The Pope died on April Fools Day - What does that tell you?

Maybe this is a sign from above that we are being fooled by
charlatans? As if George W wasn't enough.

 

god's trying to murder him, but he's not quite dead yet

 

It tells me you need a new calendar.

 

It tells me that you are not only a troll, posting your kooky crap on
rec.photo.digital, but that you are the most contemptible bastard
imaginable.
Dennis D. Carter

 

Yeah, and the pope is a saint... LMAO. This pope will best be
remembered for helping to infect 40 million christian africans with
HIV.

 

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On 1 Apr 2005 19:31:43 -0800, (Will Dockery)
wrote:
copyright 2005 John Weatherly all rights reserved (keep it in the
group)

Don't rush things! The old man isn't dead yet!

He'll descend into the pit soon enough!


jw

 

Well Annika, your comment gave me my first laugh since I started reading
this group a few days ago. As I write this the pope is still alive.

Where I was born and lived most of my life (Australia) it has been April 2
for many hours. Where I live now (central time zone USA) it is 30 minutes
into April 2. When I heard the last report from Rome it was already 5am
April 2 and the pope was still alive.

I started reading this group to see how the other half thinks, as for the
last 6 years of my 62 years I have been a Christian (Evangelical, not
Catholic). I guess that qualifies me from this groups point of view as one
of those unthinking, irrational, right wing, Christian wackos. Gee and to
think I used to be one of those unthinking, irrational, left wing,
Atheistic, wackos.

Anyway, as far as April 1 is concerned, I now think of that day as the
atheists special day.

To each their own.

AC

 

Pleas enlighten me, how did the pope help infect 40 million Christian
Africans with HIV?

AC

 

Hopefully the likes of you will be ready to catch him

 

Uh...
As of April 2 in Rome...the Pope was alive and breathing.

Perhaps this is a sign from above that you need to pay attention (???).

 

I'm not Catholic...
....But you are a jerk with no class.

 

Actually at this writing the Pope is still alive. This thread was not
started by Will Dockery. It was started by Michael Cook pretending to
be Will Dockery.

 

: "jw @yahoo.com>" <j w<no> wrote in message
: : > x-no-archive: yes
: > On 1 Apr 2005 19:31:43 -0800, (Will Dockery)
: > wrote:
: > copyright 2005 John Weatherly all rights reserved (keep it in the
: > group)
: >>Maybe this is a sign from above that we are being fooled by
: >>charlatans? As if George W wasn't enough.
: >
: >
: > Don't rush things! The old man isn't dead yet!
: >
: > He'll descend into the pit soon enough!

: I'm not Catholic...
: ...But you are a jerk with no class.

I'm not catholic either but if he believes the things that he
publically professed to believing he will be going to hell.

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Keep working millions on welfare depend on you

 

BBC:
Cardinals, bishops, priests and nuns in four continents are saying HIV
can pass through tiny holes in condoms.

The World Health Organization has condemned the comments and warned
the Vatican it is putting lives at risk.

The claims come just a day after a report revealed that a young person
is now infected with HIV every 14 seconds.

According to the United Nations Population Fund, around 6,000 people
between the ages of 15 and 24 catch the virus every day.

The Vatican is opposed to contraception and has advocated that people
change their behaviour instead.

According to Panorama, the Church is now telling people that condoms
do not work.

In an interview, one of the Vatican's most senior cardinals Alfonso
Lopez Trujillo suggested HIV could even pass through condoms.

"The Aids virus is roughly 450 times smaller than the spermatozoon.
The spermatozoon can easily pass through the 'net' that is formed by
the condom," he says.

The cardinal, who is president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for
the Family, suggests that governments should urge people not to use
condoms.

"These margins of uncertainty...should represent an obligation on the
part of the health ministries and all these campaigns to act in the
same way as they do with regard to cigarettes, which they state to be
a danger."

The programme includes a Catholic nun advising her HIV-infected choir
master not to use condoms with his wife because "the virus can pass
through".

