Pope Benedict resigned to avoid arrest, seizure of church wealth by Easter

[burntheships]

so all of this huff puffery will be for no reason whatsoever but to make us think these are real sacred places being graced by the popes to the chagrin of the jewish people.  doh.

Yes, that and to transfer the power from the two into the one,
which is coming.

[undo11]

why is the rcc characterized in revelation as being drunk on the blood of the saints?  i think they are still drinking menstrual blood chemicals, as are several royal houses, and in many cases, they appear to kill the people who's blood they intend to drink.  it sounds sorta dracula, but what it actually is,  is just a sad case of not realizing that eternal life has nothing to do with anything associated with procreation.  that's why the text says, jesus' death was the last sacrifice necessary.  i guess they disagree  cause they are apparently still at it, when they don't need to be, and refuse to change their viewpoint too, which is weird.  why would you choose longer life over eternal life?  these are different things!

[burntheships]

why is the rcc characterized in revelation as being drunk on the blood of the saints?

Well, they have killed a lot of people in the past, and if I see the future
correctly, they will kill a lot of people to come.

They the RCC and Israel will be directly involved with the Antichrist
rise to power, and the mark of the beast.

Hand in hand they will go. 

Edit to add, neither one of them has a claim to eternal life,
the Jewish reject Jesus Christ as Messiah, The RCC deny the
power of Jesus Christ by way of the Pope being equal to Jesus.

[undo11]

Well, they have killed a lot of people in the past, and if I see the future
correctly, they will kill a lot of people to come.

They the RCC and Israel will be directly involved with the Antichrist
rise to power, and the mark of the beast.

Hand in hand they will go.

yeah, i'm kinda hoping that we don't have to sit here and watch it unfold like some macabre theater. i don't do horror movies and would be right ticked off if i had to deal with the end results of it, as well.   one death is enough, thanks anyway.  i'm ready for enki (jesus) to swing by and pick us up, preferably for the simple reason that we realize eternal life doesn't come from drinking real blood (it's a metaphor for something else, for cripes sake! what's the metaphor, think think).

[burntheships]

  one death is enough, thanks anyway.  i'm ready for enki (jesus) to swing by and pick us up,

I hope so, otherwise what are our options? Try and hide , not being
able to buy and sell. But its looking like this is going to be a reality,
lets hope its a short one any way it goes down.

we realize eternal life doesn't come from drinking real blood (it's a metaphor for something else, for cripes sake! what's the metaphor, think think).

Go on, lets hear it dear lady.

As I understand it...Jesus asked the apostles whether they wanted to leave,
the apostle Peter answered "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God" (6:68). They had no thought about the Eucharist,
much less that the bread and wine are changed into the flesh and blood of Christ. They had understood well what Jesus meant all the way. He was claiming to be the Messiah; and they confessed their faith in Him, then being no longer dead in sins and unbelief.

[undo11]

I hope so, otherwise what are our options? Try and hide , not being
able to buy and sell. But its looking like this is going to be a reality,
lets hope its a short one any way it goes down.


Go on, lets hear it dear lady.

As I understand it...Jesus asked the apostles whether they wanted to leave,
the apostle Peter answered "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God" (6:68). They had no thought about the Eucharist,
much less that the bread and wine are changed into the flesh and blood of Christ. They had understood well what Jesus meant all the way. He was claiming to be the Messiah; and they confessed their faith in Him, then being no longer dead in sins and unbelief.

sounds right to me

[undo11]

unrelated video here, but i thought it had some interesting photography. especially footage of the pyramid.  i was like.....hey, what's that on the side of the pyramid.  there's some symbol on the surface up towards the top, and you don't see it till the camera pans up and back from the pyramid.  never seen that before

area where i see it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Ztdl2p4ODOw#t=1860s

whole video

[rdunk]

Rdunk,

Do you mean really no influence. In the world?
What about The Holy See, and all of its medling into
politics, and world affairs?

I am just asking. 

Yes, Vatican and hierarchy does get into a fair amount of stuff, as they are in a lot of places.

I mean no influence on me, and I assume not on most of the Protestant world. Because the Catholic church is way off base with some of what they believe, even salvation appears to be a stumbling block for many.

I pay no real attention to what goes on in the Vatican and associated community of the Pope, nor the Catholic church, so no real influence in the Protestant world of Christianity, with all that I have seen.

However, the Pope always gets a lot of news coverage!

