{"quotes":[{"text":"Men speak of God’s love for man… but if providence does not come in this hour, where is He then? My conclusion is simple. The Semitic texts from Bronze Age Palestine of which Christianity is comprised still fit uncomfortably well with contemporary life. The Old Testament depicts a God capricious and cruel; blood sacrifice, vengeance, genocide; death and destruction et al. Would He not approve of Herr Hitler and the brutal, tribalistic crusade against Hebrews and non-Christian ‘untermensch?’One thing is inarguable. His church on Earth has produced some of the most vigorous and violent contribution to the European fascist cause.It is synergy. Man Created God, even if God Created Man; it all exists in the hubris and apotheosis of the narcissistic soul, and alas, all too many of the human herd are willing to follow the beastly trait of leadership. The idea of self-emancipation and advancement, with Europe under the jackboot of fascism, would be Quixotic to the point of mirthless lunacy.","author":"Daniel S. Fletcher","tags":["apotheosis","bonhoeffer","bronze-age-palestine","catholic-church","catholic-church-nazi-germany","catholic-fascism","christianity","church-hitler","church-right-wing","crusades","emancipation","extreme-right","fascism","fascism-and-the-church","franco","god","god-vengeance","hitler","italy","jackboot","jackboot-britain","mussolini","nazis-and-the-church","nietzsche","old-testament","old-testament-god","religion","religious","right-wing","spanish-civil-war","the-crusades","tribalistic","vatican","vatican-city","vengeance","vengeful","zealotry","zealots"],"id":4201,"author_id":"Daniel+S.+Fletcher"},{"text":"The three Secrets of Fatima were closely held by the Vatican for decades, until the text of the third and last secret was finally released in 2000.","author":"Peter J. Tanous","tags":["catholic","christian","church","faith","mystery","pope","religion","third-secret","thriller","vatican"],"id":9507,"author_id":"Peter+J.+Tanous"},{"text":"Eventually everyone dies, but death, in various forms and ways, still comes as a shock. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Or they consign you to flames. The flesh sizzles and the bones crackle. Be grateful it happens in that order.","author":"Mahendra Jakhar","tags":["action","adventure","astrology","benares","christianity","crime-fiction","detective-fiction","hinduism","india","murder-mystery","mystery-and-thriller-books","mystery-suspense","serial-killers","spirituality","thrillers","travel","vatican"],"id":20478,"author_id":"Mahendra+Jakhar"},{"text":"And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.","author":"Peter J. Tanous","tags":["church","conspiracy","mystery","suspense","thriller","vatican","virgin-mary"],"id":32410,"author_id":"Peter+J.+Tanous"},{"text":"The Vatican won't prosecute pedophile priests but I decide I'm not ready for motherhood and it's condemnation for me? These are the same people that won't support national condom distribution that PREVENTS teenage pregnancy.","author":"Sonya Renee Taylor","tags":["abortion","catholic","feminism","feminist","motherhood","organized-religion","pregnancy","vatican","women"],"id":50532,"author_id":"Sonya+Renee+Taylor"},{"text":"When you turn a blind eye to atrocities, you are complicit in them.","author":"David Crossman","tags":["conspiracy","ebola","homeland-security","isil","isis","mi5","mystery","pope","president-of-the-united-states","thriller","vatican"],"id":89864,"author_id":"David+Crossman"},{"text":"As to Science, she has never sought to ally herself to civil power. She has never attempted to throw odium or inflict social ruin on any human being. She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torture, least of all to death, for the purpose of upholding or promoting her ideas. She presents herself unstained by cruelties and crimes. But in the Vatican—we have only to recall the Inquisition—the hands that are now raised in appeals to the 'Most Merciful' are crimsoned. They have been steeped in blood!","author":"John William Draper","tags":["blood","church-and-state","death","dogma","history","inquisition","intolerance","mental-torment","science","separation-of-church-and-state","torment","torture","vatican"],"id":119020,"author_id":"John+William+Draper"},{"text":"Many believe that the Vatican withheld important parts of the Third Secret, perhaps because its contents were too dangerous to reveal...","author":"Peter J. Tanous","tags":["adventure","blessed-virgin-mary","church","faith","inspirational","mystery","pope","thriller","vatican","vatican-city"],"id":147171,"author_id":"Peter+J.+Tanous"},{"text":"The pope was lying fully stretched out on the floor, his body half-obscured by Cardinal Villot, who was leaning over him. Calvi's heart jumped into his throat. The pontiff 's eyes were shut, his face distorted in pain. He wasn't breathing. He was life-less, drained of color.","author":"Peter J. Tanous","tags":["blessed-virgin-mary","fatima","mystery","pope","secretive","thriller","vatican"],"id":151886,"author_id":"Peter+J.+Tanous"},{"text":"What’s the mission at hand? To save the Church? To save the pope? Uncover a menacing secret society within the Church? Eliminate the would-be assassins? Or could it be something else, something even more portentous and earth-shattering?","author":"Peter J Tanous","tags":["church","fatima","mystery","mystery-thriller","novel","secretive","thriller","vatican","virgin-mary"],"id":157360,"author_id":"Peter+J+Tanous"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":17,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}