Pope betting

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:05 pm

I'm not sure I understood what you just said, there, SevTiZ. What's this about comitties and such? It sounds like you're saying that Christ's teachings (as well as those of Paul, etc) were terribly misrepresented by his apostles in the New Testament, so Jesus had to come back 18 or so centuries later and start over again in a whole new direction...

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:09 pm

I think he was snarking at calling Mormonism a cult as too easily writing off whatever that guy's name was that was their first cultist.

mikehendo · Post by **mikehendo** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:10 pm

[quote="YH";p="482120"]Out of the 6 terms you used, 3 terms (Muslim, Jewish, communist) are non-Christian.... so the chances are 1/2?

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actually 4 of them weren't.. the Nazi's were anti-religion also..

Posted Mon Apr 18, 2005 16:12 pm:

[quote="NotQuiteDead";p="482289"][quote="mikehendo";p="482106"]Well, its off. The Cardinals are now in the Cistine chapel [/quote]

Sistine chapel. It's only the site of one of the greatest freaking art pieces in the world.
[/rant][/quote]

Yeah, I had it with the S, but for some reason that looked wrong, so i switched it to a C.. I prolly should ahve done a google search, but at that point I was already running late for class.

billf · Post by **billf** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:48 am

From my understanding the Nazi's were very much religious, not sure which Christian denomination they were, but they were. (linkage)

as far as Morons go. Aren't they the ones that developed from some guy supposedly finding some tablets or something burried in Upstate New York?

Keaton · Post by **Keaton** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:20 am

[quote="billf";p="482389"]as far as Morons go. Aren't they the ones that developed from some guy supposedly finding some tablets or something burried in Upstate New York?[/quote]

That guy was Joseph Smith. According to him, some angel called Moroni gave him what are called "Golden Plates," which included records of some tribes that had wandered from the Holy Land to America around 600 B.C. Brigham Young University uses a whole ton of archaeologists to try and prove these tribes existed and came to America.

TonyIsGod · Post by **TonyIsGod** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:24 am

IMHO, I wouldn't be surprised if an Italian pope came out of this.

And the first vote came with no winner (gee, what a surprise...I say it will take 3 votes)

Seeing as there have only been two non-Italian popes in the last 500 years or so, I would have to agree with you on that one. John Paul II was the first non-Italian in 475 years or something, on top of that, a HUGE majority of the Cardinals are Italians.

As for Mormonism, Joseph Smith was up in some forest in Upstate New York (had to have been during the summer, he would have frozen to death any other time) and had a vision/visit from an Arch Angel. It's never said why Joseph Smith was in the forest, I've never heard anyone say how long he was in the forest before having this vision/visit, like any religion there are a few circumstances surrounding its creation that unfortunately no one can prove.

Now was it Joseph Smith or Brigham Young that had the 84 wives?

Rorschach · Post by **Rorschach** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:38 am

Schwarzeneggar

Mark my words, if not my spelling

billf · Post by **billf** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:01 am

[quote="TonyIsGod";p="482533"] (had to have been during the summer, he would have frozen to death any other time)[/quote]

Some of us... you know... live here all year round, and we don't live in igloos either.

amlthrawn · Post by **amlthrawn** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:26 pm

FYI: A new pontiff has just been selected. He will be formally introduced within the hour.

Glory to God in the Highest!

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:35 pm

Hmmm...God's will through a vote?

http://www.vatican.va/news_services/tel ... /index.htm for a live television feed, though I get the following result:

amlthrawn · Post by **amlthrawn** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:44 pm

Yes, its called Discernment through the Holy Spirit.

ed: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, former dean of the College of Cardinals has been ordained Benedict XVI, the 265th pontiff.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:51 pm

Heh, let's not fight about it. It was just a friendly dig. I've always had issues with decisions by committee in such situations, a system with which I'm quite familiar, having grown up in my formative years in Baptist churches, my father being a Music (usually And Youth) Director in many such churches.

siabran · Post by **siabran** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:52 pm

Wooo, ratzinger for the win!
I won my pool

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:55 pm

So he's not Pope Ratzinger? Instead he's rename to Pope Benedict the 16th?

gravity · Post by **gravity** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:56 pm

Dear Lord! The new Pope looks like Hainnibal Lector!

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