed me by.

in my spare time i find myself agreeing with marx and hamilton more often that i find myself agreeing with jefferson and goldwater.

often is the time that i wish i could just close my eyes and wake up in a world that cares, for what it is worth. i guess that's just a stupid kid's fantasy. it's like the song goes: "i wish that god would kill me instead of leaving me alone to see you standing here before me with that sad look on your face."

well, maybe it's not the same as the song, but the words mean what i want them to mean anyway, and isn't that what really matters? anyway, i am done with the uncommon early post. i was actually ready to post this when i learned of the pope early today. but you know, it wasn't even dark.