A progressive Pope has come to America to proclaim the message much to the displeasure of right-wing conservatives whose views of a Calvinist economic hierarchical version of Christianity does not correlate to Pope Francis. Francis has come to the home of extreme neo-liberalism to tell this country we need to accept migrants and do more for the poor as the main goal of Christianity.
Others beg to differ in protestant evangelical America whose main message of their twisted version of Christianity is protecting profits for the upper classes. the pope visited congress and gave them a scolding about their incompetence to do more for the poor. What is great about Francis visit is that it is so different than the crap you will hear preached on Sunday in the Southern bible belt which you will not see Francis go anywhere near while visiting America. He reminded this bought congress from lobbyists that all political activity must serve and promote the good of the person and be based on respect for his or her dignity He visited the World Trade Center and talked bout fighting extremism of all sorts. many right wing conservatives despite this famous Pope the first from the Americas and one with a different message than the hateful one promoted by so many before him. This is a Pope acting like how a Christian is suppose to and not a war-mongering crusader promoting fear of life and greed for gold. Muslims also hate to see this pope come and visit with his message of tolerance as few hold tolerance and this Pope would get killed on the average street of Northern Nigeria or Syria. This pope is different and the message he is promoting is one that Jesus would of repeated and this is something the evangelicals and the religious theocratic nut-jobs who use religion to promote their economic agenda and order will never understand. Anyone using religion to spread misinformation and hate is really distorting the message and purpose of religion as it is not meant to keep your economic power and integrity but to spread the news of love and charity of those needing a hand. Red State religious leaders and politicians in the South will never accept this concept. This is why they will never get a visit from a hip Pope
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