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As he heard the excited calls of “It’s Santa! Hey, Santa!” the Pope remembered why he hated public appearances in December.
(Pope Benedict XVI)
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gotta love the popemobil *turns on batman music*
“Holy Roasted Chestnuts, PopeMan!”
HAHAHHAAHHAH love it
*turns off laughtrack*
*turns off douchebag commentary*
Nope, you’re still writing. Kindly kill yourself. Or do it brutally. Just get it done.
Wow who the hell pissed in your cheerios?
INTERNET ARGUMENT
Thanks, Captain Obvious. Captain Obvious is obvious.
This is the 10th reply. ieeee!!
me happy.
popeman is ugly sob.
i luvs the internetz.
I hope you cease to exist.
Really.
It’s people like you with your stupid lol-catting and crap that make me ashamed to be a human being.
Please.
Stop.
Being.
Obnoxious.
Thank you.
-The world
slrfk. wtf. pope.
I think you might have duct tape over your mouth. Can we help you with that?
No no leave it on. It’s much more funnerer that way.
Funnerer? Hehe. I kind of like that.
I gotta know…why the bullet proof glass?!?
I thought he was supposed to have faith in God’s will…
Even God’s Will doesn’t ask you to be stupid
) Snake handlers, anyone?
I just don’t get it. I’m christian but couldn’t give a fsk about the pope. He’s just a man. A very old man. What’s the big deal? And why would anyone want to kill him? He’ll be dead in a couple years anyway.
I would also argue that snake handling, and riding in a parade, are very different. One is inherently dangerous, and the other is not.
I agree, parades are most dangerous.
When you are a public figure who is so polarizing (hated and loved), then anything you do in public is a crap shoot. You might as well be handling snakes in private as opposed to walking around unprotected. Would you ask the president to ride around in a convertable down a crowded street?
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Also, Christian /= Catholic. Just wanted to point that out.
Just so long as you don’t also allege that Catholic /= Christian. I love to argue that one! : )
We won’t go there because I choose not to alienate that many people here
) I do not think that Catholic /= Christian, however……….hehe.
Well, then, you’re damn right not to go there. I’d be offended and I’m Jewish. :^P
Wait wait I am confused. PM and froo’s comments have served to confuse me. Can someone issue a clarification?
I’m making sure everyone knows that all Christians are not Catholic. There is a school of thought out there that says that Catholics aren’t Christian at all because of some basic belief structures. I’m not going there
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Neither will I, except to say that if Catholics aren’t Christians, then Christianity as a religion is only a little over 400 years old, and therefor, younger and less valid than Islam.
Younger = less valid? Sorry your boy didn’t win. Better luck for Palin in ’12.
O_O
What on Earth?
Khan is confused. That little worm thing crawled in his ear and ate his brain.
I’m pretty sure that age is the only objective difference between a religion and a cult. Please inform me if there’s another!
Number of followers and overall danger to society and themselves.
I’ve also heard one reverend say that the difference between a religion and a cult is whether they have a collection plate. If they do, then it is a cult.
I’d like to argue, then, that many respected churches are actually cults in fact.
I’d agree with that. Blindly following an organized religion because “the book says so” without question, is always a bad idea in my opinion. That doesn’t mean I think nobody should believe in anything, just that they should know the why of it.
Lol! He thinks I’m a rightie.
Not true. The Church of the New Testament dates to right after the death of Christ, a little over 2000 years ago. The Catholic church in its current form does not. There is some discussion in certain groups as to whether or not the Catholic Church is the one mentioned by Jesus in Revelation as the Nicolaitans, which were a cult back in those days.
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Christianity predates the Catholic church by a lot.
Um, the catholic church spawned the reformation, whence modern christianity came. You have it backwards.
I’m just talking about Christianity, not this bastardized religion we have now. The Church of the New Testament is a bit different than what you see on the corner, and even it isn’t what Christ said we were supposed to have.
Historical fail.
No, not fail. Duh, I know the initial christians came before any organized church. That was even before there was a bible. They probably didn’t even call themselves christians immediately. The church organization quickly grew though thanks to the “Peter is the rock” thing. He’s considered the first pope by catholics. The truth is that any modern christianity has NO resemblance to earlier followers of the person Jesus of Nazareth. Any surviving writings used today come filtered through many transcriptions, translations, editings by PEOPLE, who are very fallible. The collection of said writing that you call the bible was edited by the (catholic) council of Nicaea among others, and also possibly the king of England!
Fundamentalists today want to believe they are a direct lineage from the initial followers of christ, but it simply isn’t true. They are a product of teh Reformation, particularly related to the puritanical Calvinists.
