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I'm with you MBC.
I've been against organized religion for quite a while now. I think man telling man what their life is about is wrong. And the Pope is head of probably the biggest organization religion has.
But I can't help but be touched by who he was as a man, not as a religious figure. What his life ment, what he did, who he was. A man is measured by his actions and I don't think many can measure up to what he's done. Historically, he is one of a few that you will be able to say made the last century and back what it was. You think of figures like Abraham Lincoln, Jesus Christ, JFK and for better or worse, Hitler, Stallin, Gandhi, Martin Luthor King Jr. Mother Theresa, Walt Disney, etc. John Paul II was one of a small list that you could put in that sort of group. I think that is what this day is about. His death marks the end of a whole life of a man that was one of the greatest figures in the history of mankind.
What is also sad is that I don't think there is anyone living now that could be or become such an extraordinary soul and have the impact on the world as he did.
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