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Surprise or not, Joseph Ratzinger is the new pope.
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This is good news I think. AFAIK he'll be rather clear on abortion (NO, not ever), condoms (No, not ever), gay marriages (No, not ever) and married priests (guess).Join MURCs Distributed Computing effort for Rosetta@Home and help fight Alzheimers, Cancer, Mad Cow disease and rising oil prices.
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Exactly what we needed, a pope with a jewish name...
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who happens to be german..Originally posted by TransformXExactly what we needed, a pope with a jewish name...
i believe he was chosen to be a caretaker-type pope, as he is the oldest (if i am not wrong)Life is a bed of roses. Everyone else sees the roses, you are the one being gored by the thorns.
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They had to pick the creepiest, scariest looking one didn't they?
And heaven forbid they pick a black pope. Or one that accurately reflects the makeup of the church body as a whole. That's what you get when an appointment happens by committee...
Hey, I also just noticed something... I think I shall call this new pope...
POPE SIDIOUS!The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!
I'm the least you could do
If only life were as easy as you
I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
If only life were as easy as you
I would still get screwedComment
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A German Pope? He'll have the Swiss Guard marching in step in no time. Donno about the rest of the church.
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Or... Pope Benedict the Sith-teenOriginally posted by Gurm
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just how is Joseph Ratzinger turned into Benedict?We have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!
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Very punny!Originally posted by Fat ToneOr... Pope Benedict the Sith-teenThe Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!
I'm the least you could do
If only life were as easy as you
I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
If only life were as easy as you
I would still get screwedComment
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I think I can answer this one.Originally posted by tjalfe
He gets to choose the name himself. He can choose any previous pope names. Usually it is someone they have admired in the past. From what I have read, since he is German, he chose to go the traditional route and choose the name Benedict. All germans before him have also chosen the name Benedict. Make sense?Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.Comment
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And besides, if he had chosen 'Lord of the Sith' it would have given the game awayOriginally posted by Helevitia
Sorry...no offence meant
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Whenever I think Ratzinger, Rat Singer, the tune of goldfinger comes to mind...
He's a grunt
a grunt with an iron fist
He loves god
Only god
Sorry, no offense meant, but that's just what keeps going round in my in-head hi-fi setup. (And I don't even know what a "grunt" is).Join MURCs Distributed Computing effort for Rosetta@Home and help fight Alzheimers, Cancer, Mad Cow disease and rising oil prices.
[...]the pervading principle and abiding test of good breeding is the requirement of a substantial and patent waste of time. - VeblenComment
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I would be really worried about this choice if certain people were NOT scornful about him. All popes are caretakers, if they do their job properly. Their job is to follow Christ, not the latest strident social liberal whims of a corrupt and secular society.Comment
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I find it rather humorous that a Christian based religion would even need a leader or any form of internal government anyway, but oh well...Comment
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Yeah and dont do anything about Priest's butt****ing little boys eitherOriginally posted by KvHagedorn
Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?Comment
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