Benedict XVI resigns, realizes he's old. First pope in 600 years to resign.

[raulpica]

The first page of this thread made me sad.

inb4 Petrus Romanus

Sir, you win.

 

[Foxi4]

> Enters a thread about the Pope resigning.
> Is Roman Catholic.

 

[emigre]

> Enters a thread about the Pope resigning.
> Is Roman Catholic.

Have your religious sensibilities been offended?

 

[Rizsparky]

And apparently, less than an hour after announcing his resignation, lightning struck the Vatican.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lightning-strikes-vatican-on-the-day-the-pope-1704295

Reminded me of back to the future haha!

 

[PizzaPino]

is he really the first to resign in 600 years?
on tv it said in 700 years, on the bus news it said 482 years...

 

[Foxi4]

Have your religious sensibilities been offended?

Not in particular, everybody has the right to have opinions, I just don't like slander.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm wholeheartedly againts celibacy among priests since it's a medieval "solution" to the division of church property (mainly land) among the children of priests, not an actual Christian doctrine and makes absolutely no sense these days, but that doesn't mean that people can equate "priest" with "child molester" and I've already read that in the thread. Not nice guys, not nice.

As for standing againts homosexuality, I suppose it's somewhat a part of the job, but definitely an outdated one. We could use some "updates" to our Holy Book, it's not like it hasn't been edited over the hundreds of years to suit various interests.

 

[DaggerV]

So they're going to name a black pope, he's going to hang out with Obama while the Constitution goes down the drain. Then NWO will take over and all will be well again.

 

[emigre]

So they're going to name a black pope, he's going to hang out with Obama while the Constitution goes down the drain. Then NWO will take over and all will be well again.

I doubt those guys will take over.

 

[Flame]

it's about time zoidberg was in....

 

[Gahars]

So they're going to name a black pope, he's going to hang out with Obama while the Constitution goes down the drain. Then NWO will take over and all will be well again.

Tell me, does your tinfoil hat ever get uncomfortable?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Tell me, does your tinfoil hat ever get uncomfortable?

All you're missing is THE JEWISH CONSPIRACY and you'll be right as rain.

Although the Jewish Conspiracy and the Catholic Conspiracy don't really jive together.

 

[Foxi4]

All you're missing is THE JEWISH CONSPIRACY and you'll be right as rain.

Although the Jewish Conspiracy and the Catholic Conspiracy don't really jive together.

Technically they both hate muslims so...

 

[Clydefrosch]

too bad, we germans loved being pope. there were puns in our newspapers for weeks when he got the job.

on the other hand, I think it's good that he had the clarity of mind to go before he became a mumbling zombie like the last one.
germany for pope 2013!

 

[Flame]

Technically they both hate muslims so...

"Technically"... anyway.

I wonder which religion is the right one.

 

[IBNobody]

"Technically"... anyway.

I wonder which religion is the right one.

The right one is the one that manages to kill off all the others. It's like a monotheistic Highlander.

 

[DaggerV]

All you're missing is THE JEWISH CONSPIRACY and you'll be right as rain.

Although the Jewish Conspiracy and the Catholic Conspiracy don't really jive together.

Not at all, this was constructed by those greedy jews in an effort to claim not only their so called namestake land, but also an effort to lay claim to the rest of the world. While settle for a few acres when you can own the whole world? Who else in their right mind would want everyone unified under one banner? Worked so well for the various empires of the past.

 

[Gahars]

Not at all, this was constructed by those greedy jews in an effort to claim not only their so called namestake land, but also an effort to lay claim to the rest of the world. While settle for a few acres when you can own the whole world? Who else in their right mind would want everyone unified under one banner? Worked so well for the various empires of the past.

Okay.

Next stop: Crazy town!

 

[emigre]

Who else in their right mind would want everyone unified under one banner?

Being serious, empires weren't exactly unifying people but rather enforcing values of superiority of the colonists.

 

[RiderLeangle]

Yeah I don't care about pope stuff... But there is one unfortunate part of this, the fact we can't make more jokes about how the pope looks like Darth Sidious
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/manaleader/Avatar5/darthpope.jpg

Oh nevermind... his replacement also seems to kind of resemble a Sith in a way...

 

[Janthran]

Can someone explain why people made rape jokes about the pope?
Besides the fact that they're stupid and just dislike religion altogether I mean