Technically I’m a Pope too, you know.
“I used to actively hate the Catholic Church…now I just feel bad for them.” (Anon.)
The Pope really is trying to kill the Church, isn’t he? Maybe he just really, really wants to be the last Pope. It makes you an easily-remembered name from the list. Millions, maybe billions of schoolkids would mouth “Ratzinger,” as part of the sacrament of their youth. You’d live on a good long time, as basically the exact same type of entity Jesus is.
…Sorry, I think of that every time I hear the latest “Church re-affirms that condoms are t3h 33333v1l” or “Pope displays pious compassion; spends exhausting five seconds apologizing for pedophilia” headline. My decision to stop being Catholic is starting to feel like having jumped from a sinking ship!
As an upside, what used to be just a utility for me has become something greater: I’m now proud to have an IUD.
It’s more than just a medical device or a preventer-of-expensive-mistakes. It’s a symbol, a message, like a tattoo. Or a piercing! My Catholics-are-so-lame-now uterus piercing. Yeah! I totally deserve body-modification credit for that thing. It bled like hell, and getting my tongue pierced was significantly less painful. ;)
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