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Anyone gonna watch the Pope funeral?
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Ned Flanders
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Shit..I rented a bigscreen, copped some chips-n-dip, got a case of High-Life and invited all my boys over just to watch the mourning of his holiness! This is like the superbowl of pontif memorialization, and thats if superbowls only happened once in a lifetime!. Wouldn't miss it for the world..
Nightbreeze
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what? the pope died?
Papal Qualifications
Contrary to what many people think, there are surprisingly few qualifications for someone to become pope: The cardinals can elect any baptized male to the papacy. Actually, even the requirement of baptism is negotiable -- although once a man accepts election to the papacy, he must be willing to be baptized, ordained a priest and consecrated bishop of Rome (and meet the qualifications of those positions). In recent centuries, however, church practice has been to elect someone from among the College of Cardinals.
well Raoul u r qualified
Contrary to what many people think, there are surprisingly few qualifications for someone to become pope: The cardinals can elect any baptized male to the papacy. Actually, even the requirement of baptism is negotiable -- although once a man accepts election to the papacy, he must be willing to be baptized, ordained a priest and consecrated bishop of Rome (and meet the qualifications of those positions). In recent centuries, however, church practice has been to elect someone from among the College of Cardinals.
well Raoul u r qualified
Ned Flanders
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Iranian delegation? Why do I have a feeling that this is whole thing being hijacked for the sake of political face-time and schmoozing? It's like a roundabout way of having some international summit without all the requisite ego-stroking and concessions that are necessary just to get people to the table. This could be a great opportunity for spreading a little unity..
Ned Flanders
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OMG THE CASKET FELL OVER AND HE'S WEARING A THONG!! GREATEST TV MOMENT EVAR!!!11 PONTIF IN A BANANA-HAMMOCK!!
Ned Flanders
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Meantime said:
*rimshot*
:lol
Ned Flanders
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Ok this is officially fucking boring. Can't we get some ceremonial flaming archery or maybe an impromptu dance number?
Nintendo Ate My Children
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I disagree. This is the largest funeral in the history of mankind, with hundreds of world leaders present, for the most famous, recognizable person in the world. Christian or not, this is news, and this is history.
Fresh Prince
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The Pope like it or not is the general round good guy. He was pretty much like a grandfather figure for parts of the world. He had his faults, was a bit too old fashioned and conservative but you respected (and loved) him anyway.
There are around 200 presidents and kings there including two Bushes and Clinton and some of you didn't notice he died a week ago?
Can't get any more ignorant than that.
Of course but this is the internet. You get bonus points for posting stupid, unfunny shit and generally acting like a total dumbfuck.
Can't get any more ignorant than that.
Of course but this is the internet. You get bonus points for posting stupid, unfunny shit and generally acting like a total dumbfuck.
jobber said:
Well it was a funeral and those usually aren't interesting. 3 hours was a little stretching but they had to celebrate this mass that long, next one like today's won't happen in the next 20 years or so.
In Poland every TV station was transmitting this, music stations (like VIVA Poland) or teleshopping channels put a blackboard saying they are mourning Pope's death.
I was jumping throught 20 or so channels and there was Saint Peter's Square on every one of them. I haven't seen one commercial since last Saturday. Majority of polish websites had their graphics changed to B&W, there are no banners or pop-ups.
My whole country is mourning - shops are closed even the international malls like Tesco or Carrefour, pubs as well, there are black flags on every building, tram and bus.
Taxis are free if you want to go to the nearest square in your city where there are always lots of people praying - be it during day or night.
This is history in the making, very sad but still amazing.
(Some of my richer friends actually went to Rome, I pity I didn't)
MrPing1000
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I'm waiting for Pope Idol
I heard something on the radio this morning that said he hasn't been embalmed yet. Supposedly, they're waiting to see if he starts to decompose. If he doesn't, according to the person on the radio, this may expedite the process toward his canonization. Is this true?
Spike Spiegel
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They might be waiting to see if John Paul II is one of the "Incorruptibles," saints martyrs and religious figures whose bodies have mysteriously refused the decomposition process long after death, for centuries in some cases. I'm not sure if the Roman Catholic Church still recognizes such phenomenon as miraculous in nature, though.Minotauro said:
Incorruptibles:
http://www.overcomeproblems.com/incorruptables.htm
Bout Pope:
His skin has already lost colour so I think he is/was "normal". Anyway he will be canonized soon, incorruptible or not.
http://www.overcomeproblems.com/incorruptables.htm
Bout Pope:
His skin has already lost colour so I think he is/was "normal". Anyway he will be canonized soon, incorruptible or not.
Nothing special, nothing amazing. Funerals are pointless. So is religion and the pope. I haven't watched news for two weeks. Oh well, this will pass (hopefully next week) and normalcy will be resumed. This may be history for some people, but not everyone. Many more people have gone through life without giving a rip about the pope than care. The exploitation of his death isn't quite so disgusting as it is disturbing. But we know the church isn't about cheap PR tricks. They've ridden JC's death for two millenia. :lol PEACE.
Pimpwerx said:
Err... right, not everybody has to agree but:
So where are your grand-grand parents (or grandparents or maybe even parents)?
In the trashcan? On the bottom of a lake?
I don't know how old you are but I'm certain you'll see in the future that funerals are pretty important in everyone's life including yours.
Granny is in an urn. Cremated. I think we should spread the ashes since she's currently sitting in a closet or the attic or something. Really, when people die, that should just be it. Burn and spread, then move the fuck on. We talk about my grandmother all the time. My mom remenisces about her a lot, and we talk and laugh about the times we had together. People live on in other forms. Keeping rotting corpses and other remains really serves no purpose IMO. When I die, I either want to be cremated, or stuffed by a taxidermist in a really scarey stance, and placed in front of my house once a year to scare off trick-or-treaters. :lol Really, what difference will it make to me? I'll be dead. PEACE.Borys said:
Pimpwerx said:
Ahh... cremation. Good idea but it's still symbolic. From ashes to ashes. And I don't know maybe when we die there will be something new available? Like disintegration or something?
Disney is frozen and waiting for better times, I'd like to be frozen too. Damn expensive I heard.
Spike Spiegel
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The perfect box for the ultimate move.Drozmight said:
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