I do, in fact, know my history.
and you are, in fact, 100% right
Prate was just using the tried-and-true neo-con tactic of discrediting people with disparaging words, instead of correcting my supposed “fail”.
Rock on Min! Goddess of Wisdom strikes again.
There were only two Christian religious churches until Martin Luther: the Catholic church, and a small, not widely known Orthodox Christian church in Ethiopia that predates Catholicism. You’ll find, I believe, that almost all Christian churches that are not Catholic derive from the Lutheran Protestant tradition, originally, or from some church that derived from that, (repeat as necessary). So, unless you belong to the Ethiopian Orthodox church, your religion is less than 500 years old. Unless, of course, Catholics are indeed Christians.
I’m sure PMark knows as well that Catholics themselves, do consider themselves Christian.
Of course.
switching the formula. Christian does not equal catholic is like saying not all animals are birds. They were chatting about how they did not mean Catholic does not equal christian, or Not all birds are animals.
Charro, you’re correct to be confused. Froo’s equation is flawed. If I read her comments correctly, she meant to say “all Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholics.” Her equation said “Christians are not Catholics.”
Oh thanks rho. It kinda stopped my brain up.
Right, I got that all christians are not catholics, but it looked like someone was saying to not make the argument not all catholics are christians. Which confused me.
So far as I knew, and I admit I have not studied christianity as much as some other religions, if you believe Christ is the Son of God and follow his teachings; then you are Christian. Please correct me if I am wrong and understand that statement is made from the standpoint of ignorance.
Look, an admittance of ignorance on PK!
Lucifer believes that Jesus is the Son of God, if you want to get technical. There’s more to being a Christian than just believing that and following the teachings. Didn’t I get flamed for this by UF a few LOLs back? hehe.
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Charro, if you’re curious as to the difference, email me at my name @yahoo.com. I’m not having UF stalk me again
We’ve discussed this before, but I believe that would make Lucifer a Christian.
No it wouldn’t. It would make Lucifer a believer, which is not the same thing. Lucifer, by definition, isn’t going to Heaven on the simple belief that Christ is God.
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Besides, Lucifer committed the Unpardinable Sin, and can’t go back anyway.
testing
Not all christians believe you need to be born again or accept as personal savvior to exclusion of all else froo. You are suggesting only one view of christianity is the right one.
I didn’t mean to broad-brush it there. I’m a Baptist, and my particular brand of Baptist believes in personal illumination from the scriptures, not having to listen to the rote that others spew.
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Sorry about that. I was responding to PiMan answering me with an answer using my religion, not anyone else’s.
christianity has WAYYYY too many “brands.
Alll the more reason to shun “organized” religion IMHO
You’re right froofrou. But I would like to reveal more what is
of significantce here. PiMan, you are close when you state that to
become a Christian you have to believe. But please let me
correct you out of compassion for your sake. I could quote
scripture to you, which I will, but I think a down to earth
example will help: If you were God, let’s say, and you
created something called a human. These “humans” have
a special place in your heart because they are like yourself.
Now, I’m not saying we are/were little Gods. But in the
beginning humans, two humans that is, were perfect and
without blemish. You don’t want these humans to behave
like robots, how boring would that be? You can create
things of robotic (aka) totally pre-programmed minds any
day. But to have something of freewill and make their
own decisions…. well that’s something completely different.
That is actually something that I trully believe doesn’t have
a word for it. Atleast here on earth. But to put it lightly, it
is something very special. So you give these humans the
power of choice. How fun would it be if you created
something for the sole purpose of having a relationship
with, but you MAKE it love you? Would you feel as
loved by a family member or friend if you knew they
loved you because you forced them to? There’s no need
to answer that obvious question. To make a long story
short, you’re special creations rebel against you. This
is painful to you. So eventually you send your very son
as a living sacrifice.(I really can’t comprehend doing that
to tell you the truth.) You have offered a free gift to
your creations-gone-bad. All they have to do is accept it.
Do you think you will go along with a “I believe you’re out
there and you are cool and all that jazz… I believe in ya!”?
Is that love? No buddy boy. They had better realize that they
are as good as dead if they don’t realize that they are in the
wrong and that they need your son in their place; to take
the punishment of what they had done themselves.
Ok. I’m done for now. But here’s something else to chew
on. You may not believe in the Bible, which I hope isn’t
the case, but here is a verse I would like for you to see.
You may have seen something like this before:
Romans 10:9-10 “That if you confess with your mouth,
‘Jesus is Lord’, and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is
with your heart that you believe and are justified, and
it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
I’m grateful you took the time to read this. I hope it helps.
