pope?

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » April 16, 2005, 8:49 pm

have they picked a new pope yet? donno if this is a repost =-P

Cotto · Post by **Cotto** » April 16, 2005, 9:00 pm

No, they only broke his signat ring today, they start "lookin" now.

Toshira · Post by **Toshira** » April 16, 2005, 10:15 pm

Woo hoo, now I can sell my PJP2 Bottle Opener on eBay for a million bucks!

A blessing in every bottle!

Spang · Post by **Spang** » April 17, 2005, 1:34 am

Thess · Post by **Thess** » April 17, 2005, 1:43 am

I like the betting lines (from http://www.pinnaclesports.com) for the papal election!

1 D. Tettamanzi +697
2 F. Arinze +665
3 C. Hummes +818
4 O. Rodriguez +1334
5 J. Ratzinger +192
6 G. Battista +3229
7 J. Lustiger +356
8 JM Bergoglio +2267
9 D. Castrillon +12500
10 G. Danneels +12500
11 J. Ortega +12500
12 C. Schoenborn +6761
13 I. Dias +7451
14 W. Kasper +12500
15 N. Rivera +12500
16 C. Ruini +7623
17 A. Scola +2063
18 C. Martini +658
19 E. Antonelli +12500
20 G. Biffi +12500
21 A Sodano +6404
22 T. Bertone +9200
23 S. Poletto +12500
24 C. Sepe +4755
25 M. Ce +12500

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » April 17, 2005, 1:58 am

Duke will get pwned in the first round.

Llaffer · Post by **Llaffer** » April 17, 2005, 2:52 am

I thought I read that they go into their isolation Monday. They won't come out until they have made thier choice. However long that may be.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 17, 2005, 4:25 am

18 C. Martini +658

Martini for the win! I like the name...too bad they change their names after getting in.

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » April 17, 2005, 8:28 pm

when they go into isolation .. what happends if they gotta go poo .. do thay have a crapper in there?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » April 17, 2005, 9:15 pm

No Dras, they end up all waiting for days (it is a well known fact these men are not allowed to go to the bathroom after the pope dies, thus giving them a good 15 days of poo to build up), then they poop in the middle of the room and the end of about 3 days there is about lets say 10 stone of poop, then god comes down and makes a "pope" with the "poop".

As you can see, they are desperate for the "conclave" (suitable ambigious term to disguise facts) to begin for this very reason.

Edit: Look at the guy second from right, he's busting!

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » April 17, 2005, 9:23 pm

i wonder how much one of those outfits cost

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 17, 2005, 10:10 pm

Monks are pretty good fighters so I'd imagine Cardinals are really badass fighters.

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » April 17, 2005, 10:18 pm

Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez

How can you not make this man the next pope? Or a welterweight boxer, for that matter...

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » April 17, 2005, 10:29 pm

Winnow wrote:Monks are pretty good fighters so I'd imagine Cardinals are really badass fighters.

heh the pope has his own action hero comic book .. so why not kong fu cardinals ... we need kwon to know what type of kong fu they would use !

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » April 18, 2005, 12:06 am

Drasta wrote:i wonder how much one of those outfits cost

enough to feed a starving african child for a couple of weeks, but thats not important to the catholic church...

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 18, 2005, 12:26 am

I hear the robes are stitched together from the flayed hides of heathen muslims.

nobody · Post by **nobody** » April 18, 2005, 3:01 am

i love your avatar dex

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 18, 2005, 3:22 pm

It appears Roman Catholics could give two shits about the environment. Check the black smoke they're pumping out into the atmosphere today:

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » April 18, 2005, 3:27 pm

The process used by the Roman Catholic Church is actually laid out in a realistic way in the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons. Well, until the Technocore and the Crucifix gets involved

Adelrune Argenti · Post by **Adelrune Argenti** » April 18, 2005, 3:38 pm

I really do question the wisdom of choosing someone who is in their 70's though. Several of the "candidates" are quite old and I don't think they will last long meaning they have to do this all over again in just a couple years. They should plan for the future and get someone a bit younger and then have a strong concerted leadership going forward.

