'Gratz to the new Pope.

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:53 pm

TheGoobla wrote:
rkolter wrote:
Toxic wrote: What the heck?

What the amorphous blob said.

TheGoobla · Post by **TheGoobla** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:17 pm

JPSloan · Post by **JPSloan** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:21 am

faub wrote:http://www.catholicplanet.com/articles/article41.htm

the article wrote:About the year A.D. 1139, Saint Malachy O'Morgair, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, wrote down a list of Popes. He listed 112 future Popes, each described by a phrase in Latin.
I remember this list from an early 90s miniseries building up the whole year 2000/end of the world thing. According to this article and the series, this list says there will only be one pope after this one and that pope will preside over Armaggedon. Given that this pope is ~80, I'll be able to see the end of the world in my lifetime! YAY! 8)

What this does give us is a chance to compare prophecy with real life. It's a good way to pass the time.

I could be mistaken, but I believe that it was only that the next pope would be the "last pope", but that the end of the world wasn't implicit. Only that the Catholic Church would end. I think the term for Benedict had something to do with olives. Figure that one out... maybe he likes muffalettas.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:07 am

Apparently, John Paul II didn't actually die. He was merely changing life stages. The details are here.

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:57 am

rkolter wrote:Apparently, John Paul II didn't actually die. He was merely changing life stages. The details are here.

You know, I can never hear the phrase "beautiful butterfly" without thinking of that one scene Alien: Resurrection. So this article really seemed creepy.

On another not, Benedict XVI has apparently responded firmly to the first challenge of his papacy. I officially don't like him now.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:11 am

Yeah, he's a pretty closed-minded person, but they have been saying that ever since he'd been selected. He's against abortion, homosexuals and pretty much everything else that might be hinted as 'wrong' by Catholic standards.

I just hope he doesn't start a crackdown on D&D next.

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:40 am

KittyKatBlack wrote:I just hope he doesn't start a crackdown on D&D next.

Hmmm... well he once denounced rock music as "the vehicle of anti-religion".

D&D might just be next.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:33 pm

How does he feel about the Christian Rock scene?

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:57 pm

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:How does he feel about the Christian Rock scene?

Probably the same way my former preacher does: It's Satan in disguise with that rock beat...

JPSloan · Post by **JPSloan** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:42 am

Pillywiggin wrote:
KittyKatBlack wrote:I just hope he doesn't start a crackdown on D&D next.
Hmmm... well he once denounced rock music as "the vehicle of anti-religion".

D&D might just be next.

Hey!

Waydasekkund...

Everyone knows that I'M the vehicle of anti-religion!

JPSloan · Post by **JPSloan** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 5:47 am

Pillywiggin wrote:
On another not, Benedict XVI has apparently responded firmly to the first challenge of his papacy. I officially don't like him now.

Uh. Huh.

Mel Brooks wrote: The Inquisition (Let's begin)
The Inquisition (Look out sin)
We have a mission to convert the Jews (Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew)
We're gonna teach them wrong from right.
We're gonna help them see the light
and make an offer that they can't refuse. (That those Jews just can't refuse) Confess, don't be boring. Say yes, don't be dull.
A fact you're ignoring:
It's better to lose your skull cap than your skull (or your govalt!)
The Inquisition (what a show)
The Inquistion (here we go)
We know you're wishin' that we'd go away.
But the Inquisition's here and it's here to stay!

"I was sitting in a temple. I was minding my own business.
I was listening to a lovely Hebrew mass.
Then these Papus persons plungered and they throw me in a dungeon and they shove a red hot poker up my ass.
Is that considerate? Is that polite?
And not a tube of Preperation H in sight!"

"I'm sittin' flickin' chickens and I'm lookin' throught the pickins' and suddenly thes goyim pull down valls.
I didn't even know them and they grabbed my by the stoghum and started playing ping pong with my balls!
Ooh, the agony! Ooh, the shame!
To make my privates public for a game?"

The Inquisition (what a show)
The Inquisition (here we go)
We know you're wishin' that we'd go away.
But the Inquisition's here and it's here to-
"Hey Toquemada, walk this way."
"I just got back from the Auto-de-fe."
"Auto-de-fe? What's an Auto-de-fe?"
"It's what you oughtn't to do but you do anyway."
Will you convert? "No, no, no, no."
Will you confess? "No, no, no, no."
Will you revert? "No, no, no, no."
Will you say yes? "No, no, no, no!"
Now I asked in a nice way, I said, "Pretty please."
I bent their ears, now I'll work on their knees!
"Hey Toquemada, walk this way. We got a little game that you might wanna play, so pull that handle, try you're luck."
"Who knows, Toq, you might win a buck!"

"How we doin', any converts today?"
"Not a one, nay, nay, nay."
"We flattened their fingers, we branded their buns!
Nothing is working! Send in the nuns!"

The Inquisition, what a show.
The Inquisition, here we go.
We know you're wishin' that we'd go away!
So all you Muslims and you Jews
We got big news for all of yous:
You'd better change your point of views TODAY!
'Cause the Inquisition's here and it's here to stay!

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 7:55 am

Pillywiggin wrote:
rkolter wrote:Apparently, John Paul II didn't actually die. He was merely changing life stages. The details are here.

You know, I can never hear the phrase "beautiful butterfly" without thinking of that one scene Alien: Resurrection. So this article really seemed creepy.

On another not, Benedict XVI has apparently responded firmly to the first challenge of his papacy. I officially don't like him now.

LOL

and, on a completely unrelated note...

War · Post by **War** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:10 am

JPSloan wrote:
faub wrote:http://www.catholicplanet.com/articles/article41.htm

the article wrote:About the year A.D. 1139, Saint Malachy O'Morgair, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, wrote down a list of Popes. He listed 112 future Popes, each described by a phrase in Latin.
I remember this list from an early 90s miniseries building up the whole year 2000/end of the world thing. According to this article and the series, this list says there will only be one pope after this one and that pope will preside over Armaggedon. Given that this pope is ~80, I'll be able to see the end of the world in my lifetime! YAY! 8)

What this does give us is a chance to compare prophecy with real life. It's a good way to pass the time.
I could be mistaken, but I believe that it was only that the next pope would be the "last pope", but that the end of the world wasn't implicit. Only that the Catholic Church would end. I think the term for Benedict had something to do with olives. Figure that one out... maybe he likes muffalettas.

Could happen. The Catholic church was slowly dying under the reign of John Paul, and this new guy won't help. In America they have to put out adverts to try and recruit new priests, because no one wants to be one anymore. They have a billion followers, but how many are actually devout? The number in the developed world are decreasing, and increasing in the developing world. With increasing numbers of their followers in the developing world, the churchs anti-contraception stance conflicts badly with all the health programmes for developing regions (woo, aids epidemic).
Yeah, Catholicism is dying.

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:49 am

Well, what's interesting is that "heresy" derives from a word meaning "choice". Apparently having free will and asking questions is a sin.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:23 pm

A new Pope is elected...

...and somewhere the sound of thousands of hack Webcomic artists writings strips with him saying "fuck", worshipping Satan or dressing like Darth Vader can be heard. Oh the impending hilarity.