I agree with you, minerva. WAAAAY too many brands. I identify with the Baptists and go to a Baptist church because I believe in their teachings. Organized religion I do not claim. I go to church for the battery refill. However, I believe you can talk to God just as well in a deer stand on a cold December morning as you can in a church building. Remember, the Church as a whole is not exactly what God intended, nor is it what Jesus preached. It is a way for ‘two or more to gather in My Name’, and for like-minded believers to share their personal revelations. To help brothers, so to speak.
Meh, I don’t need the book of loosely interpreted guidelines either, but that’s me. To each his/her own
Lol. I am also a Baptists. And we Baptists have our own faults
just like other denominations. But you hit the hammer square
on the head froo. It saddens me of how we have split
within God’s family. It is indeed not what God intended. But what do you expect when you’re messing
with humans? lol.
IMPERFECT humans at that. Damn free will
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The major flaw in a Baptist is that he (or she) believes that he (or she) is the Policeman of the World, and that whenever a wrong is done, BaptistMan will be there! If you’re watching an R rated movie, BaptistMan will be there to shake his finger in your face and tell you that you’re going to hell! If you’re kissing your girlfriend, BaptistMan will swoop down from his Ivory Tower and make sure you know that Eternal Damnation awaits you! If you’re gay, well, you might as well just go kill yourself, because according to BaptistMan, you can’t be saved ;o)
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I’m not that type of Baptist myself, lol.
Frou, you’ll appreciate this one….A son asks his father, “Dad, why are there different churches–what have they got against each other?” Dad say “Well, let’s see…the Jews don’t recognize Jesus, Lutherans don’t recognize the pope, and Baptists don’t recognize each other in the liquor store.”
Seriously, that may be a regional thing, but where I’m from we’ve got folks so fundamentalist the Baptists are the moderates by comparison.
LOL, that’s awesome! My brother in law (who is Methodist), likes to point out that the only difference in a Methodist and a Baptist is that the Methodist says hi at the liquor store.
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I think I like yours better
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Out of curiosity, where are you from that I may avoid the fundies should I ever find myself there?
As to the point of Lucifer being Christian, I have this to say:
He wouldn’t be because he is not human. Only humans have the choice to be saved.
Froo? Sweetie?
What’s scripture? Who (w)rote it?
Scripture is a book written hundreds of years after the events described are alleged to have occurred. Stories that survive to be written down hundreds of years later come from oral history. Which consists of stories learnt (brace yourself) by rote.
I read it as Christians do not equal Catholics, as in they are not one in the same.
No no no, I was saying that for some reason people seem to think that all Christians are Catholics, and that’s not the case. Christian /= (does not equal) Catholic. Just because someone is Christian does not make them Catholic.
Froo, people are confused by your format. Just don’t use it, okay? The logical flaw in your equation is:
IF Christian /= Catholic, THEN Catholic /= Christian. See the flaw?
What if I said it like this: Christian does not always = Catholic?
That’s fine. It’s just the earlier logical equation that doesn’t reflect what you’re saying.
Wel.. 2 apples /= 10 apples and 10 apples /= 2 apples, even if those 2 apples can be a part of those 10 apples.
You need to start using logic symbols for “unions” and “member of” and things like that. Otherwise it would be perfectly correct to say that Christian and Catholic does not mean the same thing, whatever way you turn it.
Is there an ASCII code for the logic symbols? ;o)
Hmm. Actually, I was thinking more of symbols for set (like “A is a subset of B”-symbols – I don’t know what the term for them would be in English). Or… Well, a combination of logic and set symbols would be good. I have no idea if they have ascii codes.
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Now I’m just testing some copy-paste: Subset symbol: ⊆
NICE
…and behind my name is a chart!
Forget the last one: This one (link) is much, much better.
I took it to mean “Christians are not necessarily Catholics”.
/= meaning “does not [always] equal”
I could be wrong though.
Sorry, I just realized that Jane said the same thing not too far up.
I love to argue that one too, which is weird, since I haven’t considered myself Catholic since about the fifth or sixth grade.
Good point.
I suppose it never hurts to take precautions. I wouldn’t want to knowingly put myself in a position to be shot either.
The whole pope idea just doesn’t make sense to me. I don’t know how a man luxuriating in the infinate wealth of the vatican represents the values of Jesus, or Christianity.
It’s a Pharasitical corruption of what Scripture says about tithing to the church to take care of God’s ministers. It’s been twisted into what certain people want it to mean, not what it actually says. In so doing, the Pope was created, and the Catholic church got into the business of getting rich.
