Sunday, 31 July 2016

Explain what Father Gonzaga does in order to prove that the Old Man is not an angel. How is this a criticism of organized religion?

Father
Gonzaga first speaks to the Old Man in Latin and determines that since he (Old Man) does not
understand the language of God (Latin), he must be an impostor. Father Gonzaga also uses the
slippery logic that since wings are not useful in determining the difference between a hawk and
an airplane, they are hardly useful in determining a definitive angel. Gonzaga stubbornly
resorts to core church doctrine and does not suppose that he might learn something new about
angels. But to be sure, Father Gonzaga writes to a Bishop who will write to another intermediary
who will then write to the Pope to get a final answer.

Those at the Vatican
wonder if the alleged angel has a navel, if his language is similar to Aramaic, or how many
times he could fit on the end of a pin. Some mythologies describe angels as...

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