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Try telling that to the Bundys.

Some of Jesus' last words on the cross of Calvary were "You know John, from up here, I can see the top of your garage."

bill_g wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 5:21 pm Some of Jesus' last words on the cross of Calvary were "You know John, from up here, I can see the top of your garage."

The way I heard it... “Hey Mom! I can see our house from here!”

I find all kinds of memes on the Facebook page of God thegoodlordabove.

Estiveo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:38 pm Estiveoshot_20210620_193718.jpg

Best theological discourse evah!!!!!!!!

Estiveo wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 10:38 pm Estiveoshot_20210620_193718.jpg

Satan and God...the most bromantic story ever told...

Oh man, I could name 16 popes and I didn't even know!

Suranis wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:13 ambenedict.jpg

I'll take JOHN for $1000, Alex.

In case you're interested, here's an alphabetic list of all the popes. I like that there was a pope named St. Hilarious.

When will we get our first female Pope?

much ado wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 2:57 pm When will we get our first female Pope?

Pope Joan (yes probably fictional)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Joan

Well, there goes the humour.

Lets look at the question with some seriousness

Well firstly, there is pretty much zero chance that the College of Cardinals is going to elect someone that is not one of them. BUT there is no technical reason under canon law why they couldn't, and Commoners have been elected Pope before. Not for hundreds of years. but only Italians were elected Pope for hundreds of Years before John Paul II as well

And there is no reason why, under canon law, why that commoner cannot be a Woman. Or a Nun. Do they count as women to certain people? Answers on the back of a $10 note to...

Of course if they did, the nasty people who try to turn a humour thread into an argument will just invent another reason why the Catholic Church hates women, faster than you can say "Joe Biden is totally anti-Progressive" or "All Obama has to do is release a certified copy of his long form birth certificate." So what can you do?

So, it wont happen, but if the College of Cardinals wanted to give people like Much Ado a 5 minute heart attack and complete cognitive shutdown, that's how a Female Pope could be elected tomorrow. Ave Maria.

Now I'm sure the usual suspects will be spitting fire and trying to start an argument with"why haven't they?" etc etc, but that's hot the correct question. The actual correct question is "Why should they?"

To satisfy the people who hate them? You might as well try to satisfy the Wind. 30 years of Child care reforms and the haters are still screaming the Church is all about abusing kids same as they screamed in 1992. No matter what they do the haters will hate, so why bother?

No, if you want a female Pope you need to start doing things like nominating worthy candidates to the Cardinals. It's a political process, and you have to do it politically. Don't expect them to nominate a Woman over other worthy candidates just because its a Woman. Present worthy candidates. Credit the fact the people involved are intelligent and that this is a serious matter, and behave like its serious. Then people will listen seriously.

Anyway, I'll be just doing jokes here from now on.

Suranis wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2023 4:37 pm Lets look at the question with some seriousness

Why? It was a snide remark, not a serious question.

...the nasty people who try to turn a humour thread into an argument...

It takes at least two to make an argument. Just give it the respect it deserves and leave it alone then there will be no argument.

Now I have a question about something you said in your reply, but I'll ask it in the religious hijack thread.