<p>Okay, so this topic is slightly old, but if anyone has any thoughts regarding the new german pope, feel free to post them in this thread. Apparently there have been a lot of varied reactions. Well, not really, but let's just say that the conservatives were happy, the liberals, not so happy.</p>
<p>Oh, and I know that there has been excessive fawning over pope John Paul II, but I feel that his stance against birth control and condoms contributed to the aids epidemic in Africa and the continuance of poverty around the world. The truth is, I admired Pope John Paul II, however, i think that the people always take things at face value. The media and its propoganda is very influential apparently. Take for example, the mel gibson movie a few years ago, It was a movie for god sakes. Why did a movie cause such a controversy. Is America really so narrow sighted that one man's version of Christ's cruxification is the one everyone adopts and believes? Of course not. (ignore the horrific English, I'm brain dead right now. I've got the music festival coming up on Wednesday and I can't really concentrate on anything.)</p>
<p>Pope John Paul XV? Are you from the future? LOL Try Pope John Paul II (the second, not the fifteenth)</p>
<p>yeah, like i said, brain dead.</p>