Pope’d

February 11, 2013 in Uncategorized by Timbuk3 | 4 comments

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I guess caring about who is the next Pope is a bit like caring about who is the next Prime Minister of Spain. Isn’t my leader, but is a leader with nontrivial power in the world. I remember last time thinking that there was some small chance that change would lead to some positive steps. But then they chose this one, and…

Ya gotta love succinct. And Philly liberals.

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    Oralloy on February 12, 2013 at 9:49 am

    I might prefer the next pope not be titled “Peter the Roman” in accordance with Saint Malachy’s prophecy.

    (The list of popes is running out just like the Mayan calendar did.)

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      Uniformityville_horror on February 15, 2013 at 10:01 pm

      I am with you on that. No peter this time. Ends the prophecy. Opps, pardon the pun.
      And peter was such a ghastly apostle, hated Mary Mag. I don’t know why people liked him. I am attached to Thomas and mary mag.

      Anyway, been hearing a lot about this Malachy for the past couple of years now. I knew last year the current pope was on his last papal leg, so to speak. I heard he was being propped up by others more often than not.

      And right now, I am listening to Dave Davies (kinks) talk about his mystical experiences and spiritual growth.

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    Timbuk3 on February 12, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    I kept meaning to look (back) into that, but didn’t verify what I remembered until after I saw your post.

    Saint Malachy’s prophecy

    Yup. The next Pope will be the last, then the floaters will all sit next to God, gloating, while they watch the rest of us suffer and die, presumably with smug grins on their faces.

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      Oralloy on February 15, 2013 at 5:00 am

      Actually, the last pope is supposed to lead the church during all the suffering and dying.

      So if anyone is going to head off to the rapture, it’s time to go “right now”. Once the next pope is chosen, they’ve missed the boat.

      There may not be a lot of rapture hysteria because of this though, because usually it’s Protestants (and only some of the Protestants) who believe in the rapture. They might not put a lot of stock in (or even know about) an obscure Catholic prophecy.

      My guess is that whoever created the list, simply made it long enough that when it finally got to the end, they would be long dead and wouldn’t have to worry about being proven wrong when it turned out that the world didn’t end.

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