Pope Benedict the Shmuck

[hanso]

Robot Pope

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Maybe E J Dionne should write a column on how maybe a Muslim, Buddhist, or Hindu ,should be elected as pope.

[spoon]

maybe

wf is dick hurt again

[Jujubees2]

Pope says Vatileaks probe will stay secret, adding intrigue to final days (http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/25/17087052-pope-says-vatileaks-probe-will-stay-secret-adding-intrigue-to-final-days?lite)

Glad to see the Vatican will be its usual transparent self...

[hanso]

Why do all popes look like old gay vampires?

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Why do all popes look like old gay vampires?

That sucking sound is all the cash the Vatican brings in.

[hanso]

That sucking sound is all the cash the Vatican brings in.

A tax free front for money laundering

[A.J.]

That sucking sound is all the cash the Vatican brings in.

And then pays out in civil suits to the children molested by priests.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Any chance with a new pope there will be a Vatican III ?

I think the church can get some membership back if they lift a ban on priests being married . Also they can modernize on birth control. They wouldn't have to support abortion but they can in exceptions like rape or incest and approve of its members taking the pill. Ditch that no meat on Fridays during lent rule as well.

[jimmyolsenblues]

I had zero idea this thread went back to 2006, kudos to you gentlemen for calling this horse race over 7 years ago.
I knew this guy was a creep but I had zero idea he would break tradition and step down.
Part of being pope is dying in office so everyone mourns his loss and there is some pagentry to elect the next one.
I am not even Catholic but I was amazed the by the color of smoke in 1982.
I actually still can't believe this guy step down and broke tradition.

[KnoxHarrington]

This whole thing is making me want to go back and give The Godfather Part III another chance.

[deliciousV]

Any chance with a new pope there will be a Vatican III ?

I think the church can get some membership back if they lift a ban on priests being married . Also they can modernize on birth control. They wouldn't have to support abortion but they can in exceptions like rape or incest and approve of its members taking the pill. Ditch that no meat on Fridays during lent rule as well.

wouldn't moves like this scream "we're just making it up as we go?"

[WRESTLINGFAN]

wouldn't moves like this scream "we're just making it up as we go?"

If implemented the right way probably not. The Church has acknowledge it's biggest scandal which is the sex abuse case. As long as they have a ban on unmarried priests they will continue to see empty Churches in the developed world.

Its expanding in the 3rd world because many don't have access to communication so they don't know anything about these scandals and they believe that the clergy is infallible.

[deliciousV]

If implemented the right way probably not. The Church has acknowledge it's biggest scandal which is the sex abuse case. As long as they have a ban on unmarried priests they will continue to see empty Churches in the developed world.

Its expanding in the 3rd world because many don't have access to communication so they don't know anything about these scandals and they believe that the clergy is infallible.

I don't see any proper way to implement such sweeping changes. I'm not catholic, but as I understand it the Pope is God's voice on the earth, and what he says is infallible. Combine this belief with the belief in an omniscient God, you can't very well say he changed his mind. So you'd have to admit that the Church was bending to man, rather than man bending for the church.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

I don't see any proper way to implement such sweeping changes. I'm not catholic, but as I understand it the Pope is God's voice on the earth, and what he says is infallible. Combine this belief with the belief in an omniscient God, you can't very well say he changed his mind. So you'd have to admit that the Church was bending to man, rather than man bending for the church.

There were some changes in Vatican II in the mid 1960s

There wasn't always a ban on priests being married. In the early days of the church they were allowed to marry.


Look at the bible for example. The new testament is much less strict than the old testament. The church can modernize and make some changes but it still can hold onto it's core values of practicing monotheism and recognizing Jesus as the son of god.

I see your point however, The Church needs man in order to exist.

[deliciousV]

There were some changes in Vatican II in the mid 1960s

There wasn't always a ban on priests being married. In the early days of the church they were allowed to marry.


Look at the bible for example. The new testament is much less strict than the old testament. The church can modernize and make some changes but it still can hold onto it's core values of practicing monotheism and recognizing Jesus as the son of god.

I see your point however, The Church needs man in order to exist.

