[Rictor]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4399715.stm

discuss.

[IceFire]

Said it before...he was a tough old Pollock.  Rest in peace.

[Scuddie]

Great.  Now whenever I want to watch some good TV, I'm going to get a bunch of useless horse**** regarding his death for days at a time.  It'll be just as bad as when Princess Diana died.  That's all I have to say about it.

EDIT:  For what it's worth, it's good he died on his own terms.  He will be missed.

[Kie99]

This shows he really was against Euthanasia.

R.I.P.

John Paul II

[.::Tin Can::.]

We all knew he was going to die sometime. I mean, look at all the medical problems the guy had been having. Oh well, looks like the popees are going to ellect a replacement...

[mitac]

In theory, I'm catholic. At least on the papers. But though I'm not exactly religious, his death does somehow make me sad.

I sense some discussions on that matter for tonight. My gf's from Poland, and she sure as hell will want to hear my opinion on that.

[IceFire]

Keep it civil guys or I'm just going to start deleting posts.  There's already two here that I'm finding inappropriate and we've only had 6 posts.

[Grug]

I don't see anything that's uncivil yet.

As for the Pope, don't really care much for the religeon, but he did quite a few good things for the world, or tried to. RIP old man.

[StratComm]

Kode's post is pretty low.  I don't see the second one though.  It's a sad day for the church; love him or hate him as a pope, it's a shame to see him go.

[Blitzerland]

Originally posted by StratComm
Kode's post is pretty low.

And the status-quo is maintained.

Sad to see the pope go, even though I'd never even heard of him until this thread. What all did he accomplish during his carear?

[vyper]

Meh.

[Nuclear1]

This really sucks. I'm not even Catholic, and I still miss him badly.

[Swamp_Thing]

Originally posted by Blitzerland

Sad to see the pope go, even though I'd never even heard of him until this thread. What all did he accomplish during his carear?

Uh?  Where do you live? The Moon?


I´m atheist, so i don´t care much for religion, but this pope was an ok guy, even though he endorsed somwe views that i don´t. I have nothing but respect for the man. Let´s hope they don´t elect someone less worthy to his place. Like one of those child molestors that abund in the church. Wich reminds me of one of the things i think the pope should have been clearer with. He should have never allowed those pedophiles to stay in church.
But that´s another story.

[Bobboau]

so remind me, what is the procedure going to be?
for the new guy.

[Ghost]

The Cardinals elect a new pope, and when they pick him, they change a fire to burn from black to white smoke.

As for my opinion on it... I'm not Christian, much less Catholic, but it's kind of sad.. he did a lot of good for the world. And it's the first day in my life without Pope John Paul II being alive, so it might feel different... although I doubt it.

[IceFire]

Offending posts removed....don't make us babysit.

[Ransom]

Originally posted by idiom, on MSN
Like a billion catholics are all sad n stuff

[Grey Wolf]

A bit sad, but as he was suffering, it's good that the suffering is over.

My question is who the next Pope will be. Also, why does no one ever mention the other Catholic Patriarchs? Only the Patriarch of Rome (the Pope) ever gets mentioned.

[kode]

Originally posted by IceFire
Offending posts removed....don't make us babysit.

puh-lease. I wasn't even close to offending, imho.

thing is, I'm lutheran, and my country has been for 500 years. As such, we have nothing to do with the pope and therefore I couldn't care less about him.

[Psychoo]

John Paul II was a great man. For whole his life, he was gloryfying peace all over the world. He visited more countries than any other Pope.  Many historians are saying that he had serious input in defeating communism in Europe. John Paul II was strong and charismatic person, it's sure that we never forget about him.  For all the Catholics in Poland and in the world, he is the man of the century.