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Vatican Website Going Islamic?
The Vatican ^ | 11FEB13 | Self

Posted on 02/11/2013 7:48:57 AM PST by DoctorBulldog

Okay, this morning when I heard about Pope Benedict resigning, I immediately went to the Vatican’s website to read their press release.

Imagine my surprise when I was greeted with what appears to be a crescent moon with the Pope as the star:



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To: Young Werther

As someone quipped on another post, why would Obummer accept the office of the papacy, which would be a demotion from being a god?


21 posted on 02/11/2013 8:34:26 AM PST by Bigg Red (Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! -Ps80)
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To: DoctorBulldog

You STILL need your tinfoil hat. ;-)


22 posted on 02/11/2013 8:38:13 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: DoctorBulldog

I see what you mean!

[backs away slowly, avoids eye contact]


23 posted on 02/11/2013 8:43:36 AM PST by Mr. Know It All
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To: Ransomed

“Our only hope is to alert the order of Albino Assassin Monks in order to reprogram it.”

Nice shot. Right on target, so to speak. Hahahaha


24 posted on 02/11/2013 8:44:03 AM PST by buffaloguy
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To: DoctorBulldog

Shiny side out. Dull side out attracts the mind-control rays.

25 posted on 02/11/2013 9:03:41 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: DoctorBulldog

That design has been on the Vatican’s website for some time. Like years.


26 posted on 02/11/2013 9:07:16 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: DoctorBulldog
Firstly, it ain't a crescent moon -- more like a 3/4th circle

Secondly, the Crescent moon is not an islamic symbol but a Turkic one -- used by Turkic empires including Buddhist and Nestorian Christians and Manichaen

27 posted on 02/11/2013 9:22:17 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos

The swastika symbolizes the Hindu wheel of life. In Vietnam I saw swastikas worn by Buddhists. American Indians revered the swastika symbol.

But both the swastika and the crescent moon got permanently hijacked by dark forces & will always be associated with them. Mosque domes topped by the crescent & star have nothing to do with the Ottomans.

The Vatican website doesn’t incorporate the crescent by a long shot. For one thing, the horns of the Islamic crescent are normally pointed to the right.


28 posted on 02/11/2013 9:32:51 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: DoctorBulldog

29 posted on 02/11/2013 9:43:16 AM PST by stormer
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30 posted on 02/11/2013 9:47:08 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Lou L
Well, I've been to the Vatican's website in the past. I think 2010 was the last time. It didn't trigger my subliminal consciousness.

So, after reading your comment, I went to the WayBack Machine (Archive.net) and walked it up to June 4, 2011 (the last time the previous design was there):



Sure, it's similar, but it doesn't really suggest a crescent moon and star to me. However, the newer design with the yellow glow and the removal of the circular icons inside the broken circle starts my internal radar pinging:



Maybe it's just a coincidence. However, the Vatican seriously needs to reconsider that new design!

Cheers!
31 posted on 02/11/2013 9:50:34 AM PST by DoctorBulldog (Obama sucks. End of story.)
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To: DoctorBulldog
So now every semi-circle is an Islamic crescent?

C'mon, when does the moon ever look like that?

Is the "C" of Colorado or the Chicago Cubs or the Cincinnati Reds Islamic?

What about the Euro symbol or the UN Security Council?

Well, maybe (and don't forget Cincinnati changed their name to the "Redlegs" during the Cold War -- to hide communist ties?).

32 posted on 02/11/2013 10:21:26 AM PST by x
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To: DoctorBulldog
Good detective work, Doctor! I have not been on the actual site in a little while, so I'm glad I wasn't blowing smoke the first time!

All in all, I'm sure it's just coincidental--the new design is "cleaner," which perhaps allows for better navigation/access to the information.

33 posted on 02/11/2013 11:04:51 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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34 posted on 02/11/2013 11:07:11 AM PST by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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To: Young Werther

Yeah a little bit of an over active imagination.


35 posted on 02/11/2013 12:10:40 PM PST by brooklyn dave (1st commandment THOU SHALT NOT BELIEVE THY GOVERNMENT)
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