Vatican: It's OK To Believe In Aliens

[PeterFB 0]

I guess this gives new meaning when the Pope says "phone home"..........

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[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I'll probably hear about this one but I can't resist:

Sadly... this is Buck today...

[Teacher Mark 53]

I'll probably hear about this one but I can't resist:

Sadly... this is Buck today...

WOW!

[Scott & Lai 12]

The Vatican didn't accept the world as being round until it was unmistakingly proven.

That's actually a myth. Well before there even was a Vatican, most educated people in the western world, including in the Church, understood that the world was spherical. They did believe the earth was the centre of the universe, but that was the prevaling scientific view since Ptolemy.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

The Vatican didn't accept the world as being round until it was unmistakingly proven.

That's actually a myth.

Vatican admits Galileo was right

07 November 1992

In 1633, the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church forced Galileo Galilei, one of the founders of modern science, to recant his theory that the Earth moves around the Sun. Under threat of torture, Galileo - seen above facing his inquisitors - recanted. But as he left the courtroom, he is said to have muttered, 'all the same, it moves'.

Last week, 359 years later, the Church finally agreed. At a ceremony in Rome, before the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope John Paul II officially declared that Galileo was right. The formal rehabilitation was based on the findings of a committee of the Academy the Pope set up in 1979, soon after taking office. The committee decided the Inquisition had acted in good faith, but was wrong.

[Scott & Lai 12]

The Vatican didn't accept the world as being round until it was unmistakingly proven.

That's actually a myth.

Vatican admits Galileo was right

07 November 1992

In 1633, the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church forced Galileo Galilei, one of the founders of modern science, to recant his theory that the Earth moves around the Sun. Under threat of torture, Galileo - seen above facing his inquisitors - recanted. But as he left the courtroom, he is said to have muttered, 'all the same, it moves'.

Last week, 359 years later, the Church finally agreed. At a ceremony in Rome, before the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope John Paul II officially declared that Galileo was right. The formal rehabilitation was based on the findings of a committee of the Academy the Pope set up in 1979, soon after taking office. The committee decided the Inquisition had acted in good faith, but was wrong.

The issue between Galileo and the Church was not the shape of the Earth, but whether it revolved around the Sun, which I noted in the part of my post which you didn't quote.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Scott, you're right. My bad.

[Scott & Lai 12]

Scott, you're right. My bad.

No problem

[jundp 191]

So when is the Pope going to rip off his rubber mask?

You mean this one????

That makes me think of Star Wars: A New Pope.

I think Aliens run the Vatican! Who else would ride around in that little Pope-mobile? I bet that thing really flies when no one is watching.

And much more than that, sister.....

Oh but I loved John Paul II. He was an amazing man, truly. I'm not too keen on Benedict, though. Anyway, if I'd survived an assassination attempt and I was bucking traditions in the Church and revolutionizing old thinking, I'd ride around in the Popemobile too....

[Sister Fracas 5]

The Vatican didn't accept the world as being round until it was unmistakingly proven.

That's actually a myth.

Vatican admits Galileo was right

07 November 1992

In 1633, the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church forced Galileo Galilei, one of the founders of modern science, to recant his theory that the Earth moves around the Sun. Under threat of torture, Galileo - seen above facing his inquisitors - recanted. But as he left the courtroom, he is said to have muttered, 'all the same, it moves'.

Last week, 359 years later, the Church finally agreed. At a ceremony in Rome, before the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope John Paul II officially declared that Galileo was right. The formal rehabilitation was based on the findings of a committee of the Academy the Pope set up in 1979, soon after taking office. The committee decided the Inquisition had acted in good faith, but was wrong.

The issue between Galileo and the Church was not the shape of the Earth, but whether it revolved around the Sun, which I noted in the part of my post which you didn't quote.

But still, it took the church that long to admit it was wrong... SHEESH!

[Mags 112]

So when is the Pope going to rip off his rubber mask?

You mean this one????

I believe I asked you before to have a little more respect for the other members of VJ who are Catholic and could find your posts upsetting.

Please re-read this post and desist with the pictures associating the Pope with evil. Thanks.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You have to admit the Pope does look pretty... crotchety at the best of times

[Jenn! 918]

People make offensive jokes like that all the time around here.

*shrug*

[Peikko 1,575]

This is 'politically correct' VJ where jokes aren't allowed if they might upset someone.

[Sister Fracas 5]

This is 'politically correct' VJ where jokes aren't allowed if they might upset someone.

I DO want to know where the team was when disgusting things were said about a spiritual figure I highly respect hmmm....

then again, I only ignored it....didn't report it.

Edited May 14, 2008 by Sister Fracas