Because it was a particularly juicy scandal! And Catholics and Mormons ain’t the only ones getting picked on, I know some primo Baptist jokes and, as a Buddhist, I have access to some schmexi Buddhist jokes too.

I don’t believe the pope was touching the keikis, but I don’t care how pious and wonderful a person may be in public, what matters is that they are a good person on the inside and obviously the priests involved in the scandal were not good people in their hearts. Sure they’re the minority and many priests are wonderful people who would never dream of hurting children, but still.

I’m not going to go into the encyclopedic timeline of “Catholicism- Christianity, ur doin it wrong” that I could go into, I’ll just leave it at this one point:

Why is it that people have the hardest time laughing at themselves? Humor heals almost all emotional wounds, except maybe being dunno… molested. Learn to laugh at yourself, to feel empathy for the victims instead of claiming victimization by association with the victimisers, and also to live your life in a righteous manner and to it’s fullest enjoyment.

Besides, it’s just a damn dirty joke, next thing you know you’ll be strapping a bomb to your chest over a cartoon of the Pope in a European newspaper, but I’ve been known to ramble.

I was raised Catholic, and will continue to mock them, Emperor Palatine, and whoever else is involved with hurting little kids, supporting lying about birth control, and continuing to exert political control in a way that is harmful and wrong.

Make your religion better, and then I will think about shutting up. And trust me, anything I’m saying to you, I say to my mom.

That pix made up for the week of Yahoo News reporting on his every move, and making me want to throw up. I also make fun of cults, baptists, and anyone else that acts the same way.

Why won’t we leave it alone? Because Catholics are hypocritical holier-than-though pricks. How do I know? Because my family is Roman Catholic, I was brought-up in the church and left it as soon as I came to my senses and had to ability to differentiate a fairy tale (the bible) from fact (science). The whole molesting children thing just reaffirmed my decision to be the correct one.

As for Mormons….. yeah, pretty self-explanatory on that one.

You don’t have to be a good Catholic/Lutheran/Muslim/Hindu to be a good person (or to try and make a “proper life” only in hopes of having a “proper afterlife”….. why not just try being a good person for the sake of being a good person?

Hence, the irony so settle pettle and relax and have a laugh insted of getting on your high horse.

Perhaps it’s because Catholic and Mormon leaders practice a whole lot of oppression, repression, and hypocrisy?

As for the rest of the Christian denominations, the religious reich is its own joke, and the rest of them aren’t so insufferably arrogant.

And please, spare us the “we’ve been wronged” nonsense. Ever hear a Jewish joke?

I’m an ex-Catholic and a lapsed Unitarian. I can tell you UU jokes all day. It’s just that UUs don’t have things like Inquisitions in their past. Karma. She slaps.

Actually, I make fun of jehovah’s witnesses, pentacostals, AND every other religious affiliation. Don’t worry, you’re not alone in my ridicule, atleast.

My thoughts exactly. The priests who messed up sure, but the Pope? really?

What’s the difference? A person is a person. Who cares what title they hold? They don’t even follow the bible anyway.

exatcly my pov on this

Sympathy and consolation? WTF? Like having a private meeting and praying with them is going to do absolutely anything to help victims.

How about actually kicking out the priests who were involved, huh?

You do realize this is the same Pope who is on record as saying that warfare and capital punishment are lesser evils than abortion and euthanasia when it comes to deciding who gets to eat communion wafers, right?

See for yourself: http://origin.ewtn.com/news/blog.asp?blog_ID=2.

Sadly, there are probably few jokes that come close to the offensiveness of the Catholic church as an organization throughout history.

I’d also like to add, just for the record, I’m a very convicted Christian. I just don’t like how a certain denomination has screwed it up over the last 1800 years. You have to focus on the devine message, not 1800+ years of meddling by mortal man.

“He’s not mother Theresa, or any specific miraculous figure.”

Heh…Mother Theresa had her flaws too.

I’m practically agnostic and I find this in bad taste. There are so many things you could make fun of this guy or the Catholic church for, but not this. This joke is getting old anyway.

I’ll begin by saying that I, too, find this to be offensive. I can take a joke, but this definitely crosses the line. All throughout the past week, the Pope has been working tirelessly to heal the wounds that things like this seek to perpetuate.

Now, on to my main point. As a Catholic, I noticed a few things wrong with what you said, Shane. First of all, the Pope is not merely a political figure. He is first and foremost a religious leader, and his responsibility is to guide the people of the Church and bring them closer to God. Yes, sometimes this involves speaking about “political” issues, but his role is primarily a religious one. Second, we do not elevate the Pope to the level of a deity. We don’t worship him, and we don’t think he’s perfect. We do, however, believe that he is Christ’s representative on earth. This does not mean that he IS Christ, or that we think he is God, or that he can’t make a mistake. Third, the DOGMA of papal infallibility didn’t exist until the 1800s, but that doesn’t mean that just because it wasn’t formally declared doesn’t mean that the Pope was not infallible before then. It just means it wasn’t formally declared. Also, papal infallibility does NOT mean that every word that comes from the mouth of the Pope is doctrine and must be believed. It is limited only to matters of faith and morals, and it has to be a formal declaration “ex cathedra” (from the chair of Peter). There are only a few times that a declaration has been made in such a way.
It is true, though, that Catholics have a great deal of respect and reverence for the Pope because, as I said, he is the visible head of the Church on earth. Christ established this succession with Peter. The Pope does not give us new teachings; he simply clarifies and teaches what has been handed on by Christ Himself.
Finally, regarding your comment about education, I must say that I strongly disagree. There are many who have been drawn to the Catholic Church after a great deal of study and searching. The Catholic faith is consistent with reason; it is not irrational blind belief.
Hope this helps clear some things up.
Peace,
Laura

That’s pretty far off topic XD

Regardless of the Pope’s habits, the catholic church’s mistakes, and the various things you mentioned (And I agreed on a bit).

Still a really messed up caption.

Mother Theresa wasn’t a human?!

Yeah, I heard that, too. Ratzinger counselled JP2 not to worry; to let the matter blow over. I don’t know how reliable that information is; I sort of remember hearing it on NPR as I was moving from one room to another doing laundry today. It was pretty early and I had only had one cup of coffee, too. Take it with a grain of salt - or google it!

YEah, think I’ll go try that. brb

hmmm…. he said/ he said stuff go look for yourselves

The story of earth’s history.

Though maybe “People get so fired up about their beliefs” since many people aren’t religious, but still have beliefs.

Just cause something is a joke, doesn’t make it funny.

And something a joke, doesn’t excuse what’s said.

I think the point that you (and many others) have missed is far too little, far too late. If they were actually looking to fix this problem, instead of just do a little public relations damage control, they’d allow the priests to get their winkies whacked in a healthy, proper way, instead of painting them into a corner where they commit the utlimate unspeakable perversion.