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Posted by on Mar 1, 2013 in Catholic, Pope | 19 comments

Benedict XVI: A Pope Remembered

I’m going to miss old Pope Palpatine. Say what you will about his ridiculous beliefs, his hard line position against gays and condoms, his Nazi past, or his direct involvement with the church sex abuse scandal, old Joey the Ratzinger was fun to follow on the Twitter.

Speaking of Twitter, my favorite of his Tweets was when he claimed that if you deny God, you are denying human dignity. That one was a hilarious. But it wasn’t as funny as when he associates Nazis with atheism with a straight face.

All joking aside, I do have a lot of fond memories of Pope Benedict XVI though (not to be confused with fondle memories which I fortunately didn’t have). Okay, maybe not “aside” per se, but memories nonetheless.

Let’s not forget that it was under Benedict that the Church renewed their age old crusade against witches in England. And while he has reluctantly giving up his red Prada shoes, Benedict is not such a fan of Benetton. Speaking of advertising campaigns that the Pope Emeritus didn’t like, he actually did scream over Ice Cream.

And who could forget the Courtyard of Gentiles. I wonder what ever happened with that. Maybe Alain de Botton showed up. I don’t know.

Condoms! I’ll miss the Pope’s insane condom rants.

I’ll always remember that Pope Benedict treated the Church as the con-business/cult it is. Like when he told a bunch of people to pray to a shroud that he knew was fake just so he can make a buck and strengthen his cult-hold over some poor ignorant sheep.

Don’t worry though, he didn’t fuck them over the way his priests fucked over little children for centuries. With a cluster-fuck like that in the news every day, if I were Pope, I’d retire too. That may not be the reason for his retirement though. Here are five somewhat wild conspiracy theories (the last one is great for the picture alone). The sixth theory of course is that the Pope might be gay… or maybe just obsolete. In any case, THIS was my reaction upon hearing of his retirement.

I do want to be clear about one thing though. As much as I would love to see Joey the Rat behind bars, that probably isn’t going to happen. He certainly isn’t asking some other head of state for immunity he already has at home.

One can only grope… I mean hope that the next Pope is at least as crazy as this last one. We need the comedy of errors that was Pope Benedict XVI. With any luck, we’ll get a new ridiculous Pope and the Pope Emeritus will remain in the spotlight making ridiculous statements. I might have two Twitter feeds to follow.

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  • http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/ John W. Loftus

    Ha! Funny!

  • f_galton

    “his Nazi past”

    Ratzinger wasn’t a Nazi.

    • http://www.skepticink.com/dangeroustalk Dangerous Talk

      As a matter of fact, he was. He might not have liked it, but he was in fact a Nazi.

      • f_galton

        “He might not have liked it, but he was in fact a Nazi”

        What does that mean?

        • http://www.skepticink.com/dangeroustalk Dangerous Talk

          He was in fact a Nazi soldier. He claims that he was drafted and did not want to serve. However, there were many Americans who were drafted during the Vietnam conflict who found ways not to serve. So while I can’t read Ratzinger’s mind during that time period to know whether or not he is being honest about his claims that he did not want to be a Nazi, I’ll take his word for it. But that doesn’t change the fact that he was a Nazi soldier. That is an irrefutable fact. So you are mistaken when you claim that he wasn’t a Nazi because he absolutely was.

          • f_galton

            Do you call Jews who were forced to work in rocket factories Nazis? Unlike them, Ratzinger never did anything during his forced military service that led to anyone being harmed.

          • http://www.skepticink.com/dangeroustalk Dangerous Talk

            If the Jew was a Nazi soldier (which is extremely unlikely) then yes, I would say he was a Nazi. Also, like I said he might not have liked it, but he was in fact a Nazi. Many Americans were drafted during Vietnam conflict and found a way to draft dodge. Raztinger was either not that clever or not that motivated. He did serve as an infantry man. I don’t know if any of his actions led to anyone being harmed, but I would find that hard to believe. It is possible and I would certainly give him the benefit of the doubt, but I am curious about your source on that. Still, I said it before and I will say it again. He was in fact a Nazi soldier and that is indisputable. That was the claim I made from the beginning and you have been unsuccessful in refuting that claim.

          • f_galton

            He was never in combat, he guarded some bases, so nothing he did led to any deaths, unlike the Jew Nazis who made V-2 Rockets that killed thousands of people.

            “I am curious about your source on that”

            You should familiarize yourself with the facts before calling people Nazis.

          • http://www.skepticink.com/dangeroustalk Dangerous Talk

            Again, He WAS a Nazi! Second, where is your source that he was never in combat… not that it would change where or not he was a Nazi. It wouldn’t, but I am still curious about your source.

          • f_galton

            Calling someone forced into the German military a Nazi misrepresents them, but then that was the point.

          • http://www.skepticink.com/dangeroustalk Dangerous Talk

            How does it misrepresent them. He was at one time a Nazi.That is a fact! I was at one time a theist. I’m better now.

          • http://www.skepticink.com/dangeroustalk Dangerous Talk

            I said he had a “Nazi past” and he did. where is the misrepresentation? I’m still waiting for your source btw.

          • f_galton

            You could easily find information about Benedict. You could also look up the meaning of the word disingenuous while you are at it.

          • http://www.skepticink.com/dangeroustalk Dangerous Talk

            You made a claim and I asked you to back it up with a source, You haven’t provided that source. I stated that he had a “Nazi past” and he did. There is nothing false, misleading, or disingenuous about that. You claimed he was never a Nazi. You are factually wrong. I admitted that he probably didn’t like being a Nazi and that tracks with the fact that he avoided Nazi meetings, etc. So I gave him the benefit of the doubt. However, if he really had strong moral objections, he could have probably found a way out like many Americans did during the Vietnam conflict.

            Just admit you were factually mistaken and that he did indeed have a Nazi past. That isn’t to say that he ever agreed with Hitler or that he agrees with Hitler now, It is just a acknowledgement of the facts. Ratzinger was a Nazi soldier and as such had a Nazi past. That is a fact!

          • f_galton

            “f he really had strong moral objections, he could have probably found a way out like many Americans did during the Vietnam conflict.”

            How would you know?

            “Ratzinger was a Nazi soldier and as such had a Nazi past”

            Provide a source for that.

          • f_galton

            You need to familiarize yourself with the meaning of disengenous. Here is a source for that:

            http://casitweb.uoregon.edu/blog/wp-content/uploads/lexicon-evolved.jpeg

          • f_galton

            It’s amusing how much atheists engage in self righteous moral posturing.

  • http://im-skeptical.myopenid.com/ im-skeptical

    Even if Ratzinger didn’t support the Nazi regime, his church did.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_Nazi_Germany

  • Jeff Hansen

    I’m glad to have found this post & the linked articles. I was clicking around on Youtube & decided at random to see if any more news had seeped out about the Pope’s resignation. Roughly half of the results involved prophecies & other woo. It’s almost as if the Pope isn’t so relevant anymore outside of Italy & the Alex Jones crowd.