/shrug

I'm not catholic so maybe I am off base here.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 18, 2005, 4:17 pm

Adelrune Argenti wrote:I really do question the wisdom of choosing someone who is in their 70's though. Several of the "candidates" are quite old and I don't think they will last long meaning they have to do this all over again in just a couple years. They should plan for the future and get someone a bit younger and then have a strong concerted leadership going forward.

/shrug

I'm not catholic so maybe I am off base here.

All the attention they get over this process is great for business. Until they put in terms for Popes, I don't think you'll be seeing young popes elected.

It's all about attention whoring when it comes to religions. Gotta fill those collection plates afterall. This whole "death throws of pope" to newly elected pope process gets them front page coverage for 2 months.

I've heard the roman catholic church is the largest landholder in the world so they aren't hurting for money though.

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » April 18, 2005, 4:21 pm

Winnow wrote:It appears Roman Catholics could give two shits about the environment. Check the black smoke they're pumping out into the atmosphere today:

destroying the enviroment is ok in the name of religion =-P

Siji · Post by **Siji** » April 19, 2005, 2:34 am

Samuel Jackson needs to be the next pope.

"Hand me my rosary.. Its the one that says badass motherfucker on it."

"You may be on the cardinal council, but we do not yet grant you the rank of child molester."

Add your own Sammy the Pope quotes!

Dexail · Post by **Dexail** » April 19, 2005, 9:00 am

"Latin motherfucker. Do you speak it?"

Hoarmurath · Post by **Hoarmurath** » April 19, 2005, 9:45 am

"Does the Lord your Savior look like a bitch? "

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » April 19, 2005, 10:05 am

I have said it before, and i dont mind saying it again.
Most jobs got a forced retirement age, theres REASON for that. You are NOT at the peak of your professional life when you take 30 min to get out of bed in the morning and forget half of whats being said to you within 30 min.
FORCED BLOODY RETIREMENT FOR ALL JOBS.

And this goes for popes, politicians, cardinals, supreme court judges, whoever get to be in a job that at the moment let you have extreme power WAY after everyone else are retired.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 19, 2005, 10:09 am

well consider the following. Catholics believe the following to be True:

the Holy Spirit guides the decision regarding who becomes the Pope.
The Pope communicates more directly with God than anybody else.

If you believe those things, there is no reason to have a forced retirement age.

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » April 19, 2005, 10:20 am

aye ... the pope is the red phone to god

Homercles · Post by **Homercles** » April 19, 2005, 1:19 pm

We've got WHITE SMOKE!!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 19, 2005, 1:23 pm

I bet he will be a white male!

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » April 19, 2005, 1:35 pm

The only way I'll respect this new pope is if he makes his first appearance wearing full Gene Simmons KISS make-up, tongue wagging.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » April 19, 2005, 1:39 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote:I bet he will be a white male!

I'll be laughin my ass off at bible-belt whitey if he ain't!!!

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 19, 2005, 1:40 pm

Skogen wrote:
Fairweather Pure wrote:I bet he will be a white male!
I'll be laughin my ass off at bible-belt whitey if he ain't!!!

"Bible belt whitey" tends to not be Catholic anyways =).

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 19, 2005, 1:43 pm

Joseph Ratzinger (sp) is Popified!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » April 19, 2005, 1:48 pm

It surely will be a travesty if they pick a caucasion or a European, when the majority of the catholics in the world are from S.America and Africa.

I think there was one Argentinian cardinal who was a possible favourite, so will be really interesting to see how this goes.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 19, 2005, 1:55 pm

God hates niggers. No way he would use one as a mouthpiece.

Tyek · Post by **Tyek** » April 19, 2005, 1:57 pm

Joseph Ratzinger (sp) is Popified!

Wasn' t there controversy about him being part of the Nazi party or something?

