Tuesday, April 19, 2005
nothing gets my day going like a good pope
Ahhh, I can sleep much better now as the cardinals have now voted in a new Pope for all of Christendom. I really have a hard time understanding how the Pope can be infallible when he's elected by a simple majority of church brass. I mean, if the Catholic god does not make mistakes, wouldn't the elected Pope be chosen by a unanimous vote? Can't god even come up with a 2/3 majority to appoint his guy that's supposed to be perfect?
So now we have Benedict the 16th, a conservative German septuagenarian that really seems like a place holder until they can come up with a suitable candidate from a developing country, like an African or South American. It's a savvy political move, such as when a party nominates a candidate they know cannot win an election so that the next person who comes along will look like a star.
Hopefully Benedict can bring some pazzaz to the office of Pope, but how do you follow up a guy who supposedly defeated the USSR single-handed?
So now we have Benedict the 16th, a conservative German septuagenarian that really seems like a place holder until they can come up with a suitable candidate from a developing country, like an African or South American. It's a savvy political move, such as when a party nominates a candidate they know cannot win an election so that the next person who comes along will look like a star.
Hopefully Benedict can bring some pazzaz to the office of Pope, but how do you follow up a guy who supposedly defeated the USSR single-handed?
# posted by HST Overdrive @ 10:01 AM 
