Remember, kids...condoms will kill you! Just ask the Popenfuhrer.

They must have been wearing condoms

lol +1

Were they aides?

When you get trampled to death going to see the pope, you get into Heaven no questions asked, right?

Why does anyone care what this ancient, ex-nazi youth, virgin (not counting altar boys) has to say???

I don't get it ... but then again I don't have invisible friends.

IIRC, there was another German who thought he belonged to a chosen people and strongly encouraged them to reproduce widely.

This is the first time I can think of Western media caring about Africans dying since LiveAid.

(Wow...my first insta-green.)

I find it ironic that the Pope's main message was to tell Africans to get their friends and neighbors to abandon silly mysticisms and beliefs in wizardry...so they can become Catholics.

But that's about 200,000,000,000,000,000,000 Zimbabwean people.

Prayer obviously works.

You'd think God would be watching over this crowd. He must have been busy at the time or something.

*snicker*

good one.

It's official. Compared to condoms, the Pope has now killed more people in Africa.

Go Pope Go!

It's nice that Darwin could make it to see the pope.

African crowds?

Farking Canuck: I don't get it ... but then again I don't have invisible friends.

How would you know if you did, but they were being really quiet?

Two people out of tens of thousands were wearing condoms? That sounds like about the right ratio for condom use in Africa.

AmazingRuss: Farking Canuck: I don't get it ... but then again I don't have invisible friends.

How would you know if you did, but they were being really quiet?

Then they'd be invisible companions. Friendship requires interaction.

That is strength, boy! That is power! What is steel compared to the hand that wields it?

Highroller48: Remember, kids...condoms will kill you! Just ask the Popenfuhrer.

In this context I'm pretty sure it's the African bit that's being made fun of, lots of dumbass leaders in Africa are against condoms; they're sent by White people to poison us. Poison like AIDS...erm, wait, no, worse. Yes.

Pope says condoms suck
Sinful condoms still save lives
Pope is a dumbass

I saw the article where he said condoms make the risk of AIDS worse, but it didn't say HOW.

Can anyone elaborate on WTF his logic was for that inane statement?

Must have been God's will.

Barakku: In this context I'm pretty sure it's the African bit that's being made fun of, lots of dumbass leaders in Africa are against condoms; they're sent by White people to poison us. Poison like AIDS...erm, wait, no, worse. Yes.

Nope. Herr Pointy Hat was the dummkopf who said something dumb about condoms this time around.

I'm quite sure some of this article is copy/pasted from the article posted earlier (the one on sorcery). The bit about him walking slowly and wearing white robes is exactly the same. Not that I am terribly bothered about making it a big deal at 04:30 but reading the two back to back gave me a tingly deja-vu feeling.

/Probably a simple explanation.

ProtoDewd: I saw the article where he said condoms make the risk of AIDS worse, but it didn't say HOW.

Can anyone elaborate on WTF his logic was for that inane statement?

Off-hand I'd say it was the practice of "dry-sex" where African dudes reputedly prefer a dry pussy to a wet one, thereby increasing the damage done to vaginal walls and increasing the likelihood of a condom tearing. It's just what I heard though.

Tony Wonder:
/Probably a simple explanation.

More than likely a wire report posted several places verbatim. AP affiliates do it all the time.

The REALLY ironic part is that the African sorcerers predicted this would happen.

ProtoDewd: Can anyone elaborate on WTF his logic was for that inane statement?

The watered down, Vatican-approved version is that Condom use will increase promiscuity.

However, it's not uncommon for missionaries and even Church officials to claim that HIV can pass through a condom, or even claim that Condoms are actually CAUSING the disease (as in they're contaminated with HIV). It's the age-old story of creating irrational fear to scare people into complying with your dogma.

Who?

Nobody said you had to be smart to get that job.



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Highroller48: It's the age-old story of creating irrational fear to scare people into complying with your dogma.

When they find they've been saved from damnation, they'll be grateful for the the lie.

protodude
Can anyone elaborate on WTF his logic was for that inane statement?

He is saying that condoms encourage promiscuity, which aids in the spread of aids.

Some people see condoms as a mechanism for allowing promiscuous sex without the threat of pregnancy....therefore condoms encourage t3h s3xin.

Aids spreads primarily via sex...therefore they believe that condoms encourage aids.

What they're saying is that if people abstained from sex with more than one partner over their lifetime, it would cut aids almost immediately.
They're correct, they're just being unreasonable.

Highroller48:
However, it's not uncommon for missionaries and even Church officials to claim that HIV can pass through a condom, or even claim that Condoms are actually CAUSING the disease (as in they're contaminated with HIV). It's the age-old story of creating irrational fear to scare people into complying with your dogma.

[Citation Needed]

EviLincoln: When you get trampled to death going to see the pope, you get into Heaven no questions asked, right?

*two dudes show up at pearly gates*

St Peter: Ok, we got a ton of paper work and sin checking before I let you guys in here. First off, what was your cause of death

Dude one: we got trampled going to see the Pope.

St Peter:...for real?

Dude two: Yeah.

