Devil depicted in Pope Benedict's vestments.

Run_to_da_hills

This is weird. :eek:

juan.kerr

I mistook it for my cat for a minute. Well spotted.

Obliq

Woah :eek: That's frightening :eek:

His face, that is...;)

MrPudding

Obliq wrote: »

Woah :eek: That's frightening :eek:

His face, that is...;)

It is like the Star Wars movies, as time progresses and he moves further to the dark side be becomes more wrong looking.

MrP

Obliq

That's pretty damn wrong looking. I think he's clearly reached the dark side.

Corkfeen

I had predicted who the OP was, its a miracle! It looks more like Batman... :P

Rented Mule

Corkfeen wrote: »

I had predicted who the OP was, its a miracle! It looks more like Batman... :P

More of a Michael Keaton/Val Kilmer than a Christian Bale I would say.

krudler

Pope Palpatine looking well

robindch

Here's one that hasn't been 'shopped:

pH

Yes - it's called a stole - here is what it actually looks like before shooping.

robindch

Here's another picture of Ratzinger wearing the same vestment, this time without any 'shopping. The original image is here and a larger version here.

Corkfeen

robindch wrote: »

Here's one that hasn't been 'shopped:

So Batman isn't on it .....

robindch

Corkfeen wrote: »

So Batman isn't on it .....

Nope, Unfortunately. And while his eyes can be a bit freaky looking, they're nothing like what's been shopped above. And the job on his teeth is really dreadful. The 'shopper should be ashamed of himself.

Corkfeen

robindch wrote: »

Nope, Unfortunately. And while his eyes can be a bit freaky looking, they're nothing like what's been shopped above. And the job on his teeth is really dreadful. The 'shopper should be ashamed of himself.

And I always found RTDH to be such a reliable trove of knowledge.....

Sarky

So was RTDH wrong, lying or both?

Nodin

Sarky wrote: »

So was RTDH wrong, lying or both?

O wrong. He probably won't link to whatever website he found it on for fear of the slagging that would ensue. And sure hes right in that, at least.

Obliq

Oh. I'm SO gullible it ain't funny

Gordon

Oh dear, proven to be photoshopping, that's a surprise..

PopePalpatine

krudler wrote: »

Pope Palpatine looking well

Thanks for the compliment!

recedite

pH wrote: »

Yes - it's called a stole - here is what it actually looks like before shooping.

Not batman or devils then. Just some creatures with alien's heads and reptilian bodies

allthedoyles

Stop now

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enough of this nonsense

pH

recedite wrote: »

Not batman or devils then. Just some creatures with alien's heads and reptilian bodies

It appears that one of rtth's "theories" is that the Catholic church is actually a huge satan worshiping cult, but being so successful at covering up this aspect they can't resist putting satanic markings on various bits and pieces of clothing - so those "in the know" (I guess like rtth) can spot them.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=78774908&postcount=15

Insect Overlord

The pointy ears are my favourite part of the picture.
Like an orcses, so it is, my precious.

Gordon

It really is disgraceful when people deliberately twist their side of the argument by manipulating images by using photoshop. I'm disgusted.

robindch

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

This is weird.

pH wrote: »

[...] here is what it actually looks like before shooping.

"A+A: Helping the religious learn about religion since 2005!"

ShooterSF

Was I the only one expecting a drawing of Satan wearing the popes costume and pope hat?

Dades

robindch wrote: »

Nope, Unfortunately. And while his eyes can be a bit freaky looking, they're nothing like what's been shopped above. And the job on his teeth is really dreadful. The 'shopper should be ashamed of himself.

You're harsh you are! As a photoshop professional I thought them quite well done!

Gordon

Dades wrote: »

You're harsh you are! As a photoshop professional I thought them quite well done!

It's not that bad a photoshop, but the ears really give it away, the blur at the edge is a bit too.. blurry!

Dades

Hadn't even noticed the ears! Thought the choppers were good though.

juan.kerr

So now that we know that Run to da hills is either complicit in faking this picture or he fell for it hook line and sinker, should we be reviewing all of the the other 'theories' he as posted in a new light?

Hotblack Desiato

You mean you ever took any of 'em seriously?

juan.kerr

ninja900 wrote: »

You mean you ever took any of 'em seriously?

Of course not, but the entertainment value is in ridiculing these theories.

Hotblack Desiato

Yeah, it starts off as 'hah, look at that funny **** those people belive' but ends up with the rather depressing realisation that a significant chunk of humanity will believe any old crap in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. It's actually very easy to make people believe in something that they find reassuring, or that confirms and builds upon their existing beliefs or prejudices. Religions exploit this relentlessly.

ShooterSF

See this thread is a beautiful example of why so many users of this forum are atheists. Offered a crazy situation, instead of saying "wow that's cool/weird etc." the reply comes "I dunno, colour me skeptical, let me just look into this a bit."

robindch

Dades wrote: »

You're harsh you are! As a photoshop professional I thought them quite well done!

Ok, well, let me be clearer: it was obvious it was a photoshop job (bad lassoing all over, pointy-haired-boss on his robes, the recessed eyes, the discolored skin, and especially the manky teeth), so that's a fail in my book.

But for making Ratzinger look like the walking dead, well, the 'shopper did a fine job of that.

juan.kerr wrote: »

should we be reviewing all of the the other 'theories' he as posted in a new light?

Since it was rtth, I was expecting to see a barcode on Ratzinger's robes. Still am, actually.

ShooterSF wrote: »

"I dunno, colour me skeptical, let me just look into this a bit."

See comment above -- also waiting for rtth to say a big thanks to everybody for helping him out

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His teeth are awful!

Zombrex

Sarky wrote: »

So was RTDH wrong, lying or both?

Dude I'm just happy it wasn't another ****ing thread about barcodes and RFID tags ...

Canis Lupus

Sarky wrote: »

So was RTDH wrong, lying or both?

I'm not sure he could answer that himself.

Hotblack Desiato

robindch wrote: »

Since it was rtth, I was expecting to see a barcode on Ratzinger's robes.

The Vatican has gone RFID, the barcode of the beast is old hat.

Readyhed

Here's one that I found somewhere

NIMAN

I never believe anything I see on the internet any more, especially after the eagle lifting the infant a few weeks ago.

From now on, I'm just going to walk around muttering "fake, fake, fake" all day.

ShooterSF

NIMAN wrote: »

I never believe anything I see on the internet any more, especially after the eagle lifting the infant a few weeks ago.

From now on, I'm just going to walk around muttering "fake, fake, fake" all day.

I'm always very weary of stuff posted on the net and it gave me a great feeling one day when someone posted a fantastic tale on Facebook and I read it thinking yeah, yeah yeah soooo fake snopes here I come. Then it turned out to be true; It was the cab ride/old lady story and I reread it and it has stuck with me since because it was that one story I knew was fake by just how fairy tale esque it was only to find out I was wrong.

Ash.J.Williams

does the devil exist anywhere else other than religion?? If it wasn't for religion nobody would have heard of him, apart from fictional writers who also learned of him through religion of course.