Grand_Admiral_Thrawn Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 After four votes the College of Cardinals has elected the new Pope. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany is now Pope Benedict XVI. Though I am not a religous man, I do give congradulations to the new Pope, as well as all Catholics. The position of Pope holds more signifigance than simply a leader of the Catholic Church. Each pontif works on the international stage to better humanity as a whole, a task no one, no matter what their beliefs, can belittle. History is on the move, Captain. Those who cannot keep up with it will be left behind, to watch from a distance. And those who stand in our way will not watch at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mask Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Habimus papam Quite frankly, I didn't believe, that our next pope would come from Germany, guess I was wrong He comes from a little town in Bavaria, called Alt Ötting and was a trusted aide of our former pope for many years. http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5183/animated9pn.gifhttp://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1778/reloadedbannerdu8.gifhttp://www.swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand_Admiral_Thrawn Posted April 19, 2005 Author Share Posted April 19, 2005 I am a little ashamed to admit it, but as soon as I heard the next Pope was German the first thought that I had was "Huh, the Germans are taking over something that was Polish again". History is on the move, Captain. Those who cannot keep up with it will be left behind, to watch from a distance. And those who stand in our way will not watch at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad78 Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 GAt you shouldn't think such thinks Well done to the New Pope and good luck in his work.I just hope he won't be TOO conservative. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Palpycard.gifhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Spamkinguserbarcopy.jpgCLICK HERE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!Click here is you like Trance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktrooper Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Wow. That was fast. The good admiral is right about the comment. Let's hope this don't bring bad things. Thanks for let me know, since I have my TV off. "May the force be with the pizza guy. I want it in less that 30 mins or less." You can kill me later, thank you. I want you to join KoC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mask Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Well, the position of the pope has no nationality attached to it, since the pope is the head of the catholic church all over the world. Also, while this comment was not hard to come up with, I do believe it was uncalled for. You wouldn't expect the head of this church to say something as absurd as waging a war with the whole world Now, on a more humorous note and to get away from these two incomparable topics: When my uncle got home today, he had already heard of the new pope in the radio, but the order of the news struck him as quite funny. First of all, the minister for Swabia (or Baden-Württemberg, as it is officially called ) is named Erwin Teufel. The last name means 'devil', btw. Today he announced his retirement. So what my uncle heard was : "…, Ratzinger is elected to be the new pope, devil has declared his retirement." http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5183/animated9pn.gifhttp://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1778/reloadedbannerdu8.gifhttp://www.swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktrooper Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Man, that's a good one. That would be a day to remember. "May the force be with the pizza guy. I want it in less that 30 mins or less." You can kill me later, thank you. I want you to join KoC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Well, the position of the pope has no nationality attached to it, since the pope is the head of the catholic church all over the world. No he doesn't, but he is greatly influenced by his life expierence which is directed by where he lives. In many ways I prefer Ratzinger over most of the Latin-American ones, but on the other hand Ratzinger is much more conservative than Karol Woltyja (sp?) was. It's pretty evident that Benedict XVI is a transition pope, he will not last too long. (Less than a decade, definitely). I do congratulate him and hope he follows the path that Woltyja laid out for the church in the Third Millennium, that he will continue (as GAT says) to better humanity as a whole. http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad78 Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I, being a protestant, am not very affected by the new popes positions. Even if in genral my opinion is that the church should not be too conservative. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Palpycard.gifhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Spamkinguserbarcopy.jpgCLICK HERE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!Click here is you like Trance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadSamaritan Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Benedict is a hardliner, which is not what the church needs at this point in time. he will fight to keep the church steeped in its current ways. This is not what the church needs right now. What the church needed was someone who knew enough to pick which values were worth fighting for, and which ones they might have to find a middle ground on. Bergoglio would have been a much better choice, IMHO. I once knew a great man. Nothing got to him, and he always smiled. May he forever rest in peace, knowing fully well that his freinds shall remember him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktrooper Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I believe Benedict XVI is a caretaker for the church. I said this in basis of his age, he's 78 if I recall well. Also the he will be the enforcer for the church. Anyway, I will give him my best of luck. "May the force be with the pizza guy. I want it in less that 30 mins or less." You can kill me later, thank you. I want you to join KoC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mask Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Hmm, well I don't say I agreed with every decision, that our former pope, Karol Woytila (at least I think that's the correct spelling ) made, either. But I guess, we can all but wait and see, how Benedict performs in his new job, since only he and god will know for certain, what he will do in the end http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5183/animated9pn.gifhttp://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1778/reloadedbannerdu8.gifhttp://www.swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktrooper Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 you got that one right. In quoting the words of the archbishop of NY: "Give him a chance." Benedict will get it from me. "May the force be with the pizza guy. I want it in less that 30 mins or less." You can kill me later, thank you. I want you to join KoC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mask Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Amen Ok, that's enough religion for me, before xmas http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5183/animated9pn.gifhttp://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1778/reloadedbannerdu8.gifhttp://www.swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdmiralFishface Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Note the picture on the right. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/RiesstiuIV/Krempel/trapaure.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadSamaritan Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Note the picture on the right. Nice find man. Very nice indeed. I once knew a great man. Nothing got to him, and he always smiled. May he forever rest in peace, knowing fully well that his freinds shall remember him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand_Admiral_Thrawn Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 Wow, if that's the new pope, perhaps I should join the cloth. Maybe I can learn the ways of the Force.... History is on the move, Captain. Those who cannot keep up with it will be left behind, to watch from a distance. And those who stand in our way will not watch at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktrooper Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 ROFL Dude, after 5 mins and I'm still LoL. That's great. I'm going to send that page to my friends. "May the force be with the pizza guy. I want it in less that 30 mins or less." You can kill me later, thank you. I want you to join KoC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad78 Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 I am amazed the Vatican hasn't yet noticed this http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Palpycard.gifhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Spamkinguserbarcopy.jpgCLICK HERE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!Click here is you like Trance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktrooper Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 (edited) Tell me about it. You should see the reaction of my cousin. "Que (explicit) es eso???!!!" In english. "What the (Explicit) is that???!!!" Words aren't enough. EDIT: Following the recomendation of our moderator, this post is edited and an formal apologize is isued. The writer apologize for the old statement. Edited April 25, 2005 by Darktrooper "May the force be with the pizza guy. I want it in less that 30 mins or less." You can kill me later, thank you. I want you to join KoC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_La_forge Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 I think Wikipedia is highly editable. Even you can place a pic there somehow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 "Que P**eta es eso???!!!" Where did that 'e' come from? It's not supposed to be there... As for wiki being highly editable, that's true. Either way there's been some comments on the Internet about the resemblance of Palpy to Ratzinger, and decided to put Palpy's pic there. http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktrooper Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 "e"? That "e" is suposed to be part of the word. Anyway, I have edited the post for the PG-13 rating. "May the force be with the pizza guy. I want it in less that 30 mins or less." You can kill me later, thank you. I want you to join KoC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 There shouldn't be an 'e' in that word, anyway. And is anywhere round here under 13? http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mask Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 As far as the active members go ... um, I think bobandrupert might be at that age, or slightly below. But with over 3500 registered ones and a lot of lurkers, you can never know. Despite, that this would also be there, whenever someone below that age signed up http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5183/animated9pn.gifhttp://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1778/reloadedbannerdu8.gifhttp://www.swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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