Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex

Italian activist Gabriele Paolini earned five months in jail for a 2005 incident of accusing Pope John Paul II of being ‘gay‘. He interrupted a live broadcast when he yelled his ‘offensive’ words against JPII as the state run television was updating the pontiff’s deteriorating health. Italian law forbids any interruption of a public service which carries a sentence of up to one year in jail. For offending Italy’s state religion, one can be punished with up to two years in prison.

Paolini, officially entered into the Guinness Book of Records for appearing on television more than 20,000+ times, is notorious for positioning himself with television reporters, wearing a condom necklace and waving sexual paraphernalia or photos of the Pope. He apparently blames the Pope and everyone else opposed to sexual immorality for the death of his friend who contracted AIDS from a prostitute.

While common sense would dictate that if the teachings of the Church/Pope were responsible for the spread of AIDS, it would be evident by a significantly skewed prevalence of AIDS among practicing Catholics, while those outside the Church should be relatively AIDS free. While obviously illogical to any outside observer, to the perpetrators of blame aimed at the Church, it’s about as clear as mud.

Blame is based on anger, hatred and revenge. Blame is a convenient defense mechanism used extensively throughout our developmental years which is largely outgrown as we mature; unfortunately, those who have experienced a trauma typically experience an arrested stage of developmental maturity. We typically depend on blaming others when we believe ourselves to be helpless and hopeless. As these feelings progress into our adulthood, we fully incorporate these feelings of inadequacy, and become convinced of never being “good enough” to successfully protect ourselves and others against the injustices of the “unfair” world.

Consequently, we adopt self-destructive behaviors which ultimately become the source of our own pain and anger, and we become embittered towards the world for all the unpunished abuses by the powers of the world. With every disappointment, comes a convenient means of self-destruction and a perceived justification in blaming others for all of our self inflicted wounds.