A Free Thinker's Web Log

All we have is this freedom, which does carry with it some responsibility. As long as we don't impinge on someone else's freedom, we can express ourselves freely. This blog will serve as my blogger journal. I try to stay open to ideas. I don't think there's anything wrong with changing one's mind, but there have to be some fundamental beliefs that remain true.

Sat, 02 Apr 2005

Pope John Paul II

This is the first Pope that recognized the existence of the Church of the East in five hundred years and had a meeting with its Patriarch, Mar Dinkha IV, a few years ago. For a brief period after the First World War, the Patriarch of the Church of the East, Mar Eshai Shimun XX111, negotiated with the British who controlled Iraq and the king of Iraq Ghazi; however, the Ashurai Resettlement was abandoned by the Allies when they exiled the Patriarch to Cypress. Pope John Paul II gave the Ashurai people of the late 20th Century a little hope that they wouldn't be massacred in Iraq even if the US elects a President who isn't a personal Christian like George W. Bush. With Pope John Paul II's passing, the Ashurai people have lost an ally during times of persecution. Now the Ashurai people must pray that the new Pope will follow in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II and encourage tolerance in the world toward the Christians, especially the unrecognized Christians in the East and the Orthodox Christians in the West. Farewell to the first Polish Pope. May the Lord give him a special place in heaven.

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A Final Note to this Weblog

In the end, it's what we do, not what we say.

Hope you enjoyed reading my web log. It wasn't meant to be earth-shattering, just some random ideas in my journey of life -- vic@v-a.com.