• New Coptic Christian pope chosen as blindfolded boy picks name out of bowl
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j9q9irBrkY[/media] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20192922[/url] [quote=BBC News][B]Bishop Tawadros has been chosen as the new pope of Egypt's Coptic Christians, becoming leader of the largest Christian minority in the Middle East.[/B] His name was selected from a glass bowl by a blindfolded boy at a ceremony in Cairo's St Mark's Cathedral. Three candidates had been shortlisted. The 60-year-old succeeds Pope Shenouda III, who died in March aged 88. He succeeds as attacks on Copts are on the increase, and many say they fear the country's new Islamist leaders. The other two candidates were Bishop Raphael and Father Raphael Ava Mina. They were chosen in a ballot by a council of some 2,400 Church and community officials in October. [B]'In God's hands'[/B] Their names were written on pieces of paper and put in crystal balls sealed with wax on the church altar. A blindfolded boy - one of 12 shortlisted children - then drew out the name of Bishop Tawadros, who until now was an aide to the acting leader, Bishop Pachomius. Bishop Pachomius then took the ballot from the boy's hand and showed it to all those gathered in the cathedral. Strict measures were in place to make sure there was no foul play during the televised ceremony: the three pieces of paper with candidates' names were all the same size and tied the same way. Copts say this process ensures the selection is in God's hands. Bishop Tawadros will be enthroned in a ceremony on 18 November. The new pope has studied in Britain, and has also run a medicine factory, the BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo reports. He is a man of broad experience and with managerial skills, our correspondent says, adding that he will need all those talents to lead the Copts as they face an uncertain future in a country now debating the role of Islam following last year's revolution. Our correspondent says no-one in Egypt expects the new pope to introduce radical changes to the deeply conservative church. Pope Shenouda died in March. Under his leadership, the Coptic Church expanded significantly, including outside its traditional Egyptian base. He was a passionate advocate of unity among the Christian churches, and also clashed with then President Anwar Sadat, particularly over their conflicting views on the future of Egypt's relationship with Israel. Coptic Christians have long complained of discrimination by the Egyptian state and the country's Muslim majority. But when President Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year and succeeded by the Muslim Brotherhood, their fears grew. In October 2011, 25 people died in clashes with the security forces after a protest march in Cairo over the burning of a church.[/quote]
that's kind of a sweet way of making it believable that God chose the pope, I quite like that
Even the christians there dress like muslims [editline]4th November 2012[/editline] Joke, I'm not being serious.
wtf its just a bunch of scribbles??
[QUOTE=Samoht;38317259]wtf its just a bunch of scribbles??[/QUOTE] If you watch the BBC video in the source link the presenter is like "And there it is, they've picked the new pope, it's uh... we'll find out in a minute I guess" as he talks over them reading it out
That's a nice tradition :smile:
I don't remember Christianity having a pope.
[QUOTE=minilandstan;38318204]I don't remember Christianity having a pope.[/QUOTE] Dude, the Vatican, the Church, rings any bell? Anyhow, yeah, that's a pretty simple yet clever way to choose him, it's actually believable God made the boy pick the name he wanted and it's pretty cute aswell. Also no fighting over who should be the pope.
[QUOTE=minilandstan;38318204]I don't remember Christianity having a pope.[/QUOTE] This is the Coptic Orthodox Church, which is entirely different from the Eastern Orthodox Church in eastern Europe, as well as traditional Catholicism.
I'm not sure how to feel about this. I mean for him to be able to be nominated as pope probably means he's qualified just as much as the other dudes who had their name in with him.
[QUOTE=-Get_A_Life-;38318291]Dude, the Vatican, the Church, rings any bell? Anyhow, yeah, that's a pretty simple yet clever way to choose him, it's actually believable God made the boy pick the name he wanted and it's pretty cute aswell. Also no fighting over who should be the pope.[/QUOTE] The Vatican Pope is Catholic. Isn't that, like, a different "branch" of Christianity?
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;38318359]The Vatican Pope is Catholic. Isn't that, like, a different "branch" of Christianity?[/QUOTE] Yep, but they're still considered christians. Just as much as protestants, they believe in the Christ, but do not agree on certain things (ie : protestants do not recognize the pope as the religious leader)
So they raffled off Pope to someone? cool.
the names are still probably all puppets and things, it's nice and I wish it worked like they say it does
I wonder how they picked the kid. The article just says he was on a shortlist; did they just go door-to-door or something and say "Hey, does your kid wanna pick our new Pope?"
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;38318359]The Vatican Pope is Catholic. Isn't that, like, a different "branch" of Christianity?[/QUOTE] The Catholics are an organised branch of christianity, much like the eastern orthodox and these guys. However none of them will likely take any regard to the other sects authority, each having it's own authority.
[QUOTE=TMBGFan;38318447]I wonder how they picked the kid. The article just says he was on a shortlist; did they just go door-to-door or something and say "Hey, does your kid wanna pick our new Pope?"[/QUOTE] Perhaps another blindfolded boy chose him.
[QUOTE=Kias20;38318526]Perhaps another blindfolded boy chose him.[/QUOTE] Then who chose him? The list goes on and on until it ends with the old Pope.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;38318557]Then who chose him? The list goes on and on until it ends with the old Pope.[/QUOTE] It's a conspiracy that roots back to an alliance between Putin, Obama and Kim Jong-un!
I'm sure that boy is no stranger to being blindfolded by religious leaders.
Stop shoving the mic in his face...
[QUOTE=minilandstan;38318204]I don't remember Christianity having a pope.[/QUOTE] Me neither. Oh wait, [B]the pope.[/B]
[QUOTE=mac338;38323672]Me neither. Oh wait, [B]the pope.[/B][/QUOTE] The pope is the pope of Catholicism, not Christianity in general.
[QUOTE=mac338;38323672]Me neither. Oh wait, [B]the pope.[/B][/QUOTE] The ignorance is strong in this one.
Old Christian, Young blind-folded boy... That could of gone different if the cameras weren't there. Joking, of course/
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