The new pope looks like satan

[Gurck]

If his name is Joseph Ratzinger why is he called Pope Benedict?

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Gurck
If his name is Joseph Ratzinger why is he called Pope Benedict?

It's a tradition to take another name when you take the position of the Pope.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Gurck
If his name is Joseph Ratzinger why is he called Pope Benedict?

It's a tradition to take another name when you take the position of the Pope.

Ah, thanks, had been curious.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Gurck
If his name is Joseph Ratzinger why is he called Pope Benedict?

It's a tradition to take another name when you take the position of the Pope.

Ah, thanks, had been curious.

Yep. Most of the time it's actually to honor previous popes, Saints, or Apostles. It's quite interesting as to the meaning behind some of the names.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Gurck
If his name is Joseph Ratzinger why is he called Pope Benedict?

It's a tradition to take another name when you take the position of the Pope.

Ah, thanks, had been curious.

Yep. Most of the time it's actually to honor previous popes, Saints, or Apostles. It's quite interesting as to the meaning behind some of the names.

IIRC Benedict was an early European saint.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: jadinolf
What resistance????

I'm sorry, did someone hold a gun to his head saying "join the hitler youth or die"? Well even if they did, he chose the hitler youth over standing up for what's right and taking a bullet for it.

Who cares.

He made the conscious decision to join the Nazis.

I can gaurandamntee, that give the same choice, you would have done the same thing. Legitimate fear of death has a way of changing your mind real quick.
And just because someone served in the army doesn't mean they were an evil Jew hating bastard. There are plenty of reports of high ranking Nazi officalls giving aid to jews and prisoners because they knew what was going on was wrong, but if they spoke up, not only would they suffer, but their families would suffer.

My previous post was a joke, albeit a bad one, but your post is outright stupid.

:thumbsup:

 

[monk3y]

Wow he's pretty freaky lookin.

 

[Baked]

Flip flopper.

 

[judasmachine]

It looks like Dick Cheney next to him to boot.

 

[slycat]

holy cow..u stone casting saints...i'd love to see u in the same situation.

look, when ur like 10yrs old, and your parents and the media, your friends, and the friggin army/country TELLS u to join some damn club..u fvckin do it OK? Anyone here who says they're different is a liar and a hypocrite.

 

[exilera]

Originally posted by: Amused
Folks, I'm an agnostic and highly anti-religion.

But targeting the pope for this is just wrong, and will do nothing but cause a backlash.

I agree, but he does look kinda devilish...

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: exilera

Originally posted by: Amused
Folks, I'm an agnostic and highly anti-religion.

But targeting the pope for this is just wrong, and will do nothing but cause a backlash.

I agree, but he does look kinda devilish...

I think Amused was talking about implying he was a Nazi.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: jadinolf
What resistance????

I'm sorry, did someone hold a gun to his head saying "join the hitler youth or die"? Well even if they did, he chose the hitler youth over standing up for what's right and taking a bullet for it.

Who cares.

He made the conscious decision to join the Nazis.

Since you've already been owned by the facts I will only say this:

Maybe you should at least TRY to know what you're talking about before forming an opinion on a subject? Even more so before voicing such ignorance?

 

[chrisms]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: jadinolf
What resistance????

I'm sorry, did someone hold a gun to his head saying "join the hitler youth or die"? Well even if they did, he chose the hitler youth over standing up for what's right and taking a bullet for it.

Who cares.

He made the conscious decision to join the Nazis.

Since you've already been owned by the facts I will only say this:

Maybe you should at least TRY to know what you're talking about before forming an opinion on a subject? Even more so before voicing such ignorance?

People calling him a Nazi are really foolish.. my grandpa was in a similar situation and he basically ran off into the woods for a few years, finally joining the German military when the war was coming to an end. It seems to me that Ratzinger did something similar, he went ahead and joined the Hitler Youth as is was cumpolsory, but when it came time to actually join the army and start killing people he got out as soon as possible. That's why he was a POW, not because he was captured while bravely fighting the Allies but because he wanted to be captured to escape Hitler.

 

[Mean MrMustard]

I think he looks more like the Emporer.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
I have to say that this ex hitler-youth is definitely not the friendly looking guy that John Paul was.

You bother to read anything about his history? Yes, he was in the Hitler Youth. Almost every kid in germany was, it was mandatory. he skipped all the meetings. His family was strongly anti-nazi.


Not saying that I support him, I wish they had picked someone more progressive, but don't attack him for his history when you don't know a damn thing about it.

 

[kreactor]

told my coworkers the same thing....

in another photo (side view) he looks like joe pesci (sp)

funny just saw eurotrip and that has a part about pope inauguration