Yep.
I couldn’t agree more.
It used to be that tithing made sense. A donation of 10% to the church was the income tax of the day. The church used to provide infrastructure, governance, provisions for community sick/poor, etc., in return. Tithing made sense then, but doesn’t now.
As I look around my community I see a Catholic Church, A food Pantry, Several Hospitals, etc. Are you saying Catholics are wrong for tithing, or all christians?
That was supposed to be a Catholic school. . . .
Tithing is not exclusive to Christendom, either. I’m saying that the tithe, as a form of taxation, no longer applies. I’m not saying that anyone is wrong.
Historical context FTW!
Not exactly. Tithing is a gift to God that is supposed to keep the church afloat. Since they are non-profit, how else are they going to get operating money? It’s the mega-churches and the lavish stuff that gives me the chills, because it’s a corruption of what tithing is all about.
I’m just saying the early Jewish church, upon which your religion is based, provided the services Rho delineated above, and collected a tithe for it. The church at that time also held all functions currently held by the government, save for warfare, which was in the hands of the king. (I’m specifically referring to Jewish early history, not any other.)
I agree with you about the mega churches, though. How do you put businesses and atms in your church and then talk about Jesus and the moneylenders?
Side note: The Jewish church and the Christian church are two different birds. At least, after the death of Christ. After that, the Jewish church (or church of the OT) was considered defunct by the ‘new’ Christians, who didn’t necessarily hold to the views of the main church anymore.
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You’re right about the tithe, however, in that it was set up in the OT to provide funding for the Jewish church.
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I hate mega-churches. They give all of us bad names.
Top note: there is NO Jewish church.
In the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, Judaism had priests with a formal hierarchy. (Please note, not church. Temple. Do not use church and Jewish together, it’s offensive.) The Second Temple was destroyed in about teh year 70 of the common era – the first was destroyed by the Babylonian conquest centuries earlier – and it was then that the top-down structure of Judaism came essentially to an end.
Since then we have been people of the Book. Every rabbi (which literally means “teacher”) goes to the source material, not to the Rabbi-In-Chief because there isn’t one. There is a certain amount of received wisdon passed down l’dor va’dor, from generation to generation, and the scholarly debates about what Torah means that happened hundreds of years before your Christ was born were and are studied avidly, but every conscientious Jew is expected to engage a combination of study, received wisdom and logical thought to build understanding.
That’s the biggest difference between what the Jews mean by a personal relationship to God and what any Christian sect means by it, IMHO.
Re: Church vs. Temple: a temple is a building, not a religious group. I believe that was a major schism in Judaism, after the fall of the second temple, right? Two traditions struggled with one another: one held that, until the temple could be rebuilt, and the High Priests reinstated in their position of power, that Judaism was dead, and the other, more egalitarian version, held that Judaic knowledge needed to be spread widely among the people to prevent any such catastrophe in the future. As I recall, Jews were killing one another over this schism for years after the fall of the temple.
I’m pretty sure the differences weren’t settled until the Bar Kokhba rebellion was put down, and the adherents of the centralized authority branch lost by virtue of the diaspora. I admit I have only an amateur historian’s knowledge of the subject, though.
It is nevertheless inappropriate to use the term ‘church’ re: Judaism. There was, IIRC, some initial effort to keep the priesthood alive after the Second Temple fell, but to the best of my knowledge there wasn’t a violent internal conflict there – and Bar Kochba’s rebellion, as you know Bob, was a final attempt to overthrow the Romans. (Why not? It worked against the Greeks. Happy Hanukkah!)
Happy Midwinter’s!
You’ll just have to do your own research into the catholic faith then. It also depends on your own ideas of christianity and what that means. There was eccentially a reformation of the church over the same thing. There are those that believe he is the voice of god, looking to him for what is right and wrong. There are those that believe no man is the voice of god and we must use our own disgression, and there are those with other opinions entirely.
“I don’t know how a man luxuriating in the infinate wealth of the vatican represents the values of Jesus, or Christianity.”
You’ve stated my beliefs perfectly, and that goes double for all the American Televangelists out there!
As frou said christian /= catholic. The Pope would be the leader of the catholic faith, he is considered to be the voice of god. The choices he makes as the pope have a huge effect on the catholic faith, and the world as well. He is also technically the leader of a country
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Are you interested in having the president drive down the street without any form of protection? I should hope not, we proved once how badly that turned out.
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the popemobil came into practice after the pope was shot at. make sense?
