cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28523918
This made me laugh incredibly hard, so had to cross post it.
Super old guy: dies
MTG: IT COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN AN ACT OF GOD
Attention whoring as usual. And it’s working.
She still looks like a neanderthal tho so at least we’ve got that going for us.
MTG very obviously doesn’t really believe in the religion she claims to follow.
Most Republicans don’t. Never have in my lifetime, honestly, but with how hard they fight these days against e.g. feeding the hungry and treating the sick, it’s more glaringly obvious than ever.
Dumbest schism ever.
They really hated him because he was a little more tolerant of minorities.
She hated him because he was at least a little ok with some LGBT.
I hated him for being the leader of one of the biggest, most corrupt organizations ever to exist on the planet.
We are (fucking definitely) not the same.
If God exists, then why does he destroy the faith of millions by allowing MTG to live?
Magic the gathering is not that evil. Is it?
MTGs existence might be the strongest argument against a caring god.
Americans - is the consensus of MTG that she actually believes the grift? Obviously the likes of Vance just say whatever wins the room, but she always gave me the impression that she believes every word of maniacal conspiracy she tweets.
She’s a woman that has learned that she can get away with anything, as long as she behaves badly enough. She doesn’t need to believe it, though she probably does, she knows that is a strategy that works to avoid consequences.
Y’all would have killed Jesus.
They really are the exact opposite of what they preach
fun fact… killing jesus was always god’s plan. god set adam and eve up in the garden specifically so he could LARP as a Nice Guy™. In fact, not killing jesus would have condemned humanity to eternal suffering, and therefore would have been sin. Not that anyone had a choice, because it’s all part of god’s plan, right, and god’s plan always comes to fruition.
If you believe in that sort of thing.
If God is real, he’s evil.
The Abrahamic god is literally a war god. It evolved from El and Yahweh, members of the pantheon of the polytheistic Canaanite religion. El is the father of all gods and Yahweh is a weather and war god. So yeah no wonder that the Abrahamic god does crazy evil shit. Like killing all first born sons.
You just inspired another wikipedia rabbit hole. See you in a week!
Fortunately; if god is real he got bored with this particular video game and moved onto some thing more exciting.
Yep, we’re living in God’s ant farm and he’s a bored toddler. And one day he’ll show up with a magnifying glass and have a laugh.
As long as Trump sizzles out before I do, I will be a happy man.
Dude looks like he’s a few hamberders away from croaking. but i’ve been saying that for a year or two now.
If life taught me anything, there is always room for dessert, and an extra hambie.
That’s why I’m an atheist. I’m too optimistic.
Doesn’t the Bible go on and on about how the devil is the great deceiver? Seems accurate considering how many people think God was the good guy.
What do you think the word “Deceiver” means in this context?
He could be just really, really stupid.
My belief is that, if there ever was a god, he looked at the world he created and died of Christian pity.
I don’t.
you say that now but when the (checks current feelings are still, oh good) flames of (checks notebook on latest revisions, hahah stupid assholes) HELL are kissing your feet while a succubus sits on your face and… ok brb this is fuckin hot…
“Never forget in the story of Jesus, the hero was killed by the state” - Killer Mike.
Jesus, who came back from the dead? Like a zombie? Zombie Jesus is lord. I worship a zombie cult? I need to rethink my life.
It’s well known that since he came back from the dead but he didn’t decay or lose intelligence or anything, that Jesus was a lich.
Well he was from Palestine and had a darker complexion so most likely.
My god did Vance kill the Pope!
Can’t lie, if I had to meet that dweeb IRL my matter would start decaying very fast too.
How dare you insinuate that JD VANCE KILLED THE POPE, there isnt a single shred of evidence that JD VANCE KILLED THE POPE. Id like to see anyone claiming or even hinting that JD VANCE KILLED THE POPE take their evidence straight to Interpol so that it can be disproven categorically by trained experts that JD VANCE KILLED THE POPE.
The poor pontiff wasn’t used to being face-to-face with that level of evil and egotism. And he didn’t think Vance would try to strangle him: “A message from Ratzinger! Bwahaha!”
These people are crazy. Even if you think that, keep it to yourself.
I hate mtg but you sound like the people who wanted all the Irish to be nice when Thatcher died. I’m an aboriginal person, and survivor of child sexually abuse, i will dance on the grave of the pope who defended and shielded pedos, and I will look at news of his death and say GOOD. And if you think that’s not nice:
Nah I just meant for people to keep their negative comments to themselves, referring to her thinking the pope was evil. I’m not even sure what you’re talking about.
I’m saying the pope was evil
Ah I see. Yea I have no opinion.
Your mom and I both think you’re cool.
I think they were saying “even if you think that the Pope is evil, keep it to yourself,” but you’re correct that they left it open to interpretation.
Yes this is what I meant
I’m sory, did you just call the fucking Pope evil?
No you see, he was a communist demon because he committed the absolutely heresy of being 0.1% less conservative.
