LA DI FREAKIN DA...The Pope is in town

Ok, now I understand that the Pope is the leader of the catholic religion. An important figure by all means. I also get that his arrival in any country garners intense security measure because the pope getting popped in your home soil is very bad juju. So I can stand the blocked off streets, the traffic problems...all annoying but understandable.

What annoys me though is the spectacle this guy creates, nay his followers create.

People line up in the street and get tickets just to catch a glimpse of this guy...why? People are in tears just at the sight of him and women almost faint when the Pope kisses their baby on the forehead.

Am I missing something? This man is STILL HUMAN. This is one of those things that depresses and infuriates me about humanity, the pointless pedastals we place upon people who are no better than us in the long run.

He is an old withering man who studied the good book a lot harder than the rest of the bible buddies...that's it. The significance you place upon him is all ficititious. The day you can prove god is real and he bestowed his PR campaign upon the Vatican and this guy is the marketing director is the day you can grovel at his feet.

What does this man do besides barely make it out of bed every morning? Nothing of any consequence really. All him and the vatican is good for is the catholic circus parade...the colorful garbs, the ceremonies, the harping of sorely out of date dogma.

oh and the denouncing...man if the pope can do one thing is denounce. The vatican must have a dedicated denouncing department. Any tragedy, natural or man made, is donounced by the Vatican. Go to any news website, read about the latest death toll from the war and you're bound to see a related news link where the pope is denouncing these atrocious acts.

What else can he do? Not like he can summon Jesus or even the lesser angels to smote the evildoers, smote them good.

The allmighty, all knowing and all powerful god's wrath is filtered down to a finger shake by his man on Earth. Also he is busy denouncing abortion, contraseptives, and whatever else means of population control...because you know it's wrong and stuff, never mind the context, it's just plain-freakin-wrong. Homosexuality, another issue which keeps the Pope busy.

He is not god, he is a man. People are all worked up in a excited ferver just at the thought of hearing this guy in their home state.

"OMG the Pope kissed my baby...OMG...little Timmy is gonna grow up to be a great man now"

"Im so blessed...The pope farted in my direction, Im glad I brought a glass jar to trap the air in the vicinity of his gaseous release"

Gimme a break.