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The Pope has just died.
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May his positive contributions to the world live on in our hearts and minds. The man did a lot for the world... some things perhaps negative, but most things very positive. We've all lost a very positive inspiration today, even those who are not religious.
I'm NOT religious at all.
And the passing of the Pope affects me not one jot.
But I felt that he should have been allowed some peace in his final YEARS, and not dragged around on display around the world.
Maybe the next one, will retire, THEN die, in and at peace.
Pax
Im not catholic so i dont really follow the pope at all but, i am sad that he died because while everyone dies he was a particularly good man who did good things for society. He will be missed.
I'm not too religious i just feel that every good man who dies will be remembered for sometime and may his soul rest in peace.......
While Pope John Paul II will largely be remembered for his influence on social issues ranging from euthanasia to AIDS, he also earned a place in history as the first pontiff to embrace computer technology.
The Pope's Influence
When John Paul II was appointed.. there were very few Personal Computers and the PC was still a few years away..Quote:
he also earned a place in history as the first pontiff to embrace computer technology.
As a non Roman Catholic we are saddened of the passing, gladdened that his pain has past and peace at last..
HE was the First Pope to have visited many countries on this earth, and the first to have visited as many has he did. His visits in Poland have been considered the a major catalyst in the breaking of the totalitarian communist government of Poland. It was JP2 who insigated the forgivness of the Jewish people for the death of christ (gee a 2000 yr grudge).
Inspite of my disagreement with some of his beliefs, I respect his efforts and achievements..
God Journey JP2
I think everyone should respect him for what he's done for jews and the jew/catholic relationship... I don't care who you are, one more step towards world peace is great for us all. He also gets huge respect points from me for helping Jews during the holocoust.
Its a sad news.
I'm not a Catholic. This is the third Pope whom I've seen pass from this Earth into their great reward. This is also the one I know to have done the most of the three during his tenure. The world is a sadder place at his passing.
In his life, Pope John Paul II helped Jews escape from the Nazis to the point of his arrest by the Gestapo, showing himself even in his youth to be a man worthy of much respect and honor. His Papacy has done no less, constantly working towards the benefit of mankind about the globe.
Although I'm not a Catholic, I respect that a great man has been lost. I hope the College of Cardinals elects a successor that can do as much or more for mankind than John Paul II did.
I pray he rest in peace, and is received unto the Great Architect as he is most worthy.
Although I am athiest in nature.
A salute a this pope... and hope that his sould will live on where he thinks it should have gone too.
I think finding a pope like this is one is going to be hard. . At least the new one can talk and walk.
to me it is ironic that you have a Marlyn Manson avatar and you bringing this up... hehe
It's a shame that he died but there are more imporant things to deal w/ than a death of this one man. It's very ironic that I was watching an HBO special about the Chernobyl babies and the conditions that they live in about 2 days ago. It makes me sick to my stomach that ppl would come out in houndred of thousands to pray and blabla... for the pope and at the same time ppl don't give a **** about more important things... which there's plenty of.
So... good riddance, hope you sit at the right hand of Jesus
Hey, the Pope died... thats awsome. How did he die? :D hahaha...
He was ****in old.... How do you think he died?
To put it into perspective, we have a frail 85 year old in the advanced stages of Altzheimer's disesase. His death is not sad, it is inevitable, and a merciful relief. If you have ever watched anyone in a similar position (and I have) you will understand.
If there is anything that I do find sad it is that the poor guy was not retired off several years earlier when his condition was diagnosed.
I think that the larger isssue is who will be the next Pope.................a hardliner like "Panzer" Ratzinger, or a liberal like Hummes?
just my thoughts................
I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Pope.
I am pro-choice, pro-drugs, and pro-fessional.
VOTE FOR ME... D0PPY FOR POPE...
Those "elections" for the new pope are always nice... the cardinals that have announced that they want to be pope never get the position, out of "revenge" from the others... the Italians want the pope to be Italian again like it has been 90% of the time... most of them want someone who's going to die soon so they can call him a "transition" pope... my vote goes to the Belgian candidate! I can't wait for !mitationRust to call Belgium dinky again - I could then tell him that we dropped Congo for Vatican City...
Does anyone know any other country that goes without a leader for a month?
This will probably make Dan Brown's Angels & Demons a New York Times bestseller again...
Hi Negative,
Given the poor guy's mental and physical health, they have been without a leader for several years?Quote:
Does anyone know any other country that goes without a leader for a month?
I have just checked my list, the bookmakers are offering 8:1 on the Belgian candidate (our guy is 104:1) :)