Pope Loses His Fucking Mind

[Minimalist]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2010050...T8AG1.html

TURIN, Italy (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI all but gave an outright endorsement of the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin on Sunday, calling the cloth that some believe is Christ's burial shroud an icon "written with the blood" of a crucified man.

During a visit to the Shroud in the northern Italian city of Turin, Benedict didn't raise the scientific questions that surround the linen and whether it might be a medieval forgery. Instead, he delivered a powerful meditation on the faith that holds that the Shroud is indeed Christ's burial cloth.

"This is a burial cloth that wrapped the remains of a crucified man in full correspondence with what the Gospels tell us of Jesus," Benedict said. He said the relic - one of the most important in Christianity - should be seen as a photographic document of the "darkest mystery of faith" - that of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.

Looks as if all the pressure has gotten to him!

[Xyster]

WOW what a bunch of fucking morons.. well but all Us Atheist know the pope is right... personal meditation trumps carbon dating anyday.. and who cares if they couldent do a herringbone weave in the days of christ and that particular weave didnt surface till 1100 years later........ And everyone knows the pope wouldent lie..he has no agenda.....

[Edwardo Piet]

It must be Christ's burial cloth though! Because the Pope says so - and we all know he has magic powers!! I mean, he's the head of the biggest sect of the biggest religion in the world, Catholicism, if that doesn't turn you into Superman then I don't know what does!!...

Oh yeah: nothing.

EvF

[Shinylight]

The Turin Shroud is no more sacred than the Pope's incontinence pants.

[Tiberius]

I think the Pope lost his mind a long time ago. Something about thinking he could cover up pedophiliac priests in the 80's seems to ring a bell.

[Caecilian]

I think the Pope lost his mind a long time ago. Something about thinking he could cover up pedophiliac priests in the 80's seems to ring a bell.

All of which assumes that he had a mind to begin with.

[Atheist_named_Christian]

I think the Pope lost his mind a long time ago. Something about thinking he could cover up pedophiliac priests in the 80's seems to ring a bell.

All of which assumes that he had a mind to begin with.

I rather think it is a requirement to lose your mind before you can enter the vatican.

[Thor]

So Dope Been-a-dick says the shroud of Turin was absolutely, undoubtedly, the burial cloth of Jesus! Well, that's good enough for me! He is "infallible", don't ya know!

[Autumnlicious]

Now, all it will take now is spreading the rumor among the rich and powerfully stupid that the Shroud of Turin is the best toilet paper that can ever be used...

[Rwandrall]

So Dope Been-a-dick says the shroud of Turin was absolutely, undoubtedly, the burial cloth of Jesus! Well, that's good enough for me! He is "infallible", don't ya know!

I never thought the pope would be stupid enough to make such a claim...that's a pity but i guess it doesnt come as a surprise from someone who wants to take us back to the 12th century...about the same time this "authentic" Shroud was probably made