Quote:As for John Paul , He scores points for opossing communism/Fascism and anti semitism or anything ending with a "ism" for that matter ,Scores points for being the first Pontiff to admit the mistakes and dark history of the church and requesting forgiveness.

Loses points for his soft overly permissive aproach to deal with molesting priests, The church lossed all credibility here when it failed to hand in known pediphiles among itself to proper authorities or the very least strip them of their priesthood , Repentense isnt a liscense to rape and sodomize little children just the same as murder , You cant just kill someone and then run to a confession stand bleed your heart out and it all goes away all is forgiven with no punnishment or consiquence.

EdenMaster Wrote:Monk: Welcome to the Benedictine Monk Variety Hour! We've got a great show for you today, with our special guest, the pope!

Pope: HAAAAIIIII-YAAAH!

*Pope smashes a block of ice with his head*

Crowd: JP! JP! JP!

Quote:It's kinda like how Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died the exact same day, and how that day happened to be July 4, and it happened to be in 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the formal birth of our nation.

A Black Falcon Wrote:Yeah, that's definitely one of the weirder cooincidences out there... they weren't the same age though. :)

A Black Falcon Wrote:If I wanted to be picky, though, I could say how July 4 was only the day chosen to represent it, it could as well have been July 3 (or maybe several others too), etc, but yeah... it is weird. :)

Darunia Wrote:It's sad when anyone dies, but I just can't feel THAT bad for him, being almost 85 as he was... I mean he spent much of his in a magnificent palace in Rome... and he was virtually worshipped as a demi-god by hundreds of millions of people. We should all be so lucky.

Geno Wrote:Yeah, I doubt Schiavo will be covered more than the Pope. Schiavo was only a celebrity because of her condition. The Pope was a celebrity before that. Princess Diana and Mother Teresa were both celebrities before their deaths, but since Princess Di was younger and more attractive, people cared more about her death. I still see her on the cover of tabloids and magazines. People have been saying that she was murdered. Frankly, I don't care, she's dead and burried, let it go. Mother Teresa is rarely mentioned now, which is a shame. Her legacy should be the one being remembered to this day.

Great Rumbler Wrote:*as the camera pans up an image of the Pope is super-imposed against the sky while the song "Don't You Forget About Me" plays in the background*

Quote:Haha, you've done that to just about everyone.

Great Rumbler Wrote:News person: And now the Pope's coffin is being carried to where he will be laid to rest.

*Benny Hill theme begins playing in the background*

Archbishop of Canterbury: Uh oh!

*everyone runs around*

Ryan Wrote:I don't think anti-landmine rallies are silly or pointless, but I don't think Diana did any real anti-landmine work. She merely showed up at the rallies, donated a token amount of money, and was declared a heroine. And by my standards of heroism, what she did for the anti-landmine cause didn't even begin to compare to what Mother Teresa did for the destitute in India. That is a gap of light-years. Mother Teresa was hands-on, she actually did the work herself. Diana showed up and donated a pittance. And of course, she got all the coverage when she died in the noble pursuit of evading journalists.

To note, Mother Teresa is not a saint, though there is a significant debate within the Catholic Church about her eligibility for sainthood. I, and many others, believe she is eligible due to spending her entire life helping her fellow man in ways most others could not dream of, but some would deny her because she never performed what is officially termed a 'miracle', one of those inexplicable acts of God.

alien space marine Wrote:Yah I agree that Mother Teresa did probaily go the full lenght , But did you personally know Diana and how truly strongly she opposed land mines?It is said she became outraged after seeing pictures of african children severely maimed by them and went out to meet all of them and get pictures.

While I admit the anti land mine campaign has alot more people to thank down below , But without Diana and her popularity and strong advocation it probaily wouldnt have gone as far as it did , Her death only made the "anti land mine" campaign get even more publicity infact its still tied with her.

The point is lands mines can sit there for generations long after the war is over and the threat is gone,Britain still has land mines planted on its soil long after the Nazis have ceased to exists and the war is over. It just costs to to much or is to dangerous to disarm aged erroiding land mines.

They became and remain a threat to the local inhabaitance, 3rd world countries hurt the most because their internal conflicts were not lead by responsible "compassionate individuals" just planting bombs everywhere not marking it or giving a shit about the children who liver nearby.