Re: [OT] Be very afraid!

dsi1 wrote:

On Fri, 9 May 2025 14:45:50 +0000, gm wrote:

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The last Pope Leo was VERY anti - socialism (like YOU!), and vehemently
so... wonder if the new one will follow suit...???
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Pope Leo XIII was prescient in a manner few human beings have ever been;
he sees Christianity and socialism as necessarily opposed to one another
... AND he was condemning socialism LONG before the 1917 Bolshevik
Revolution...!!!
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He wrote in 1881: "The century’s most blatant force of satanic
utopianism is communism."...
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The Last Pope Leo Had Some Great Takes on Socialism (from NATIONAL
REVIEW); free  to read at this link, excerpts below:
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https://archive.ph/24yHo
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The Last Pope Leo Had Some Great Takes on Socialism
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By Dominic Pino - May 9, 2025 - NATIONAL REVIEW
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"The new pope is taking the regnal name Leo XIV. The last Pope Leo was
in office from 1878 to 1903...
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Perhaps his most famous written work is Rerum novarum, an 1891
encyclical “on capital and labor” that is often described as charting a
third way between capitalism and socialism for Catholic teaching...
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This description is incomplete, if not entirely wrong, as Rerum novarum
is very clear that socialism is evil, and markets and private property
are essential to human flourishing...
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And Leo XIII composed some of the strongest denunciations of socialism
ever written. It was a major theme of his papacy from beginning to
end...
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Leo XIII believed socialism was based on the sin of envy, contrary to
God’s justice, bad for the poor, destructive of the family and of
communities, and detrimental to the incentives to work, which is part of
God’s design for mankind...
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He said socialists pervert Scripture and reject God’s authority...
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He used words like “evil,” “wicked,” “plague,” “monstrous,” and
“hideous” to describe socialism, words he never used to reference
markets or private property...
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On the contrary, he said private property is a bedrock part of God’s
natural order for the world, and it must be protected, not undermined,
by the state, and that true Christian teaching is a defense against
socialism...
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If Leo XIV was inspired by Leo XIII’s legacy in choosing his regnal
name, it would be great to see a resurgence in Catholic teaching on the
evils of socialism..."
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I boldly predict that Leo XIV will not fit well into your views of the
new world order and the treatment of other human beings and immigrants.
That's okay, you'll always have Trump - at least for a while.

BOO...!!!
House On Haunted Hill (1959)
https://moviesalamark.com/2021/04/12/house-on-haunted-hill-1959/
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, starring Vincent Price, directed by William
Castle in 1959, made for just $200,000, managed to lure enough teens and
kids into theaters to return $4,300,000, 61st place that year.
Subsequent showings on the boob tube during the 60s snared new
victims...
In some theaters equipped for it, director Castle used a promo gimmick
he called “Emergo”, where pulleys dragged plastic skeletons to rattle
over the audience at a key point...
Vincent Price:
“I am Frederick Loren, and I have rented The House on Haunted Hill
tonight so that my wife can give a party. She’s so amusing...
There’ll be food and drink and ghosts, and perhaps even a few murders...
You’re all invited. If any of you will spend the next twelve hours in
this house, I will give you each ten thousand dollars, or your next of
kin in case you don’t survive...
Ah, but here come our other guests...
So,What’s the use of saying, “Good night”?
Nora, I think you’re a little upset. Would you care for a
sedative...???"
l8-D
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GM
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