The pope is supposed to be a person, who once became a priest, then a bishop, cardinal and then, pope.
He climbed the whole ladder.
So, my guess is that somehow, he must be aware of all the BS that his religion presents to the common people. He should also be aware of the methods used to keep the people believing in that religion.
That doesn't mean that he doesn't believe it himself.
Belief is hard to shake off, even if someone shows you it's BS... just look at all the theists around this forum!
He climbed the whole ladder.
So, my guess is that somehow, he must be aware of all the BS that his religion presents to the common people. He should also be aware of the methods used to keep the people believing in that religion.
That doesn't mean that he doesn't believe it himself.
Belief is hard to shake off, even if someone shows you it's BS... just look at all the theists around this forum!
