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The Catholic Church is declining due to attrition, and I don't think that some guy converting to Catholicism is going to offend people who are already Catholic.
No doubt this new convert to Catholicism will be a poster boy for Christianity and I guess a small solace that close to one million Christians and others convert to Islam around the world and in the US every year.
OMG! -- Pope Maledict! -- that's perfect.
I will never think of him as anything else -- well, other than Benny the Rat, which also fits him very well. One thing he ain't is Benedict -- there is absolutely nothing bene about that malevolent, malicious, homophobic old rodent!
Thanks for the good laugh, though -- definitely of the out-loud variety and much appreciated.
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A Muslim converting to Christianity is about the worst thing he can do. Benny just threw down a challenge to even moderate Muslims.
What a freaking idiot!
Hum . . . well, I'm stumbling through this new Disqus system (I was gone for a few days and look what happened!) but here's my thought about briding the gap: The only "bridge" the "Pontifex" (bridge-builder) is interested in is a one way bridge into the Roman Vatican Theocracy. To that end, the baptism of a Moslem is a significant step into reconquering the Islamic-occupied parts of the Holy Roman Empire, later known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire and temporarily on hiatus from the League of Nations. Once the Hapsburg family is restored to its proper place in Vienna as the ruling Catholic Emperor, the Re-Conquest of Eastern Europe and the Return of the Orthodox schismatics can be enforced with Constantine's Holy Sword.
Maybe you think I made that up but only a little . . . :-)
The Holy Roman Empire was essentially Germany, the Pope wasn't emperor of it, and I don't believe that any part of it is currently Islamic-occupied.
Hugs!
So I guess the question remains, which portions of the Holy Roman Empire are Islamic-occupied?
(Also, which Constantine? The emperor or the pope? 200 years separate the two.)
My favorite line about the Holy Roman Empire is that it was neither "Holy" nor "Roman" nor an "Empire" -- except in the mind of self-proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), who combined the worst and most arrogant characteristics of the inbred courts of Spain, Burgundy, and Austria.
Is it too much of a stretch to suggest that the Habsburgs were the early modern version of the Bush Crime Family? Both dynasties feature an arrogant "Decider" at the helm who loved to sport a codpiece.
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"Neither holy nor Roman, and not much of an empire!" That was it. You know, before the Hapsburgs, the Hohenstuafens (spelling?) were the Holy Roman Imperial family through the Middle Ages and before them, it was a poltical football going clear back to Charlemagne, one way or the other. The pope's idea in crowing Charlemagne was to get him motivated to fight the Moslems in Spain so, yes, I think it's all very much the same quarrel we see today and there it is, almost a thousand years ago, maybe a little more. What a mess, huh?
Take care, Sarah!
-Indigo
I think we can agree on that.
Is that an Eddie Izzard quote? I know he did a funny bit on empires.
-Indigo
Actually, I got that wonderful quote about the HRE from my favorite History professor -- Fred J. Levy, Ph.D., who is now Professor Emeritus -- and the course focused on late-medieval and early-modern Europe.
I adore Eddie Izzard -- he's totally hilarious and very clever -- and it does sound like something he might say. I'm going to look for a DVD with his funny bit on empires -- that's one I haven't seen. Thanks for the heads-up!
:)
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