Prophetic Tuesday

What's going on today? I got an overwhelming amount of very long prophetic e-mails from people in my network. No, this didn't include the Elijah List, the commercial prophetic killer e-mail from the States, from which I unsubscribed years ago. Feels like I've been pondering on and answering e-mails since 10 o'clock this morning. How about an e-mail filter for prophetic stuff, or would I then be quenching the Spirit?

In Rome the cardinals apparently also received 'prophetic' inspiration. The lucky guy is 78-year old hardliner Joseph Ratzinger, who will likely turn the Vatican into an even more ultra-conservative fortress, reconfirming that the RC Church is the only true way to salvation. Looks like we're going back to the Reformation times... when will the Inquisition start?

Comments

[Arthur Klassen]

I heard a joke about Ratzinger... He and two other cardinals died at about the same time. As they were waiting for their first post-life interview with God, the first cardinal went in and came out in tears, holding his head and moaning, "How could I have been so wrong?'

The second cardinal went in and two hours later emerged in much the same manner.

Next, Cardinal Ratzinger went in and eight hours later, God emerged in tears, holding his head and moaning, "How could I have been so wrong?"

just a cartoon...

[Ron Z.]

A little background on Ratzinger from the Wednesdy, April 20th edition of the Washington Post:

"Once he became pope, John Paul called Ratzinger to Rome to head the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the institutional successor to the Inquisition. Though it has a staff of only about 40, it wields enormous influence through its ability to censure theologians and vet documents from other Vatican departments for doctrinal orthodoxy."

"By all accounts, Ratzinger wielded those tools heavily. With his antagonism to nationalism, he helped John Paul keep a tight rein on national bishops' conferences. With his insistence on the supremacy of Catholicism over other faiths, he wrote a letter, Dominus Iesus, that declared that all other religions were "defective" by comparison. And with his belief in holding fast to absolute truth, he oversaw the disciplining of theologians who questioned the church's doctrine on papal infallibility as well as its bans on contraception and ordination of women as priests."

[Bram de Jager]

Wanneer de volgende inquisitie begint? Ze hebben pas nog hun excuses ervoor aangeboden.

[Heidi]

prophetic overload comment accepted!! will attempt to develop prophetic shorthand for you marc, see you tonight Heidi