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 19, 2005, 1:59 pm

No idea about that. He is pretty old though. Rumor was they wanted a transitional pope for now, and it seems that is the direction they took.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » April 19, 2005, 2:02 pm

The controversy was that it was alleged he served as a prison camp guard in WWII.

That's what I heard, haven't really dug around to confirm or not though.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 19, 2005, 2:03 pm

he was John Paul II's "right hand man", so i think Fairweather is probably correct.

They probably wanted somebody who was in the same spirit as his predecessor. He is 78, so perhaps within 5-10 years there will be a pope from Latin America or Africa. Cardinal Arinze (Nigeria) and the one from Argentina, will still be in the picture then.

definitely an interesting choice. he is a powerful guy within the Church, but he is a hard line conservative.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » April 19, 2005, 2:07 pm

Voronwë wrote:
Skogen wrote:
Fairweather Pure wrote:I bet he will be a white male!
I'll be laughin my ass off at bible-belt whitey if he ain't!!!
"Bible belt whitey" tends to not be Catholic anyways =).

It doesnt matter....they'd still be all in a tizzy over it.

It's all moot now, they picked whitey, and a WWII German vet to boot! It doesnt getter any more white than that!!

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 19, 2005, 2:08 pm

on the eve of Hitler's birthday!

(no i'm not suggesting that is anything but a coincidence).

Wulfran · Post by **Wulfran** » April 19, 2005, 2:20 pm

at least now the news can center around something more important than which old man in a dress can wear red shoes...

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 19, 2005, 2:23 pm

The BBC wrote:Schooled in the Nazis' power of rhetoric during his childhood in Bavaria, Ratzinger later deserted the German Army during World War II, only to be sent to a POW camp when the Allies reached his hometown.

The Washington Post wrote:Ratzinger was born in the German town of Marktl am Inn in 1927. Shortly before the end of World War II, he was drafted into an antiaircraft unit, and after the German surrender spent time in a prisoner of war camp. He was ordained in 1951, took part in the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s and became a cardinal in 1977.

Post by **Xouqoa** » April 19, 2005, 2:23 pm

Voronwë wrote:on the eve of Hitler's birthday!

(no i'm not suggesting that is anything but a coincidence).

*DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNN!*

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » April 19, 2005, 3:11 pm

The new "Pope on a rope" brand soap should be out next week.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » April 19, 2005, 4:18 pm

Voronwë wrote:on the eve of Hitler's birthday!

(no i'm not suggesting that is anything but a coincidence).

es ist das Furhertag?

Flags high, ranks closed,
The S.A. marches with silent solid steps.
Comrades shot by the red front and reaction
march in spirit with us in our ranks.

The street free for the brown battalions,
The street free for the Storm Troopers.
Millions, full of hope, look up at the swastika;
The day breaks for freedom and for bread.

For the last time the call will now be blown;
For the struggle now we all stand ready.
Soon will fly Hitler-flags over every street;
Slavery will last only a short time longer.

Flags high, ranks closed,
The S.A. marches with silent solid steps.
Comrades shot by the red front and reaction
march in spirit with us in our ranks.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » April 19, 2005, 5:08 pm

The quick decision just shows that most Cardinals have X-Boxes these days. They don't want to be sitting around with a bunch of other old farts for weeks when there are other more interesting things to do.

Drasta · Post by **Drasta** » April 19, 2005, 5:16 pm

i bet they play doom 3!

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » April 19, 2005, 5:35 pm

Who really cares? How is any of this important to any of us? This holds as much significance as who Brad Pitt is going out with.

On a side note:

Last week or so, my son told me he had to wake up at 3am to watch the Pope's funeral. I told him bullshit, you aren't waking up at 3am on a school night for that crap. My wife was not pleased with me. To top that even, yesterday we found out my sons first day of Little League practice is to be this Wednesday at the same time as his practice for communion, which is this Sunday by the way. I told him and my wife he will be going to baseball and that he isn't missing something as important as baseball for that crap. Again, did not go over well with the wife.