My Irony Meter Just Went off the Dial!

[Seeker630]

So the Pope is in Africa trying to figure out how to help the poor by telling them to retain "their" traditional family values. But I nearly busted a gut when I saw this:



"Pope Benedict XVI set down strategy for his church in Africa on Wednesday, telling Cameroon's bishops to protect the traditional values of the African family and to spare the poor from the impact of globalization.

He also said that while the Catholic church in Africa is the fastest growing in the world, it faces competition from increasingly popular evangelical movements and "the growing influence of superstitious forms of religion."


Goddamn-----talk about the pot calling the kettle black! You can't make this shit up people.

http://news.aol.com/article/pope-in-.../386223?cid=12

The link is for an AOL news article. The lines I posted are from a Comcast AP article. I believe some of you have trouble getting Comcast links to work when I post them, so I Googled for another link of the same thing.

[janedoe]

that old fart told them no condoms. wish he'd put one on his frigging head.

[AspenMama]

Originally Posted by Seeker630

He also said that while the Catholic church in Africa is the fastest growing in the world, it faces competition from increasingly popular evangelical movements and "the growing influence of superstitious forms of religion."


Goddamn-----talk about the pot calling the kettle black! You can't make this shit up people.

I'll never forget a few trips to Museum of Nature and Science. One in particular stands out when we were checking out the Egyptian display- one of my daughter's favorite areas at the time. We were looking at the elaborate display of burial rites when I heard a mother tell her kids that those Eygptians practiced a heathen form of religion and see what happend to their empire? I immediately and not quietly explained to my kids that Christianity was a myth in the same way and why that woman had irritated me.

[homo hirsutus]

This would be funny except that over a billion people think he is the representative of the creater of the universe. It just makes me sad.

[Lifelinking]

that old fart told them no condoms. wish he'd put one on his frigging head.

[minor miracle]and lo, it was so...yey verily unto Gawd[/minor miracle]

[janedoe]

you made my day.

[Lifelinking]

My pleasure.

not the only cleric to make a complete arse of themself in Africa recently I see..

[janedoe]

Archbishop Peter Akinola, the champion of Anglican conservatives worldwide, wants all witnesses to gay weddings to be sentenced to a year in jail.

hell i got my brother and his bf a set of calphalon when they bought the condo, that could get me the electric chair.

we need a special stupid island where we can send all these clowns. they can outholy each other til they bust a gut.

[Lifelinking]

It is all so depressing. Such Medieval pish.

[homo hirsutus]

Originally Posted by janedoe

we need a special stupid island where we can send all these clowns. they can outholy each other til they bust a gut.

I'm thining an island of misfit toys. If only it were practical.

[Seeker630]

Originally Posted by Lifelinking

[minor miracle]and lo, it was so...yey verily unto Gawd[/minor miracle]

Only one little thing-----it needs to be gently slipped over his mitre----the ceremonial hat he wears that's shaped like a cock-knob.

[Little One-Eyed Wench]

Originally Posted by Seeker630

Only one little thing-----it needs to be gently slipped over his mitre----the ceremonial hat he wears that's shaped like a cock-knob.

The key thing here is to pull it down past his chin. That would solve everything!

[Fizzle]

Originally Posted by Little One-Eyed Wench

The key thing here is to pull it down past his chin. That would solve everything!

Only for a while, I'm afraid. They'd put another nutter at St. Peter's sooner or later.

[Little One-Eyed Wench]

Originally Posted by Fizzle

Only for a while, I'm afraid. They'd put another nutter at St. Peter's sooner or later.

Almost like the Lernaean Hydra!

[Fizzle]

Originally Posted by Little One-Eyed Wench

Almost like the Lernaean Hydra!

Wha...?, I got more posts than you. That can't be good...

[homo hirsutus]

Originally Posted by Fizzle

Only for a while, I'm afraid. They'd put another nutter at St. Peter's sooner or later.

I think this nutter is hard to beat.1



1 Amy J. Berg, Deliver Us from Evil, (Vancouver, British Columbia: Lionsgate Entertainment, 2007).

[Fizzle]

Googled the movie and found this:

Pope Benedict XVI was accused of conspiracy to cover up sexual abuse in the United States. At the Vatican's request, President George W. Bush granted the pope immunity from prosecution.

Is it true?

[homo hirsutus]

Saddly, I believe it is. At least I haven't seen anyone argue with any credibility that it's not. If someone has evidence to the contrary I'd be willing to accept it. Until then I will continue to refer to the Pope as "Molester in Chief" in general conversation.

[BigBlue2]

Originally Posted by janedoe

we need a special stupid island where we can send all these clowns. they can outholy each other til they bust a gut.

St Helena. Very remote, not very cozy and has prior experience in hosting people who got too big for their britches*.

(*Napoleon Bonaparte)

[Godzilla]

Originally Posted by homo hirsutus

I'm thining an island of misfit toys. If only it were practical.

haha I laughed so hard. Hopefully Santa does not deliver them to kids next December. That would be bad.

[homo hirsutus]

If only there were so few of these bastards that they would all fit on Saint Helena.

[Godzilla]

Maybe they would kill themselves off and make room for more.

[BeaverIslander]

Originally Posted by homo hirsutus

If only there were so few of these bastards that they would all fit on Saint Helena.

Ah, what's a little crowding to a flock of birds of a feather?

I've got a better nominee for an island: High Island in Lake Michigan. Just four miles from Beaver (hey, we'll need to hire some guards, right?) ... and it was once a farm colony for the House of David, a bunch of xian cultists from the early 20th century.

Today the island is abandoned, state-owned, and almost 100% covered in poison ivy.

A satellite photo for your edification. Pretty and green in the summer, in the winter it would appear to be a giant frozen mass.

[LastChance_000]

Can I make a local suggestion?

Alcatraz Island

[Bud]

Originally Posted by Seeker630

Goddamn-----talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

Traditional Christianity has long seen religion in opposition to superstition. This isn't really anything new. Always funny to hear it in the present day, though.