the POPE going to HELL???

from a billion poses the pope made to the billion if not zillion of shapes fire assumes, there's no surprise that one of them is bound to resemble the other..

It's just fire. That's not someone, just fire. This is called "pareidolia", when people see familiar things in random objects etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

Hi anotherbirthday, It's difficult to accept that anyone might be discussing this subject in anything other than a flippant manner. The immediate questions in my mind are where exactly did the image of a fire originate, if it is a genuine undoctored photograph then who took it, and why would one consider that it had any particular relation with Pope John Paul II? Beyond those questions, if there was any (supernatural) connection between the flaming image and that of Pope John Paul II, then one might expect that the author of that linkage would convey the meaning if any was intended. As it appears right now, I'm not seeing anything but an image of a fire which (seemingly) has momentarily acquired an outline (in 2 dimensions) that is somewhat similar to the posture of Pope John Paul II in another image. That posture would also be mimmicked in countless other photographs, of other people and other objects, that one might find if one had the time to trawl through them. So the question is really a little pointless, being open-ended as it is. Unless there is some substantial body of information that somehow establishes a tangible relation between the two images (beyond their cursory figurative similarity), then the answer to your question is "No", there's no basis from any of this whatsoever to presume anythng at all about Pope John Paul II's destination in the afterlife. Moreover, even if there WAS a demonstrable connection between the two images - a "supernatural" connection, as one might speculate (as opposed to the simple connection of deliberate intent if someone has synthesized a fiery image to mimic the posture of the Pope in the other image) - this would nonetheless speak nothing of the fate of the Pope. Rather, logic dictates that such a "supernatural" event should convey something of importance to the viewers, namely US, that is, YOU and ME. And knowing the great virtue, chastity, purity and self-sacrifice that punctuated Pope John Paul II's time in the Pontiff's chair, I'd personally be a lot more worried about my own chance of ending up in a furnace.

The picture is nothing to worry about. It is only the manifestation and manipulation of antichrists in our world. The picture is from the pit of hell.

Well, computer can do so much. The Pope was a god man. It's unfortunate that some people are trying to do bad thing to such a good person.

Yes and that also goes to anybody who blasphemes Christ's teachings.

Umm....maybe someone photoshopped that picture? I'm sure there are people talented enough to pull it off.

I think the Pope was a great humanitarian, however just like you not to cause issues, I do not believe he was a benefit to the church. (Please, if you have issues with what I say, I am sorry but I have said this from day one of knowing who and what he was.) I am curious where you got that photo. It's great actually. Very much like him. I am feeling that we are on the same wave length of this topic. Ainge

A cartoon drawn at the time of the Reformation actually shows the Pope being dragged down to hell by demons. The Roman Catholics retaliated by publishing a cartoon showing the devil turning a barrel organ-type handle linked to Luther's head. I've no doubt that each Pope, being a fulfillment of 2 Thessalonians 2 (see Christopher Wordsworth's "Is the Papacy predicted by St Paul? An Enquiry"), is in hell, other than, for the moment, Ratzinger and his successors.