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Aug 31, 2006 09:16


No offense to anyone out there in LJ land who is Catholic, BUT...

I heard on the news, this morning, that the leading exorcist at the Vatican now claims that many prominent, frightening figures (among them, most notably, Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin) were not making their decisions on their own accord but were actually posessed by Satan.  In effect ( Read more... )

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munkiebow August 31 2006, 18:51:52 UTC
I just read this on Yahoo news, after reading what you posted. First, there is a big difference in one Vatican individual priest and the Vatican. And certainly the pope. This was not an official Vatican statement and therefore is not going to even be sneezed at by us Catholics. Somebody obviously wanted a little limelite. Second, there are popes in history who were placed in their very Holy positions by leaders of prominent countries and societies of those times (who very much loved being in charge). Those were corrupt times. Said times are recognized by the Vatican and the Church to have been corrupt ( ... )

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poohbear72579 August 31 2006, 19:19:09 UTC
Yeah, I did hear that it was a certain priest who said these things and not the Pope. It was mentioned that this guy and the Pope are very close and that, of course, the priest serves as an advisor to the Pope, but sometimes things DO get over-hyped in the media. I guess what struck me most was the idea that even a single priest (let alone one in such high orders) was considering such an idea ( ... )

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munkiebow August 31 2006, 19:48:01 UTC
I asked Jamie what he thought about this dude saying crap like that (who was being interviewed by Vatican Radio and no doubt talking out of his butt anyway) and Jamie said this, "I also don't believe that Hitler and Stalin were possessed, but chose evil over good. The same goes with Catholics responsible for all the Inquisitions (the Spanish one isn't the only one), the Crusades, and the Colonization of the New World ( ... )

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wendopain August 31 2006, 22:10:38 UTC
What about nero?

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munkiebow September 2 2006, 23:41:25 UTC
What about him? Are you referring to the way he murdered and tortured a buncha Christians? Oh, his wife was in on that. She was a psycho thing. Or, you think they were possesed...MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Love Love Love the pic. Shatner is one of my most guilty pleasures.
Although, he's lookin' a bit...possesed...MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!

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wendopain September 3 2006, 00:02:55 UTC
I was making a jab at the fact that if Stalin and Hitler were... wouldn't Nero have to be as well? Totally right? Or was he just effin' crazy?

Thanks! I love shatner as well. Totally awesome picture I stumbled apon.

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