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This made me laugh incredibly hard, so had to post it.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 6 points 1 hour ago

Antichrist laughs when Pope dies! Will you be safe from her Rapture? Tonight on Sick Sad World!

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Last I checked DJT still alive and well so this doesn't check out, Marjorie.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 hour ago

Also, DJT is just the tip of late-stage-capitalism's iceberg of evil so wake me up after we abolish billionaires, convert all large companies into worker co-ops, and design our cities to be walkable places connected by public transportation

[–] Naevermix@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago

I'm glad we can always rely on the MAGA sycophants to say the most deranged and antichrist things.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 76 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

He was still conservative AF, but the MAGAs think he’s “evil” because he was advocating for helping those who have less than you, helping refugees, and treating people with compassion, even if the look or love differently that you.

Being a selfish asshole is MTGs entire brand.

[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Ewww he actually listened to Jesus?

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The thing is that religion, like conservatism want to just "be a little assholes", but being an asshole attracts bigger assholes and pretty soon your movement is all massive assholes. So you, little asshole, feel betrayed, because you just wanted to hurt some people, but now your being pushed out because the assholes in your group want to hurt everyone.

When you make deals with the devil, sooner or later the bill comes due.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Are you saying that what we need to be is a bunch of massive dicks? Then we can fuck all the massive assholes. Sure we might get a bit shitty while we do, but it might be the price we need to pay. It's the little assholes that I'd feel sorry for in that situation.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

What an obnoxious piece of shit.

[–] D_C@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago

I thought it was an onion type article from the headline. I was all "You're not going to get me this time"

Then the comments made me realise it wasn't satirical. Christ.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 42 points 19 hours ago

If evil was being punished by God, why the fuck is this screeching demon still alive?

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 90 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It’s because he was just a bit nicer to minorities than other popes, right?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 34 points 21 hours ago

And to migrants.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 193 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

He finally defeated this evil man... after he rose to being the fucking pope, led the church for 12 years, and died at a ripe 88 years old...

Idk, I feel like God didn't do much at all. But if he's striking down evil, I'd get to painting your door in sheep's blood real quick, Marge.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

Timely reference. Nice.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 153 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Huh, pretty on brand with Republican Christian values to be celebrating a person's death.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 67 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Not any person, the literal representative of Jesus Christ on Earth.

[–] phar@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago

Her version of Christianity doesn't believe that so that doesn't really have any effect in this situation

[–] Rookwood@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Well that part at least is debatable.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 2 hours ago

How about a man who is being mourned by about a billion people?

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 34 points 23 hours ago

She's consistently tactless. At least she has that going for her.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 24 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Extremely old and sick person eventually dies

Yeah, that wad all MY God's work!

These people are so sadly simplistic

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 9 points 17 hours ago

My god is Chronos (God of Time), so literally everything is their work.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 33 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

MTG is proof that a horse can get sunburn.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 39 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If her god existed and worked like she thought to defeat evil, she would have been toast long ago. She's the epitome of evil.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe she worships Tzeench?

[–] cyphear@lemm.ee 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, given what we know about Drumpf and his cohorts, Slaanesh is the one being worshipped. Tzeench likes change, but the debauchery and depravity that is currently happening with this administration fits more.

Khorne was G.W., Nurgle was the first trump term, Slaanesh is the current one, Tzeench will probably be the redeeming god. The Materium can only handle so much.

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 94 points 1 day ago

Fuck this insanity. All these hollows need to be removed from society before they destroy it.

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemm.ee 20 points 19 hours ago

She still speaking so we all know that’s not true.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 43 points 22 hours ago

I suppose any pope who gives a crap about the actual people is considered a bad pope by republicans.

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (5 children)

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement becomes headlong–faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s too late.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 23 points 23 hours ago

In 1933, Hitler signed the Reichskonkordat (Reich Concordat), a treaty with the Vatican that required the regime to honour the independence of Catholic institutions and prohibited clergy from involvement in politics.[158] However, the regime continued to target the Christian churches to weaken their influence. Throughout 1935 and 1936, hundreds of clergy and nuns were arrested, often on trumped up charges of currency smuggling or sexual offences

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goebbels

LOL "trumped up charges."

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[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Are there still Protestants who are assmad about the "papist" Catholics? Feels like a complete anachronism like hearing slurs against the Irish and Italians.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (15 children)

Oh, absolutely, I know Protestants who don't consider Catholics to be Christians at all. And a large part of the current religious conservatism in America is based on these Protestant Evangelicals.

Catholics who are rooting on the Christofascists just because they are currently anti-abortion don't realize that it won't be too long before Catholics are targeted. The Christofascists never liked them anyway, they just liked their votes. Once they no longer need to rely on votes to stay in power, they don't need the Catholics anymore.

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[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 18 points 22 hours ago (8 children)

Let's see if you could make it till 88, Marge.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 13 points 20 hours ago

It is her favorite number.

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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 17 points 22 hours ago

God's intervention can be observed when an 88 year old dies of natural causes.

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Stupid Russian cunt.

[–] olecranomicon@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

My TED talk on the non-existence of god is simply me blowing a raspberry and pointing at a photo of this woman/cyst.

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 9 points 21 hours ago

The distance between her eyes keeps getting smaller. Or maybe its a camera effect.

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