Pope Benedict XVI tries to distract us with a Marilyn Monroe skirt impression
Pope Benedict XVI does his best Marilyn Monroe skirt impression
Who ever said the Pope’s not a PR wizard and spin doctor rolled into one?
Under fire for his infamous condom remarks, and still reeling from the flak (and a good beating) he got for them from old Uncle JC himself, Pope Benedict XVI’s latest publicity stunt sees him trying to distract us with no less than an impressive attempt at imitating Marilyn Monroe’s most famous billowing skirt pose.
Just take a look – he’s almost got it perfect! Bend those knees in, cock your head to the left, shrug your shoulders a little, oh… and get a good smile going, Mr. Pope, and you’re practically there. We’ll overlook the skinny legs and other obvious differences – I mean Marilyn Monroe’s figure is no easy feat to pull off, especially for a man of your age – but ten points for effort!
And what about that lipstick signature, complete with sexy heart? Is the Pope trying to make us believe that he is embracing free love after all? Hippie Jesus must have given him a good talking to about the true meaning of ‘love thy neighbor’! Or maybe the Pope is just trying to complete his imitation of sex kitten Marilyn Monroe.
Well, you know what? You’re not fooling us old man! And even though you made us laugh, we’re still angry about those irresponsible condom remarks that will be costing more lives than we could ever count.
Anyway, allow me to make a most interesting final observation: only the bottom part of Pope Benedict’s robe is being blown up. Take a look at his sleeves – they are completely unperturbed.
I wonder how he did that. I mean Marilyn Monroe is obviously enjoying the air that is blowing up through the grille she is standing on and lifting her skirt, but there is no grille in the Pope’s photo. Is this evidence of the Holy Spirit at work? Who knows!
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The Pope actually has better legs than those you’re showing. Anyhow, he is to a large extent right about AIDS in Africa. Do you know the African continent, its traditions and its people? Perhaps its time for an extended visit here for you guys? Have you written a screed yet about Dr Edward Green of Harvard’s research team on AIDS? He said that though it is painful for him as a liberal agnostic, he has to admit that the Pope is right about condoms for the general population in Africa. It doesn’t work, baby. And there are reasons why. Come and live here. Please do.
The mainstay of Dr Green’s argument is risk aversion – that using condoms will make people ready to take greater risks. That is a valid point, but if we accept it absolutely, we would not be using seatbelts or sun block either.
Ask any adolescent how hard abstinence is. Sooner or later you’re bound to give in. In the USA, the states with ‘abstinence-only’ sex ed programs are the ones with the highest proportion of teen pregnancies.
I don’t know about Africa from personal experience, but I have been around Latin America a good deal and, despite being very religious, the people are generally quite promiscuous and won’t let a priest’s words get in the way of some good loving.
I’m not saying don’t preach abstinence and fidelity if you want to, but hand out condoms too, show people how to use them and explain that it is vital that they do so if they have sex. And before you tell me that this will encourage people to have sex, think about whether making free syringes available encourages people to shoot heroin. Sex is a natural instinct and when the heat is on, those who are going to do it will and those who are not won’t, condoms or no condoms.
In such a situation, if you want to minimize your chances of getting HIV/AIDS, you’d better be wearing one.
ONE WORD- Edited….Don’t believe everything u read or see on the net.
Why bother being an Atheists, Agnostics or skeptic? What if your wrong and the Church is right? Then what? Hell isn’t a lake of fire where you will eternally suffer in pain, for God is a merciful God. Hell is being erased from the memory of everyone; you never existed.
I realize that would be almost the same fate as those of you who are Atheists, Agnostics and skeptics anyway, with just dying and becoming food for the worms and bugs. But what kind of life is that to live where you don’t believe in God? Where the only thing there is to look forward to is nothing.
Honestly, if I believed that in the end that there was no Heaven or Hell, then I would be living on the streets murdering people, robbing people and getting as high as I possibly could on as many drugs as I could get ahold of.
What is the point in working, or even being good if in the end there is no consequences and nothing you do on this earth really matters?
Please, enlighten me into why people would want to be a Atheists, Agnostics or a skeptic, because to me it seems like a sad and miserable life.