The Archbishop of Nairobi Raphael Ndingi Nzeki told Panaroma that
condoms were helping to spread the virus.

"Aids...has grown so fast because of the availability of condoms," he
said.

Gordon Wambi, director of an Aids testing programme in Lwak, near Lake
Victoria, told the programme that he could not distribute condoms
because of opposition from the Catholic Church.

"Some priests have even been saying that condoms are laced with
HIV/Aids," he said.

According to Panaroma, the claims about condoms are repeated by
Catholics as far apart as Asia and Latin America.

Both the WHO and UN attacked and condemned the statements by catholic
leaders.

 

That's not for you to decide.

 

Which Pope would that be?
From where I'm standing the current Roman Catholic one is alive.

 

I thought it might be Barbara's Cat, since he's the only person I know
of that calls me "Wilma", but Cook, being the prankster that he is, is
a good wager, as well:

Interestingly, just as I know of other people named "Will Dockery", I
just saw old childhood friend Mike Cook last week, come to visit his
parents for Easter, and chuckled at the image. The local Michael Cook
of Shadowville works here at one of the better BBQ houses, Avalon BBQ,
and can be seen often chopping hickory behind the eatery.

One thing were have on almost every corner here are Churches and BBQ
joints.

Anyway, as of three hours ago, the Pope's still hanging on, haven't
checked on Falwell, yet:

Pope begins to loose consciousness: Vatican
Last Updated Sat, 02 Apr 2005 05:03:48 EST
CBC News
VATICAN CITY - With his heart and kidneys slowly giving way and his
breathing shallow, 84-year-old Pope John Paul II clung to life Saturday
morning as a small group of faithful kept vigil in St. Peter's Square.

Faithful gather for prayers in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican,
Friday, April 1, 2005. (AP photo)
The Pope is loosing consciousness but is not in a coma, Vatican
spokesperson Joaquin Navarro-Valls told reporters Saturday. He added
the Pope had opened his eyes when spoken to and was still speaking late
Friday.

On Friday, the Vatican reported the Pope was near death, and his
condition remained unchanged Saturday at 4:30 EST.

The Vatican has said it will issue another update at 10 a.m. EST.

A night of prayer

On Friday, most of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics prayed for a
peaceful final hours for his Holiness.

"This evening or this night, Christ opens the door to the Pope,"
Vatican City vicar general Angelo Comastri told thousands of faithful
that had come to the square to pray for the pontiff on Friday.

By night's end, about 70,000 people had gathered on the square and near
the Pope's residence to pay homage to a man who has held the papacy for
26 years. For many of them, John Paul II is the only pope they've
known.

Mostly subdued, the crowd, which grew smaller as Saturday morning
approached, could be heard shouting, "Stay with us!" Others used their
prayer candles to spell "with you" on the square grounds.

Pope's message

On Saturday, an Italian newspaper reported that the Pope had left word
that his aides were not to weep for him. The Pope's note, written with
the help of his private secretary, reportedly said, "I am happy, and
you should be as well. Let us pray together with joy."

Navarro-Valls told reporters Friday that before the Pope's condition
worsened, he had asked his aides to read the biblical passage
describing the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross, as well as and the
scripture referred to as the "Third Hour." According to Christian
tradition, Christ died at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Early Friday morning the Vatican confirmed the Pope was suffering from
blood poisoning brought on by a urinary tract infection, but described
the pontiff as "lucid, fully conscious and extraordinarily serene," a
situation that changed by midday.

The Pope was also suffering from septic shock linked to the infection.

From:
http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/world/national/2005/04/02/pope-new050402.html

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Where are you standing, Hannah? We have similar names and could possibly
discuss this over a pina colada.

Han Somgai

 

That yesterday was April's fool day.

 

The Pope effectively died a long time ago - when he let religion into
his life. But Karol Wojtyla is still alive at this writing. News
media descriptions of his condition as "grave" doesn't mean he's in
one!

Budikka