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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

the balls on this couch-fucker... He needs to watch his mouth.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 14 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The Vatican should be taking threat very seriously. He did kill the last Pope

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 12 points 12 hours ago

MAGA has come to the Catholic Church, and we've all seen what happens when MAGA comes to town. If he's smart, the Pope should excommunicate him immediately, and threaten every other MAGA with the same if they don't straighten up.

[–] baeb66@lemmy.today 10 points 12 hours ago

Of the 50 people in that audience, half were shocked by what he said. The other half were trying to remember the lyrics to the Baby Shark song.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

If you're not a Catholic, you might not understand how fucked up it is for Vance to stand there and call the Pope wrong about theology.

By definition, the Pope is right about religion. If he changes his mind tomorrow, he was right then and he is right now.

The equivalent would be if I became a Buddhist and then told the current Dalai Lama he was doing it wrong. Or maybe if I became a Hindu and then insisted that, actually, cheeseburgers are fuckin' awesome.

No joke, Vance is like two more dumbass statements away from being excommunicated.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 11 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Arguably, there would be decent historic precedent for excommunicating Vance RIGHT NOW.

[–] Leather@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I was shocked this didn't happen.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

two too many

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 9 points 12 hours ago

The Pope is WRONG and THEREFORE the Bible NEEDS to be Law!

-Republicans!

[–] DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago

Vance needs to be careful when fucking the sofa. There are zippers on those cushions.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

Be careful indeed!

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

as a catholic, vance should probably be careful talking shit about the pope.

you know, the literal hand of god on earth, the holy see, the Supreme Pontiff, the very man who could order Vance's excommunication after a thorough auto de fe?

he's so fucking dumb, join a worldwide club then whine piss and moan about it's leader....

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 17 points 16 hours ago

One of the requirements for being a fascist is being stupid. Vance is no exception to that rule.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

He's like some kind of deranged reverse catholic?

[–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago

That's like lecturing Albert Einstein or Stephen Hawking in physics lol

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 44 points 20 hours ago (8 children)

When Vance tells a Pope to be careful, that Pope should be careful. You know, considering Vance's established track record with Popes...

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[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 27 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

It is a bit like saying a professor of mathematics with 10+ years of experience in teaching calculus should be careful when talking about calculus.

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's way worse than that. Based on doctrine the Pope speaks for God so iIf he talks about theology what he said is correct 100% of the time in Catholicism. If you're not a Catholic his words mean shit all.

It's more like saying you better be careful about your pronunciation to the creator of the .gif format.

[–] Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Shit. I'm JD Vance 'cause it's fricking GGGif! Not peanut butter.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 19 points 18 hours ago

... from a guy who just heard about calculus for the first time

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 61 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

The utter fucking nerve of these assholes.

I'm not even a christian anymore, Catholic or otherwise. In fact I've long since gone full on athiest.

But even I'M offended by this new level of horseshit by the Trump clown-show.

[–] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 18 hours ago

Right? I really dislike the catholic church and am an atheist myself, but these morons make the pope look like a reasonable statesman by comparison.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I am with you. I don't believe in what the Pope stands for but also recognize that he is not only the head of state of a foreign government, but the mouthpiece of a significant part of human tradition. This really is like the "fake news" arguments from Trump's first campaign, i.e., "I don't agree with what they say so I will attack them personally."

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[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Invade the Vatican!!!

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 64 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Look, they already decided they knew science better than scientists, they knew war better than military generals, they knew economy better than economists.

Why did aynone think they would stop at theology?

[–] Sirdubdee@piefed.social 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Narrator: They did not make it

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 68 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

JD literally woke up one morning and decided to debate theology with the fucking Vicar of Christ.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

I can respect debate but that’s not what happened here. This is a blasphemous tantrum. “I’m not wrong, God is.”

You don’t get to join a cult then bitch you aren’t in charge.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 33 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (4 children)

INNNNN THIS CORNER, wearing all white and a skull cap, he's the Vicar of Christ, the Bishop of Rome, the SUCCESSOR to the Price of the Apostles, iiiiiiiIIIITS POPE LEO THE FOURTEENTH!!

And in THIS CORNER, wearing a tailored suit and red tie, Couch fucker, white trash cosplayer and world's worst negotiator, John Dilbert Vaaaaaaance!

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[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago

When politicians talk about religion and when the clergy talk about politics, you know things are upside down.

[–] PedroMaldonado@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Oh, Fuuuuuuuuck you, Vancr!

[–] timestatic@feddit.org 12 points 18 hours ago

More like Vance should be careful when talking about politics

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 13 hours ago

lmao they're going to try a schism but they got no motion mmw

[–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 19 points 20 hours ago

Couch Fucker vs The Word of God. I'm not a religious man, but I know who I'd believe.

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 27 points 22 hours ago

Beefing with the pope should definitely have been on my bingo card for this administration, I feel stupid for not seeing it coming now.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 217 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The old pope died of cringe when he met Vance so I'd consider this a threat.

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 133 points 1 day ago (14 children)

Isn't the Pope supposed to be the guy for Catholics, appointed to directly hear God's voice on Earth, and spread it to the masses? And if that's the case, aren't all these faux-Christians disagreeing with him - like Vance - disagreeing with the very God they purport to worship?

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

It’s not a church to these people. It’s a country club.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 123 points 1 day ago

Catholics can disagree with the pope on secular matters, the problem here is that the pope is quoting the catechism almost verbatim, and convert-boy is throwing a tantrum because he joined the church based on aesthetics and not any kind of conviction.

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