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12 Feb 2013, 8:04 pm

An act of God by a man of God.
Let him be remembered for his charity and his sacrifice
by his honoring of his divine within
For placing the good of the church above the prestige of his title
and opening the way for new life in the church.



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12 Feb 2013, 8:23 pm

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My guess is senility; he's probably been advised to step down before he makes a (bigger) ass of himself in public.


Someone who preaches peace and tolerance is an "ass of himself." Nice to know that....


Someone who tells people not to wear condoms because it's a sin, someone who protects pedophiles is an "ass of himself". It's more the chuch's fault than his alone, though.


Not to mention his Nazi associations...
Anyone else think he is by far the creepiest pope in existence?
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12 Feb 2013, 11:26 pm

As membership in the Hitler Youth was mandatory, I don't hold Benedict's childhood association with that group against him. But as he's a dead ringer for Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious, he definitely is the creepiest Pope yet. Along with the already mentioned inaction concerning priestly child sexual abuse.

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13 Feb 2013, 12:34 am

That hat is DOPE ! !!
He sure knew how to wear bling.



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13 Feb 2013, 6:57 am

He was from the old world.
They were all brawlers back then.



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13 Feb 2013, 11:24 am

Kraichgauer wrote:

As membership in the Hitler Youth was mandatory, I don't hold Benedict's childhood association with that group against him. But as he's a dead ringer for Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious, he definitely is the creepiest Pope yet. Along with the already mentioned inaction concerning priestly child sexual abuse.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Darth Benedict. I like that. He surely did serve the Dark Side. He was the Whore of Babylon's chief pimp.

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13 Feb 2013, 1:48 pm

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Darth Hideous :P :P :P :P



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13 Feb 2013, 3:37 pm

CyborgUprising wrote:
Not to mention his Nazi associations...
That's a really tired old chestnut. Try harder.
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Following his 14th birthday in 1941, Ratzinger was conscripted into the Hitler Youth—as membership was required by law for all 14-year-old German boys after December 1939—but was an unenthusiastic member who refused to attend meetings, according to his brother.
(my emphasis)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Bened ... E2.80.9351

As for looks, he always reminded me of Uncle Fester from the original Addams Family cartoon in The New Yorker. Except Ratzinger was in drag. :lol:
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13 Feb 2013, 6:46 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
As membership in the Hitler Youth was mandatory, I don't hold Benedict's childhood association with that group against him. But as he's a dead ringer for Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious, he definitely is the creepiest Pope yet. Along with the already mentioned inaction concerning priestly child sexual abuse.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


From the picture I provided, it is rather evident he hasn't quite let go of his Nazi ties :P Heil Papst!



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13 Feb 2013, 6:54 pm

I shall resign from the Papacy effective noon tomorrow...



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13 Feb 2013, 7:40 pm

ruveyn wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:

As membership in the Hitler Youth was mandatory, I don't hold Benedict's childhood association with that group against him. But as he's a dead ringer for Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious, he definitely is the creepiest Pope yet. Along with the already mentioned inaction concerning priestly child sexual abuse.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Darth Benedict. I like that. He surely did serve the Dark Side. He was the Whore of Babylon's chief pimp.

ruveyn


:lol: :lol: :lol:

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer



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14 Feb 2013, 12:35 am

Benedict has lived much of his life in the cloistered world of Catholic clergy. He is hopelessly remote from reality, as well as his College of Cardinals. The next pope is likely to be as fanatic or more so than Benedict. Never forget that Ratzinger was head of the "Congregation of the Faithful" also known as the Inquisition.



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14 Feb 2013, 4:32 am

Danimal wrote:
Benedict has lived much of his life in the cloistered world of Catholic clergy. He is hopelessly remote from reality, as well as his College of Cardinals. The next pope is likely to be as fanatic or more so than Benedict. Never forget that Ratzinger was head of the "Congregation of the Faithful" also known as the Inquisition.


The dude grew up in the midst of WW2, you don't need to be a history major to know growing up in those times made one rather humbled. I mean like seriously the guy deserves some respect. Whether or not you care for the church is your own business, but Ratzinger, is as good as your gonna get in any organization.

Here's some more of his experience with the nazi's.


In 1941, one of Ratzinger's cousins, a 14-year-old boy with Down syndrome, was taken away by the Nazi regime and murdered during the Action T4 campaign of Nazi eugenics.[16] In 1943, while still in seminary, he was drafted into the German anti-aircraft corps as Luftwaffenhelfer (air force child soldier).[15] Ratzinger then trained in the German infantry.[17] As the Allied front drew closer to his post in 1945, he deserted back to his family's home in Traunstein after his unit had ceased to exist, just as American troops established their headquarters in the Ratzinger household.[18] As a German soldier, he was put in a POW camp but was released a few months later at the end of the war in the summe



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14 Feb 2013, 4:36 am

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A man whose idea of modernization is to open a twitter account to spew the same old things as before. Religion is obsolete anyways.

Having said that, I doubt this was due to advanced age.


Wether or not your a fan of the catholic church, religion will always be around, it's a rather basic part of human life.

Whether or not it's a belief in the value of evolution or the belief that science will improve the life of humanity religion will always be around, it's a fundamental side of philosophy that science cannot neutralize.

Regardless the man is 85 years old, I don't know many people at his age his holding down a job.



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14 Feb 2013, 1:45 pm

Stoek wrote:
Danimal wrote:
Benedict has lived much of his life in the cloistered world of Catholic clergy. He is hopelessly remote from reality, as well as his College of Cardinals. The next pope is likely to be as fanatic or more so than Benedict. Never forget that Ratzinger was head of the "Congregation of the Faithful" also known as the Inquisition.


The dude grew up in the midst of WW2, you don't need to be a history major to know growing up in those times made one rather humbled. I mean like seriously the guy deserves some respect. Whether or not you care for the church is your own business, but Ratzinger, is as good as your gonna get in any organization.

Here's some more of his experience with the nazi's.


In 1941, one of Ratzinger's cousins, a 14-year-old boy with Down syndrome, was taken away by the Nazi regime and murdered during the Action T4 campaign of Nazi eugenics.[16] In 1943, while still in seminary, he was drafted into the German anti-aircraft corps as Luftwaffenhelfer (air force child soldier).[15] Ratzinger then trained in the German infantry.[17] As the Allied front drew closer to his post in 1945, he deserted back to his family's home in Traunstein after his unit had ceased to exist, just as American troops established their headquarters in the Ratzinger household.[18] As a German soldier, he was put in a POW camp but was released a few months later at the end of the war in the summe


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14 Feb 2013, 3:03 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:

As membership in the Hitler Youth was mandatory, I don't hold Benedict's childhood association with that group against him. But as he's a dead ringer for Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious, he definitely is the creepiest Pope yet. Along with the already mentioned inaction concerning priestly child sexual abuse.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Darth Benedict. I like that. He surely did serve the Dark Side. He was the Whore of Babylon's chief pimp.

ruveyn


:lol: :lol: :lol:

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer


Better still: Darth Ratzinger. It sounds more menacing.

ruveyn