St Peter: C'MON IN.

Highroller48: (Wow...my first insta-green.)

I find it ironic that the Pope's main message was to tell Africans to get their friends and neighbors to abandon silly mysticisms and beliefs in wizardry...so they can become Catholics.

It's only considered crazy when its someone elses wizardry. If its the stuff you believe in, its fine. Me? I only believe in Gandalf's wizardry. I just never understood how he could hang out with all those short doods and not want to kick them around like a football. Not even once! That's magic.

Highroller48: ProtoDewd: Can anyone elaborate on WTF his logic was for that inane statement?

The watered down, Vatican-approved version is that Condom use will increase promiscuity.

However, it's not uncommon for missionaries and even Church officials to claim that HIV can pass through a condom, or even claim that Condoms are actually CAUSING the disease (as in they're contaminated with HIV). It's the age-old story of creating irrational fear to scare people into complying with your dogma.

Yeah, but that ignorance usually has the same genesis as the other locals lunacies. If I had to bet on who influences those church workers more, the church that believes in evolution, and the locals who insist goats are witches, I know where my money is.

planes: Nobody said you had to be smart to get that job.

Good News: Unbaptized babies may now skip Limbo and go straight to Heaven.

Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200.

yeah

rabidferret: [Citation Needed]

Only if you've been living under a rock for the last 10 years. You forget how to use Google?

WTF is this lazy "link or BS" crap all the time? People are so mentally slothful they can't even be bothered to fact check, so instead they rely on everyone else to find their info for them and thus shape their opinions entirely upon 2nd hand details. Isn't that how Religions get started?

They make body sized condoms. The man (I won't call him by his title) needs one so he can't fark up the world any more than he and his type have already...

urthen_sak: (I won't call him by his title)

Here are some alternatives:

Popenfuhrer
Gestapope
Mr. Infallibull
That Farktard with the Ring

While the Pope said that condoms aren't the solution, which is true (ie, they don't cure AIDS), he did go on to say that they can exacerbate the problem, which doesn't seem to be supported by any study that shows any alleged increase in promiscuity balances out the overwhelming effectiveness of the condoms. (ie, if the condoms prevent AIDS 90% of the time, for them to make matters worse, only 10% of your population can be having promiscuous sex. Any more, and even at 100%, you'll have fewer AIDS cases.)

You know, I'm pretty anti-Religion, but I have to give props to Pope John Paul II. He made strides in trying to right the wrongs of the past. He prayed at a Mosque (pissing off a lot of his own followers). He apologized for basically everything Catholics did in the past.

He still stayed Conservative when it came to female priests, gay marriage (though he did say they deserve *EQUAL RIGHTS*), and the AIDS epidemic (Still bashed Condoms).

It seemed like he was getting around to trying to make Catholics more moderate, but he just didn't have enough time.

As for this guy? I don't like him one bit. No idea why. I guess John Paul looked like a friendly grandpa type to me (I grew up Catholic), and this new guy seems like a creepy uncle type.

Highroller48: Only if you've been living under a rock for the last 10 years. You forget how to use Google?

WTF is this lazy "link or BS" crap all the time? People are so mentally slothful they can't even be bothered to fact check, so instead they rely on everyone else to find their info for them and thus shape their opinions entirely upon 2nd hand details. Isn't that how Religions get started?

Actually, it's "suspect until corroborated". The person making a claim has the burden of proof. here's how it works.

Person #1 makes unauthenticated claim.
Person #2, skeptic, says, "Put up or shut up."
-EITHER-
Person #1 then slinks off to the shadows or says something like, "Do your own research. What do I look like, your biatch? God."
-OR-
Person #1 provides corroboration.
Person #2 says, "Interesting. I have learned something new."

It's what prevents people from blindly accepting one person's statements as fact.

urthen_sak: They make body sized condoms. The man (I won't call him by his title) needs one so he can't fark up the world any more than he and his type have already...

Highroller48: The watered down, Vatican-approved version is that Condom use will increase promiscuity.

However, it's not uncommon for missionaries and even Church officials to claim that HIV can pass through a condom, or even claim that Condoms are actually CAUSING the disease (as in they're contaminated with HIV). It's the age-old story of creating irrational fear to scare people into complying with your dogma.

In Catholic school, in AMERICA, they tried to lie to us and tell us that HIV regularly passes through condoms (allegedly the condoms contained pores bigger than the virus). This bullshiat is definitely a Catholic thing and not just something that comes from African superstition.

Stampeding through the Vatican?

Kinky...

It's been awhile since Catholic school... I forget... which is the bigger sin, using a condom? or pushing your (soon to be ex-)pregnant girlfriend down the stairs?

Highroller48: (Wow...my first insta-green.)

I find it ironic that the Pope's main message was to tell Africans to get their friends and neighbors to abandon silly mysticisms and beliefs in wizardry...so they can become Catholics.

This. It's not mysticism when we do it. Hell, it's not even a sign of being mentally disturbed, when we do it. But you'd better get lil' Jimmy to see the priest/shrink. He's too old to still have imaginary friends.