Vatican 2 made no changes to church doctrine, they just modernized a little by allowing Mass to be done in the language of the individual parishes, and a few other things like that. The things you said would be major doctrine changes.
The old testament was a demonstration of man's failure to live up to any standard God set up, starting with don't eat this fruit and ending with the sacrifice system that people ruined by buying their sacrifices outside of the temple rather than raising it themselves.
The New testament is God providing the sacrifice and paying the sin debt himself. This moves mankind from a works based worship to a faith based worship.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

I wouldn't call it church doctrine but the Church finally acknowledged the sun as the center of the solar system I think it was in the early 1990s. Galileo was put under house arrest during the inquisition for his conclusions

At one time a lot of the faithful were uneducated and illiterate and only the upper class and clergy were educated. There are about 1.2 billion catholics. I have no idea of the breakdown of people who are educated but it's a greater percentage than the middle ages

[Furtherman]

In regards to this thread: I was right.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Should the thread be renamed Pope Emeritus Benedict the schmuck?

[Jujubees2]

BREAKING: After Initial Denials, Cardinal Keith O’Brien Admits to Sex With Priests (http://www.johnmbecker.com/2013/03/03/keith-obrien-confesses/)

At least it wasn't little boys

[A.J.]

BREAKING: After Initial Denials, Cardinal Keith O’Brien Admits to Sex With Priests (http://www.johnmbecker.com/2013/03/03/keith-obrien-confesses/)

At least it wasn't little boys

He'd make a great closeted Republican politician.

[Jujubees2]

Fake bishop sneaks into Vatican meeting with 100 real cardinals (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/fake-bishop-sneaks-vatican-article-1.1278885#ixzz2Mb52EEIj)

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Everyone get their brackets done?

[cougarjake13]

Everyone get their brackets done?



I got that one guy who raped lil boys somewhere going all the way

[WRESTLINGFAN]

I got the Cardinal who covered it up and shuffled priests around.

[foodcourtdruide]

I really hope we see more news coverage of what the smoke coming out of the chimney means. I don't think that's been covered enough.

[Kevin]

I really hope we see more news coverage of what the smoke coming out of the chimney means. I don't think that's been covered enough.

What?

Please tell me what this smoke thing is?

Is it just one color? How do we know what happens!

[foodcourtdruide]

What?

Please tell me what this smoke thing is?

Is it just one color? How do we know what happens!

I wish every-single-cable-news-outlet would do a 15 minute piece on it at least 10 times a day!

[spoon]

I got that one guy who raped lil boys somewhere going all the way

way to narrow the field down

I got the one dressed funny with no personality and a drinking problem

[deliciousV]

I got whichever one will look better on the cover of Time wearing a fish hat.

[Kevin]

way to narrow the field down

I got the one dressed funny with no personality and a drinking problem

I don't have anyone of color....

[A.J.]

I don't have anyone of color....

Neither do they.

[hanso]

Pope free agency is on

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Pope free agency is on



Heard that a lot of Cardinals are free agents

[Chigworthy]

They really have different colored smoke to tell the sheep what they decide? Why don't they just treat them like humans and tell them who they pick? How this Pedo club once ran the planet is mind boggling.

[WRESTLINGFAN]

They really have different colored smoke to tell the sheep what they decide? Why don't they just treat them like humans and tell them who they pick? How this Pedo club once ran the planet is mind boggling.



Millions of poor ignorant people in the third world haven't figured it out yet

[Bob Impact]

There's such a simple solution for all of this:
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[Jujubees2]

They really have different colored smoke to tell the sheep what they decide? Why don't they just treat them like humans and tell them who they pick? How this Pedo club once ran the planet is mind boggling.

You can watch it live on Vatican TV so you'll know the moment a bunch of old (mostly white) guys decide.

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[WRESTLINGFAN]

You can watch it live on Vatican TV so you'll know the moment a bunch of old (mostly white) guys decide.

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Do the Black Cardinals have to show ID before voting?

[Jujubees2]

Do the Black Cardinals have to show ID before voting?

No but they have special "white only" confessionals at the Vatican

[WRESTLINGFAN]

No but they have special "white only" confessionals at the Vatican

Will these guys handle the German shepherds and spray water from hoses?


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[WRESTLINGFAN]

New Pope elected

[hanso]

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[A.J.]

Since we have a new Pope, locky.

[A.J.]

Unlocky for this:

Being Pope Was Great, But You Can’t Play Make-Believe Forever (http://www.theonion.com/articles/being-pope-was-great-but-you-cant-play-makebelieve,31485/)