Welcome to Earth. There are these people here called “extremists” who would like nothing more than to bump off a major figure from a group that they don’t like. For example, Christians had this “extremist” splinter group that wore white hoods and lynched people of other races and creeds…There are plenty of examples throughout history, and Catholics have taken the precaustion of protecting the Pope, specifically after John Paul II was nearly assassinated in the 1980′s.
I get the point.
That said – This LOL didn’t make me laugh…not even a little bit.
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This, folks, is what we call: “MISSING THE OBVIOUS”. If you’ll look closely, you’ll see that Steve is looking directly at the picture, but not actually seeing what’s going on in the picture. It’s a classic case of missing the forest for the trees.
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If you’ll follow me to the next exhibit, we have an Atheist doing his best to argue against his imaginary friend. We’re walking we’re walking…….
OK Steve, maybe we need to go a little slower here… Look at the picture again. Please notice the shawl that the Pope is wearing…Dark red and velvet with a furry white trim…are you still with me? Now, Google “Santa Claus” and look at some images of what he’s wearing…then go back to the Lol and see if you can figure out what they have in common…
I didn’t miss it. I know he looks like a hunchback beardless Santa…and I get the joke.
This particular LOL just didn’t strike my funny bone. That’s all.
I’m in a strange mood today. Maybe I should visit the LOLcats page today instead…but I can’t read those comments. They fill my brain with stupid.
I know what you mean…”Hunchback beaardless Santa”…I’ll never look at Benedict the same way again
That’s better than noting his resemblence to Palpatine though, isn’t it?
That is why I don’t visit the comments. I come here for commentary and pictures to comment on. I go there, say Aww, Cute, Funny, etc, and move on.
But what if we say “awww, cute and funny” to you, DWM?
We will have a moment of awkward silence as my mind would try to think of something clever to say. Might be a long moment or a definite lack of clever.
In bed.
*golf clap* Well played, madam.
*Courtsey* Why thank you, sir…
And there I was, feeling pleased with myself for getting a LOL accepted for the first time … well, that’s showbiz!
Well, I thought it was funny, if that helps.
Yeah, I liked it too. But then, I’m weirdly a fan of pope lols.
Yes. Just never read those. They’re just distilled, pure brain rot on a webpage.
( But the pics and captions can be OSSIM! 
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Not to mention all them there just bat-poop-crazy people who will decide that some random, but sufficiently famous, person just HAS to die.
The Pope is only significant to the roman denomination of christians or so I belive.
I think the last pope thought so too…
I’m charro and I approve this timely message.
I often watch those shows (people sticking their heads in croc’s mouths, people raising tigers and getting eaten when the tiger grows up etc.) and think to myself: “It’s a WILD F*CKING ANIMAL. What did you *THINK* was going to happen you moron?!”
Ask Steve Irwin how that worked out for him…
Rays: In your oceans, killing your celebrities…
…and losing your World Series…
In bed.
Win.
You must be too young to remember the pope assasination attempt.
I remember it. Wasn’t that a different pope?
There have been several presidential assassinations, and a rediculous number of attempts, but you don’t see our presidents riding around in glass bubbles..
Maybe I’m missing something.
No, they are in bulletproof limos that are the size of some Baltic countries.
the call that thing the monster, they won’t reveal what it can and can not do but it is highly suggested the car can withstand a bomb. they use three seperate cars, all with top trained drivers. You’re missing a lot.
You’re right.
I guess the presidents just avoid the “parade” situation completely these days.
I also rarely follow pope activity. So maybe he doesn’t stand behind glass when speaking, only in parades. To be honest the only pictures I ever seem to see of the pope is in one of his cartoonish vehicles.
I often see him in pictures with his cartoonish hat.
oh now it shows up >.>
Including norty words makes posts being swept away to some cyberfreezer for a little while. (Sometimes never to be seen again.)
Why is the Pope rolllin’ in a Gerbil ball, or is that a treadmill covered in bullet proof glass?
I so wish i had my own “mobile”
all this pope-santa humor just sleighs me…
Why does the Pope look so evil? It’s like … he’s just wearing that skin.
There is no god. Get over it.
am i the only one who sees pedobear in the window
HOLY SH*T, HE`S TOTALLY RIGHT!
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Phil E. Drifter why would you want to beleve that? it so depressing.
heez entitled to his own beliefs just like everyone else, personally i can’t go to church Q.Q sucks that i cant stand in one place for more than 15 minutes without getting queasy….. tha time i fainted during church marked my last visit, btw i have Hypoglycemia which could be tha cause
The glass protects him from free thought and questions.
…And this one.
and ninja’s!