From: tran@cae.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: [REL&POL] MAFIA of the SOUL...
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:09:55 GMT
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Re: MAFIA of the SOUL, the UNTOUCHABLES

Recently, KBui posted:

............
>>It is easier to understand that perhaps politicians are the causes of
>>many problems: war, murders, massacres, burning people#.

>>It is even more difficult when it comes to religious leaders, because
>>NOBODY HAS RAISED HIS HAND AGAINST THEM.  They have remained respectable
>>for centuries, and as time goes on their respectability goes on growing.
.............
                                           B.S. Rajneesh

Tru+o+'c he^'t, ne^'u to^i nho+' kho^ng la^`m thi` Rajneesh la` 1 Guru quy
tu. 1 so^' dde^. tu+? la^.p ca(n cu+' ddi.a o+? Oregon.  Ca(n cu+' tre^n ddu+o+.c
canh pho`ng nghie^m ma^.t bo+?i nhu+~ng dde^. tu+? mang su'ng tie^?u lie^n
va` Rajneesh co' ca? 1 fleet xe Rolls Royce trong khi da^n A^'n DDo^.
ddang ddo'i da`i o+? nhie^`u no+i#.  Ve^` con ngu+o+`i tha^.t cu?a Rajneesh
thi` ba'o chi' My~ da~ vie^'t kha' nhie^`u ca'ch dda^y va`i na(m, to^i kho^ng
muo^'n nha('c la.i#.  Sau vu. vi pha.m 34 ddie^`u trong lua^.t di tru' My~,
Rajneesh dda~ bi. pha.t $400,000.00 va` bi. tru.c xua^'t kho?i nu+o+'c My~
tro+? ve^` A^'n DDo^..  21 quo^'c gia dda~ tu+` cho^'i kho^ng cho Rajneesh hoa(.c
cu+ ngu. hoa(.c nha^.p no^.i.  Mo^.t ngu+o+`i nhu+ va^.y, to^i nghi~, kho^ng co'
tu+ ca'ch phe^ pha'n ngu+o+`i kha'c.

Thu+' dde^'n, ai la` religious leaders?  DDu+'c Gia'o Hoa`ng? DDu+'c Dalai
Lama#? hay la` nhu+~ng tha^`y tu Co^ng gia'o, Pha^.t gia'o, Tin la`nh,
Bahai, Muslim v...v... This is a very dangerous generalization.

Sau cu`ng, kho^ng ha(?n la` "nobody has raised his hand against them".
Ha`nh ddo^.ng lem nhem cu?a 1 so^' Televangelist dda~ bi. pho+i ba`y
tre^n TV.  Ve^` Pha^.t gia'o, pha^.t tu+? ra^'t kha('t khe vo+'i nhu+~ng vi.
tu ha`nh so vo+'i nhu+~ng to^n gia'o kha'c.  To^i bie^'t va`i tru+o+`ng ho+.p
chi? vi` va`i ha`nh ddo^.ng thie^'u nghie^m chi?nh, vi' du. nhu+ ddo`i ho?i
pha?i uo^'ng 1 thu+' tra` na`y hay tra` no., hoa(.c pha?i co' xe ho+i
rie^ng; hoa(.c xu+? du.ng quy~ kho^ng justified dduo+.c, vi' du. nhu+ mua
1 ca'i VCR, ma` pha^.t tu+? dda~ coi nhu+ kho^ng ddu? ta'c phong cu?a 1
tu si~ PG va` ho.p nhau la.i "mo+`i Tha^`y ddi cho^~ kha'c ngo^`i cho+i xo+i
nu+o+'c" ro^`i#. Ve^` Co^ng gia'o, ngay ca? DDu+'c Gia'o Hoa`ng va` to`a Tha'nh
Vatican cu~ng dda~ bi. chi? tri'ch.  DDe^? da^~n chu+'ng, to^i xin tri'ch
va`i ddoa.n trong ba`i "The Unholy Papacy" cu?a Mark Pitsh dda(ng
trong to+` The Daily Cardinal o+? Madison, Wisconsin. The Daily
Cardinal la` to+` ba'o conservative o+? Campus Madison, tha`nh la^.p
tu+` na(m 1892, xua^'t ba?n mo^~i nga`y ma^'y chu.c nga`n so^':

"Three cheers for the Pope, one most holy and good.  As the
galloping pontiff traverses the US (na(m 1987) on a travel budget
exceeding even that of Safari Bob Kasten, that mad adventurer
and fact-finder, a few issues relevant to the Western Rite of
the Roman Catholic Church and worldwide religion in general need
to be discussed.
................
CELIBACY:
   So here's the ying and yang of this issue - Western Rite priests
aren't supposed to have sex, with males or females.  BUT THEY DO#.
   So those in this group of major violators of Church law are the
holy ones themselves.
   With the priesthood declining 50 percent or more over the last 20
years, this doctrine is dumb because it drives away all potential
priests who would like to get married or have mates. (Quan nie^.m ve^`
to^n gia'o cu?a ngu+o+`i My~ kha'c vo+'i ngu+o+`i Vie^.t kha' nhie^`u)
   In some cases, though, it doesn't.  And the Church has to secretly
hide its priests who've had girlfriends or male lovers (the celibacy
doctrine makes the priesthood a haven for gays), or have been convicted
of molesting little boys -and there are plenty of cases to back that up.

FINANCES:
   OK, so dig this.  The Polish Pope is sucking down steaks and champagne
on his Cross the Land O' Opportunity Tour.  He wears expensive clothes.
He meets important people#.  His church is really big and has many expensive
items in them, like paintings, sculptures and gold things.
   All this while a British rock star has done more to end world hunger
than Rome#.
   And on the subject of the green, it's now no secret that the papacy has
financially benefited from its ties to the Italian Mafia, as documented in
several books.  It even led to the poisoning of JP I and the indictment of
Bishop Paul Marcinkus, who runs the Vatican Bank, on fraud of something
like it."
................

Nhu+ va^.y co' pha?i la` "They have remained respectable for centuries,
and as time goes on their respectability goes on growing" kho^ng?
Ba?n cha^'t ca'c to^n gia'o lo+'n tre^n hoa`n ca^`u dde^`u to^'t ca?, chi? co' 
nhu+~ng ti'n ddo^` hie^?u sai gia'o ddie^`u ne^n vo^ hi`nh chung dda~ mang 
bu`n tre't le^n ma(.t ca'i hi`nh tu+o+.ng mi`nh ddang tho+` phu.ng.

Va.n va^.t vo^ thu+o+`ng!  DDo' la` 1 nguye^n ly'.  Do ddo', su+. tha(ng 
tra^`m cu?a 1 to^n gia'o la` le~ ta^'t nhie^n.  Chi? hi vo.ng khi
nhu+~ng dda'm ma^y u a'm dda~ bay ddi, ma(.t tro+`i se~ to? ra.ng.

PS. To^i co`n giu+~ nguye^n ba`i "The Unholy Papacy" cu?a Mark Pitsch.
Netter na`o muo^'n kie^?m chu+'ng ta`i lie^.u na`y to^i xin hoan hi? hi
sinh 29 xu tem gu+?i ta(.ng.

CTN