Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Living as a lapsed catholic - then, and now, an atheist - in a predominately catholic country, I observe the RC church and its leaders with, I hope, dispassionate, yet informed, eyes. JPII was a goalkeeper in his youth, and, in maturity, seemed focussed on keeping the defence tight. His blanket defence formation included hiding the many sins of the staff of the organisation, and, for that, I find it hard to reconcile his elevation to sainthood. On the photograph, in response to one of the back channel queries, the nun wasn't pregnant, but the wind was blowing a bit which may have caused an unflattering billow.... I like nuns: my aunt was one. She was the mother provincial of her order and thus head of it in the UK and Ireland, but, ironically, prior to Vatican Two, wasn't even allowed to enter our house on the one occasion she visited us. She had to circle it from the outside looking through the windows saying to my father "Oh Louis, it looks lovely!" A bizzare experience for me, and I sorry I hadn't a camera at the time, but, seeing it, probably started the erosion of my belief. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 4:54 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Two Saints' Day > They look quite happy, I must say. > > JPII came to India once and in a televised public speech announced that > the > RC Church's mission was to convert every Indian to Christianity - which > unsurprisingly led to a spate of immediate attacks against Christian > missionaries, even the death of a few. Seemed to be the sort of statement > that only a socially naive and feeble minded person would make - as it put > his minority flock in immediate danger of their lives (there are card > carrying fanatics in all religions, after all), unless, of course he > wanted > precisely this to happen, to consolidate the tribe at the cost of a few > expendables. Just an aside...I have never really understood why he made > such a statement... > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 9:44 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> And Then There Were Nuns. >> At least three nuns sitting on a bench in Bray. Tried to catch them >> unawares, but at least one had her smile ready. Asked them where they >> were >> from, and they said Poland. What did they think of the news? They >> exclaimed >> their ecstasy at today's announcement of Pope JP2's canonization. >> >> Fuji X100S >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.**org/v/DouglasBray/** >> AndThenThereWereNuns.jpg.html<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/AndThenThereWereNuns.jpg.html> >> >> Douglas >> _________ >> Douglas Barry >> Bray, Co. Wicklow >> Republic of Ireland >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> >> more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >