Oh my gosh, this is too unbelievable. Nothing new but always amazing. Popes certainly do live in bubbles not to know how many miserable Christians there are and how many joyful and peaceful non-Christians there are in the world. Such naivete is beyond words. This is an example of the kind of attitude that creates rejection of Christianity as a viable world-view for many and is possibly a root trigger for warring and terrorism.Pope Warns That False Prophets Propose a "Cheap" Salvation
Date: December 20, 2006
"The impression is that many think that God is foreign to their own interests," he told the 8,000 people on hand. "It would seem they have no need of him; they live as if he did not exist and, worse still, as if he were an 'obstacle' that must be removed so they can be fulfilled.
"However, despite its contradictions, anxieties and dramas, and perhaps because of them, today's humanity seeks a way of renewal, of salvation, a Savior and awaits, sometimes unconsciously, the coming of the Lord who renews the world and our lives; the coming of Christ, the only true Redeemer of man and of all men."
Benedict XVI said that "false prophets continue to propose a 'cheap' salvation, which always ends by causing harsh deceptions."
"In fact, the history of the last 50 years shows the search for a 'cheap' Savior and manifests all the disillusions that have derived from it," the Pope continued.
Expectations
"We Christians have the task to spread, with the testimony of life, the truth of Christmas, which Christ brings to all men and women of good will," he said. "On being born in the poverty of the stable, Jesus comes to offer to all the only joy and peace that can satisfy the expectations of the human spirit."
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