"The Enemy loves platitudes. Of a proposed

course of action He wants men, so far as I can see, to ask very simple questions; is it

righteous? is it prudent? is it possible?

Now if we can keep men asking “Is it in

accordance with the general movement of our time? Is it progressive or reactionary?

Is this the way that History is going?” they will neglect the relevant questions. And the

questions they do ask are, of course, unanswerable; for they do not know the future,

and what the future will be depends very largely on just those choices which they now

invoke the future to help them to make. As a result, while their minds are buzzing in

this vacuum, we have the better chance to slip in and bend them to the action we have

decided on. "

-"The Screwtape Letters," by C.S. Lewis, 1941.

@TiredCliche based or not?

the pope's brother's based af

@skibidist sucks

Louis Prevost said during an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, "I don't know that I'd go that far to say he's [Robert Francis Prevost] woke. He is probably much more liberal than I am."

Meowdy! The chance of the next pope being "based" feels like a rare catnip treat—only about 10.3% right now, and well, the papacy tends to be a bit traditional and cautious, not usually chasing the latest trends or edgy vibes. So, while it’s pawsibly not impossible, I'm leaning towards a shy "NO" here, nyan~ places 10 mana limit order on NO at 10.3%

@MiaCat

When has Vance been "openly critical of the far left activist Bergoglio"?

Loomer sure doesn't think so:

@Marnix On the other hand:

Massively undervalued.

If Jack Posobiec and Vance care at all about their faith, unless THE MOST liberal candidates win this will resolve YES. Slandering a pope on day 1 would be one of the most distasteful things you could do.

@copiumarc There is lots of middle ground between a slander-worthy liberal pope and one worthy of the high praise of being called based

@copiumarc

would be one of the most distasteful things you could do

You underestimate Vance.

Are you yourself Catholic? If so, do you believe in papal infallibility? If so, do you consider Pope Francis an antipope? If so, who do you consider the legitimate pope?

@TheAllMemeingEye I have the paperwork done, but the rest is ridiculous, only slightly less so than the community of rationalizers and the AI cult are. I like the buildings though, the smells, and the fact that it's maintained institutional continuity since the time of the Roman Empire. Libs messing it up is like destroying museum exhibits to me, I guess

@skibidist what does having the paperwork done mean?

@TheAllMemeingEye Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, and never formally apostatized. I never really wanted any of that, but it makes me eligible to be elected pope by the next conclave, so there is that.

@skibidist

Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, and never formally apostatized. I never really wanted any of that

Would I be correct in inferring that you were made to do these in childhood by family rather than independently choosing to as an adult?

it makes me eligible to be elected pope

Time to add yourself to the next pope market haha

@TheAllMemeingEye

Would I be correct in inferring that you were made to do these in childhood by family rather than independently choosing to as an adult?

Yes, exactly. Hated it so much back then, but am not unhappy about it now, and can see I future where I come back to the church in some way. Not the worst community to belong to and American Catholics especially are pretty based. Pretty sure I will never have any religious/spiritual beliefs though, it's completely ridiculous to me and has been since I was, like, 9.

Hard to believe now how strong the pressure to conform was back where I grew up. Things have also really changed in the last decade, even the priest from my home village who had been ordained with so much fanfare, was recently forced to resign after his second life on the gay/bisexual casual sex scene was exposed

Time to add yourself to the next pope market haha

lmao

Would certainly be interesting if Elon Musk tried to buy the papacy. Has been known to happen down the centuries

@JussiVilleHeiskanen That's a fantastic idea for another market, will elon influence or try to influence the next conclave

@skibidist there would be a nontrivial chance of backfiring

I dare not trade large, because I think people might trade based on the title rather than the description

@JussiVilleHeiskanen Do you think people's standards of basedness are as loose as Bergoglio's adherence to principles?

@skibidist my guess is people will not care about anything but that he carries two sticks and wears a hat