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Pope To Resign Citing Advanced Age
Hugh Pickens writes writes "BBC reports that Pope Benedict XVI is to resign at the end of this month in an unexpected development, saying he is too old to continue at the age of 85. In a statement, the pontiff said: 'After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.' Resignations from the papacy are not unknown, but this is the first in the modern era, which has been marked by pontiffs dying while in office."
It became apparent when he was supposed to move a priest who had been indulging in altar boys to the Diocese of Ogdensburg in New York where they would have a trial and could pay off the families but instead he moved him to the Diocese of Owensboro in Kentucky where, upon discovery, he was lynched and killed without a trial. At that point, every God Fearin' Holy Roman Catholic altar-boy-molesting priest in the world feared the Pope could no longer shield them from mortal justice and so it was clear he had to resign his post. It's been long rumored that Cardinal Vincent "Big Vinnie the Silencer" Mastrantonio will be the successor and be able to invoke the Holy Spirit to "keep those quiet who don't want their kneecaps busted in over here over there."
My work here is dung.
and two months later quits his job. Coincidence? I think not.
Noah lived to over 900, and he was building Arks into his 7th century.
These modern God-botherers just don't have the stamina.
In a statement released by the Vatican Today, it was announced that his Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will step down with immediate effect. When asked for a reason, a spokesman for his former holiness suggested that he would like to spend more time with his wife and children.
So there I was, scribbling down some notes off the PC screen by hand, when I reached for the keyboard and Ctrl-S'd.
I'm hoping it's viral marketing for the new iWatch from Apple.
On the Oregon Cost born and raised, On the beach is where I spent most of my days
It's a shame that he's leaving. He was the perfect figurehead for the Catholic Church because he clearly and visibly embodied it's principles.
"Why is this on slashdot?"
It's about a guy who can talk to the cloud without any computer.
Talking to the cloud without a computer is simple - anyone can do it. It's getting it to listen that's the hard part.
What is RMS's position on this?!!
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hah. Getting it to listen is easy, getting something useful back from it... now that is the real trick.
Crusade against normality? I suggest you familiarize yourself with the standard distribution bell curve.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Because everybody knows to whom you are referring when you say "The Pope".
How about an analogy:
Why is he referred to as RMS? Other people have the initials RMS too. Can we at least always refer to him as "GNU/RMS"?
Go green: turn off your refrigerator.
Does this mean he's Ex Benedict?
Build a Man a Fire, and He'll Be Warm for a Day. Set a Man on Fire, and He'll Be Warm for the Rest of His Life.
Simple. The mathematical property of Transitive tells us:
Slashdot likes conspiracy theories.
Conspiracy theorist like news on the Catholic Church.
Ergo, Slashdoters would be interested in this.
For example, we all know that the reason why Linux has not succeeded is that the Knights Templar control Microsoft. The only way to break their control over the monetary system is to move to BitCoin.
Or am I missing something here?
"Why is this on slashdot?"
It's about a guy who can talk to the cloud without any computer.
Chuck Norris?
Ex-Benedict
Let's face it, most of us are scoffers. But moments before zero hour, it does not pay to take chances.
Um, calling something an "objective interpretation" qualifies the kind of interpretation that's being attempted. It's like the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics. It's not intended to mean that the speaker is from Copenhagen.
Parity: What to do when the weekend comes.