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Usually I’d call someone like that a hypocrite, but considering he took two bullets… I understand why he wouldn’t want a repeat of that experience.
Weirdly “it’s gods will” doesn’t apply in this case.
I mean it does, god wanted him to get shot twice and survive and then build a bulletproof popemobile to not get shot a third time.
God's will is a pretty ironclad argument as long as you don't really believe in free will, or at least believe that God is powerful enough to know how every decision will be made in spite of free will.
Why did god want the pope shot?
"God works in mysterious ways"
God wanted a popemobile. Q.E.D.
What does God need with a ~~starship~~ popemobile?
Quantum Electrodynamics
Quantum Erectile Dysfunction: I swear it's hard when you're not directly observing it.
To teach him that dignitaries on display are vulnerable to snipers
To make him holy
Probably for covering up all those pedophiles.
Also...he took two bullets, if his God wanted him dead he had the opportunity.
It's like the question of why wear a bulletproof vest if you're immortal, it's not like divine protection stops bullets from hurting.
So his god wanted him to be hurt, why then the popemobile? Why interfere with god's will?
Something something "God helps those who help themselves." Don't think too hard about the cognitive dissonance, they sure aren't going to.
Clearly it was god's will that he got a popemobile since that ended up happening
Did you hear the story of the man on the roof of his house when it was flooding? I think that was a west wing bit… God wants you to have a bulletproof vest.
That joke’s pretty much as old as time, with lots of versions.
And for those who don’t get the reference:
https://youtu.be/06dQaOZIcH0?si=6TX5aRn9PRbuf1kX
I mean, if He's all powerfull, he could stop them from hurting, or even have made them miss.
So not only did He want the pope shot, he wanted it to hurt.
Which leads to the other way around:
If an omnipotent God wants him shot again, then it will happen. No bullet proof vest or glass is going to stop God's will. So why bother?
ahem The deity he follows says that he should turn the other cheek and not only allow it to happen again, but to happily and freely provide the opportunity. You can still call him hypocritical.
To be fair, that was advice for nonviolent resistance against the state, in a context where slapping someone's other cheek presented social difficulties to the oppressor. In order to slap someone's other cheek you had to use your unclean left hand, disgracing yourself by vulgar behaviour, or use a forehand slap with your right hand, which implicitly acknowledges the victim as your social equal. Turning the other cheek is a great way to fuck with the Romans.
The New Testament is full of practical advice for anarchist Jews to use against the state.
Why didn't his god protect him?
Was it the kiddie fiddling?
Clearly he did, he didn't die from those shots did he
So god called him twice and he didn't answer.