[mitac]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4462077.stm

Discuss.

[Flipside]

Business as usual then?

[kode]

Originally posted by mitac
Discuss.

you first.

ffs, at least put some effort into threadstarting!

[mitac]

Alright, me first.

Quoting my gf : "That's the worst that could happen to the catholic church". She's polish and very catholic, and was really shocked by the result. Though I'm not religious, I'm very suprised by the election, in a negative sense. The catholic church badly needs change in the meaning of modernisation, and Ratzinger - being ultra-conservative - just isn't the man to do that.

So, indeed, business as usual.

[Rand al Thor]

Well, millions of people hoped John Paul II would be the one to modernise the church and he was a conservative as Reizinger (?) who was practically his protegee.

I dunno. I think maybe the world needs bastions of tradition and conservatism. Don't agree with their views but they can still do good and provide a counterbalance which the world very much needs at the moment.

[Rictor]

So when you pick a new Pope name for yourself, you do get to pick stats as well? Like, 20 to Dexterity, but only 7 to Agility? What about Feats? Are they even using 3rd edition rules? And how about alignment? I hear Chaotic Good is the new craze.

There's a lot of imporant questions that need answering.

[Flipside]

I've heard he actually gets an extra armour class from that Thurible...

Seriously though, I'm getting more and more an impression of the Vatican being a bunch of old men hiding away from a world that is changing faster than they can cope with, and clinging desperately to the past.

[Ghostavo]

Well, first we need to find out if he is a cleric or a paladin...

[Flipside]

Can he cast 'Find Alignment'? If not, he's a Paladin.

[Night Hammer]

so does this mean theyre gonna stop covering this **** 24/7

[Zarax]

All hail pope Torquemada II, Err, Benedict XVI...
Will pass to history as the only Hitler Jugend child elected as pope.

[kode]

Originally posted by Zarax
All hail pope Torquemada II, Err, Benedict XVI...
Will pass to history as the only Hitler Jugend child elected as pope.

yeah, probably. most of them have thrown in the towel by now.

[Rictor]

and here's one for Neutral Good

[Zarax]

Stats are wrong:

It is Lawful Neutral
Cleric
Got the "Deus Volt" natural ability which allows to launch (mediatic) crusades.

[Flipside]

Actually, he looks like Steve Martin in that picture...

[Unknown Target]

I heard on the radio..some American preacher was going "Oh, this is a great time for the world, as we  are all united in unty over this..."

Altho I did here that he denounces the "One truth" thing that Christianity has clung to for so long, he, the church, and Jesus can all kiss my ass until they actually act on it. Until then I will never truyl be ok with them.

I know that statement is going to offend a lot of people, so I apologize in advance

[Ford Prefect]

He looks like he'll be pope for about two years.

[Rictor]

true dat.

Anything more than a decade is unlikely.

[Unknown Target]

Why do you say that? Too old?

[Rictor]

He's 78, the oldest candidate who was in the running.