View Full Version : Handicapping the new pope race


Bombardier
04-06-2005, 09:37 AM
I'd bet on the Belgium dude, cause Europeans like electing Belgians to positions of power...makes it seem like they're being neutral.

Plus the guy's supposed to be a bit of a reformer, though not too radical.

A few South American guys are up for consideration, but it's probably too soon for the fossilized Catholic church to bring in a non-European.

If they picked an Italian, it would look like a retrenchment after selecting their first non-Italian in around 500 years. And the old German guy is too much of a psycho to win. Therefore, the Belgian seems to be the way to go.

jack_the_rippuh
04-06-2005, 09:39 AM
Bombardier, I hate to disappoint you, but the black guy is going to win, and then he's going to die in a little while, and then there will be no more popes. It's a prediction, I've seen the future.

Bombardier
04-06-2005, 09:42 AM
Bombardier, I hate to disappoint you, but the black guy is going to win, and then he's going to die in a little while, and then there will be no more popes. It's a prediction, I've seen the future.

Isn't there suuposedly a certain number of popes we have to go through until Judgement Day? I think it had something to do with the number of fishes Jesus pulled out of a barrel or something. Or maybe I don't know what the hell I'm talking about...not like I'm devout or anything.

The black guy apparently was JP2's go-to guy with the Muslim community and is well-respected. However, they're probably still going to go with some old white European guy.