[zorgon]

[PLAYSWITHMACHINES]

At the exact moment he resigned, this happened:



Someone up there is not happy, it seems

[sky otter]

 

ok.. i'm only going to copy the headline cause it cracked me up on several levels
...article is at the link


Pope Benedict XVI Resigned Partly Because Of Powerful Vatican Gay Lobby, Italian Paper Claims


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/pope-benedict-resigned-vatican-gay-lobby-paper-claims_n_2735642.html

[sky otter]

dang.. too late to modify the last one
i'm just enjoying the headlines without the bs of the articles




'GOSSIP, MISINFORMATION, AND SOMETIMES SLANDER'

Vatican Slams Report That Gay Scandal Led To Pope's Resignation...
But Doesn't Deny Rumor


here's the link if you want to read all about it

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/23/vatican-gay-scandal_n_2748470.html

[sky otter]

i probably shouldn't be enjoyin the sillyness of this so much but darn


pwm there were two strikes.... and after seeing your pic above i was reminded of the two strikes and then i could hear tony orlando singing




chorus
Oh my darlin
knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
mmmm twice on the pipe if the answer is no
oh my sweetness
means you'll meet me in the hallway
oh twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show


Lightning struck the Vatican not once but TWICE - hours after Pope Benedict XVI's shock resignation.

The spooky moment, believed by some, to be a sign from God, was caught on camera by AFP photographer Filippo Monteforte.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lightning-bolt-hit-vatican-not-1705156

[PLAYSWITHMACHINES]

i don't think black people are any less capable of being intelligent. they are just not held to the same standards, and that is because the eugenicists want them to survive and white folks to disappear.

Why?

Smart is smart, i've met smart russians, chinese, africans...even some smart americans!
I would have thought eugenicists will just want smart people's genes, no matter what race they are from.

once it starts, however, they will kill off most of the european whites in the usa, not just the conservatives but most of the liberals also, regardless of religion and regardless of political party. it will be race-based entirely. the liberal socialists of white skin will be killed as well, and survivors will flee to other, non muslim lands like
china, if any  non muslim lands remain.

That's pretty Doom & Gloom isn't it?
Here in Europe we have had a long time to integrate, no it isn't perfect, but when push comes to shove it won't be a race issue, or even one of belief.
It will be simply us against them.
I've seen it happen, poor whites, blacks & asians from the ghetto fighting with Thatcher's police army in the 80's. The greater the gap between rich & poor, the closer is the bond between ethnic groups....

Zorgon;

So the world is going to Hell in a hand basket? what else is new? Too old to worry about it... and we didn't luck out this time and get annihilated by a space rock... Oh well there will be more  One will get us sooner or later. There are literally hundreds of craters on Earth  and that will end the religious folly really fast

My thoughts exactly.
We should all worship the big rocks that fall from the sky
Pray to them to fall somewhere else, for example.......

Undo;

of course, i'm handicapped by that verse that says "do unto others as you would have them do unto you," and i don't want to be killed just because someone disagrees with me, so naturally i should not want to kill someone else i may disagree with.  the former is what has kept this planet in a perpetual state of killing, and the latter is a personal choice, which is not enforceable either.

True, that's why the bible can be interpreted in so many ways, on one page it says 'an eye for an eye' and yet on another page 'turn the other cheek' etc.
I prefer to err on the side of 'goodness', and only strike out when struck, and then only for defense. I would not want to force my will on anyone, no matter what i thought of them.

Master Po say:
'Run, rather than fight.
Fight, rather than get hurt.
Hurt, rather than maim.
Maim, rather than kill.
Kill, rather than die'

Yeah Jesus likely has a spaceship. They beamed him up out of that cave, healed him in the medics office and then after saying goodbye to friends he flew back home. Given Einsteins theories he could return anytime soon and only be a few weeks older.  But he probably saw the mess down here and said screw it and went to Venus instead...

I would

Yeah, me too
Tony Orlando LOL
Yes i got the pic from a dutch paper who got the story from AFP, apparently confirmed by a Dutch priest in rome....

Had i seen it, it might have caused me to doubt my atheism

[sky otter]

wow...headline is

Is It A Sign? Earthquake Strikes Pope's Retirement Home

Mild Earthquake Strikes Castel Gandolfo, Pope Emeritus' Home, Just Days After He Arrives:

Report
Posted: 03/03/2013 2:27 pm EST  |  Updated: 03/03/2013 3:04 pm EST


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/03/mild-earthquake-strikes-castel-gandolfo-pope-home_n_2801969.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=World