Well known personalities who have passed away recently (Renamed)

[pmccarthy]

I watched the movie The Conclave on a plane two weeks ago. Highly recommended, an imaginative story about what happens behind the scene when the pope dies.

[facthunter]

AS Popes go this one was Nice. He died of a stroke AND Heart attack. and kept working till the end. Vance had a disagreement with him. (naturally)  Trumps LOT sees Empathy as "Suicidal".  Nev

[old man emu]

I think that atheists would find it ironic that a person who spent his life in an effort to gain admittance to the Kingdom of God, would be mourned for getting his entry ticket. 

[facthunter]

He's mourned because he is not around to further bless us with his good works and will be missed.  PS I'm an atheist.  He exerted a good influence, empathy and caring for the earth and the needy and scorned "Show and wealth". His coffin is a simple wood box  and he won't be buried in the Vatican  but a nearby Italian churchyard.. He questioned Trumps  "claimed" Christianity based on what HE did. Reasonable?  Nev

[old man emu]

It's not wrong to mourn the loss of a member of our community, especially one who showed leadership in so many ways. I was trying to point out that death for him might be a joyous thing, but for us it is a loss.  

[facthunter]

If He believes in the New Testament and HAS behaved a lot better than many others maybe but ALL have fallen short of the Glory of god so by Christ's sacrifice he could reasonably expect to go to Heaven and the Requiem Mass should help avoiding Purgatory even for a short time. I think he lived by what HE believed in.  Nev

[red750]

Cricketer Keith Stackpole has died aged 84, from a suspected heart attack.