Can’t be the pope if you don’t hate minorities and immigrants ya know
And this pope was one of the least evil!
I guess she’s gotta be right at least once
Francis wasn’t evil
He was
Lol no
Should we tell her there’ll be another Pope, or is it funnier to let her keep believing?
She was likely against the somewhat liberal views of Pope Francis, like how Christians should be kind to gay people and refugees.
Heretic!
Even the pope is just a church organ. I meant, his “policy” if you will was more than just his own. It’s doubtful that Vance’s visit (I will run with the idea*) will bring forth a more conservative pope.
* “Rep. Nancy Mace (…) bizarrely insisted that a visit by U.S. Vice President JD Vance did not lead to the pope’s death.”
It’s highly likely the next pope will be conservative. There are different factions within the Vatican (and the church as a whole) and they get turns putting their guy in the big chair.
Francis appointed a majority of the voting cardinals. This isn’t a democracy, where people have groups that lobby in any meaningful way- the Pope is the supreme executive. Like a dictator.
So either he appointed in a stupid fashion, and the next pope is more conservative, or he appointed wisely, and the voters follow him with someone equally progressive in view.
(Progressive here, of course, is very, very relative.)
And to be clear, it’s not like, a slim majority. Of the 135 cardinals who will be voting for the next pope, Francis appointed 108 of them.
Don’t get me wrong- some of those have been quoted as saying some super backwards shit. But statistically, I would put my bet on “around about the same.”
Francis said that judgement should be suspended on gay individuals and theorized a gay cabal in the same sentence. That’s different than being kind to them.
I’m very afraid that the next pope will be somebody American catholic bishops would approve of. a trans hating, immigrant-hating asshole who will excuse everything Nazi America does like that one nazi pope did historically
Do you seriously think the Vatican is influenced by MAGA? Or by European far-right elements for that matter?
It’s no coincidence, no outlier, that the last one was slightly more tolerant on certain issues. (Apparently enough to piss off more than one US christofascist.) I fear MTG will not see God’s plan in whatever follows, either.
The American Catholic church hierarchy is reactionary and many of them are allied with MAGA. Think of shit-stains like Alito. Even Vance has converted to Catholicism, and there’s no way a twised fuck like him signed onto anything that promotes compassion or human decency. He’s more likely in it for the smell of incense, the Latin Mass, the Inquisition and the ancient tradition of diddling altar boys.
You do realize that there will be American cardinals involved in the voting process, right?
The Pope himself could end up being from the US.
Do you seriously think they’re not?
Do you really think the cia/nsa doesn’t have compromat? Or that Putin doesn’t?
Or that rich fucks like musk can’t buy a priest?
Are you really so confident the organization that made a deliberate effort to protect men who sexually assaulted children is going to do the right thing because it’s the right thing?l
Just to be clear, I’m not defending the Catholic Church here. At all. Just calling out USians who think the world revolves around their country.
revolves around? no. I don’t think that at all.
but I do know that roughly 28% of annual contributions come from the US, that the US is fourth on the list of ‘most Catholics’ by total numbers and the vatican would be pretty stupid to ignore those two points. and that is not even coming close to the question of corruption or doctrine.
Are they going to completely capitulate? probably not, but that doesn’t mean there’s no influence, either. Further, the vatican still opposes trans lifestyles doctrinaly, and Francis was the first pope to emphasize pastoral care over doctrine. It would not be difficult to imagine that conservative voices push back against that shift.
Thus I’m concerned that the next guy won’t be as supportive of trans as Francis was. Remember, Francis ruffled more than a few feathers with his progressiveness, not just american bishops (who are straight up assholes.)
Francis appointed most of the college of cardinals, and I find it unlikely he’d appoint someone so ready to buddy with fascism, so we will likely still have a liberal pope.
80% of the conclave was appointed by the Pope. I doubt it’s gonnabe a radical chnge in the Vatican.
Hopefully one that pisses hateful bigots like her off even more.
#ZendayaForPope
Francis appointed most of the college of cardinals so more than likely we will get another woke pope. Hopefully this one is even woker.
But the next pope may be far more conservative than Francis, who by Catholic Church standards was unusually liberal.
I’ve been reading up on the front-runners for Pope and some of them are super old school illiberal. Though the fellow from Ghana does apparently concede that the laws on homosexuality in some African countries are a bit harsh.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/21/who-next-pope-francis-potential-candidates-succeed
This fucking bitch.
That’s even worse than most of the shit Donald Trump says. Does this mean she’s running for president?
Not that i believe in heaven or hell but if they did exist im pretty sure the pope gonna be aight
So…. The pope is evil? Did he do a woke?
He demanded compassion
Honestly she is probably jealous
Seems unlikely they’ll puff the pope smoke to select anyone who could bother Trump by demonstrating the weakness of empathy, but I would be glad to be proven wrong.
He shielded child rapists, so yes evil. But that’s not mtg’s reason.
