# Celebrity Death Pool 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993 "2014-12-01T02:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 54
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1061 "2015-03-25T11:24:44Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Baker maybe ------- I’m more shegetz. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1062 "2015-03-25T15:51:45Z")
Well, I’ve only been Catholic Lite for about fifteen years. Before that I was ELCA, and before THAT I was raised LC-MS. I switched from the denomination of my birth when I decided women should have equal standing with men in the church. How scandalous is that? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1063 "2015-03-25T16:14:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Well, I’ve only been Catholic Lite for about fifteen years. Before that I was ELCA, and before THAT I was raised LC-MS. I switched from the denomination of my birth when I decided women should have equal standing with men in the church. How scandalous is that? I left my LCMS church and am now ELCA in part for the same reason. Pretty scandalous. ETA: and I’ve been Catholic Lite now for 30+ years. Was raised Catholic. I converted my then-girlfriend, now-wife from Catholicism to ELCA. But she says she’s still Catholic. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1064 "2015-03-25T16:53:29Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I left my LCMS church and am now ELCA in part for the same reason. Pretty scandalous. > > ETA: and I’ve been Catholic Lite now for 30+ years. Was raised Catholic. I converted my then-girlfriend, now-wife from Catholicism to ELCA. But she says she’s still Catholic. And I went the other way. Raised ELCA (then ALC), and now LCMS. LCMS still does the traditional pipe organ music and liturgy. ETA: Beyond gaining favor with the **Death Mistress** , what does this have to do with gaining valuable points from croaked celebrities? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1065 "2015-03-25T17:22:24Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > ETA: Beyond gaining favor with the **Death Mistress** , what does this have to do with gaining valuable points from croaked celebrities? Without enough of them croaking, we needs must have something to discuss. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1066 "2015-03-25T18:56:23Z")
If the Episcopal Church is Catholic Lite, then the ELCA must be Catholic Ultra Lite. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1067 "2015-03-25T20:58:18Z")
So the American version of Catholic Ultra Lite would be the acronym CULUS, which translates to … ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1068 "2015-03-25T21:43:41Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > If the Episcopal Church is Catholic Lite, then the ELCA must be Catholic Ultra Lite. 😃 It follows that Conservative Judaism is Judaism light, and Reform Judaism Ultra Light, although I usually describe them as Methodist and Unitarians. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1069 "2015-03-25T22:14:19Z")
No, Reform Jews (of which I am one) are far more Jewish than the Reconstructionists. _They’re_ the Methodist and Unitarians. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1070 "2015-03-25T22:33:39Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > No, Reform Jews (of which I am one) are far more Jewish than the Reconstructionists. _They’re_ the Methodist and Unitarians. You are, of course, correct. I’ve never tried to explain other than Orthodox, Reform and Conservative. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1071 "2015-03-25T23:45:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You are, of course, correct. > I’ve never tried to explain other than Orthodox, Reform and Conservative. 🙂 And of course, on the other end, there are the Shomar Shabbas, who make the Orthodox look Reform ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1072 "2015-03-25T23:56:19Z")
All this talk of religion in the Death Pool thread is kind of disconcerting. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1073 "2015-03-26T00:11:08Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > ETA: Beyond gaining favor with the **Death Mistress** , what does this have to do with gaining valuable points from croaked celebrities? To explain exactly how we, as individuals, ask the Lord to look with disfavor on those people we have listed who, being naughty in our sight, shall hopefully snuff it? Amen. :o > [@swampbear](#): > > If the Episcopal Church is Catholic Lite, then the ELCA must be Catholic Ultra Lite. 😃 We prefer “the O’Doul’s of modern protestant religion”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1074 "2015-03-26T01:32:37Z")
Composer [Roy Douglas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Douglas) has died at 107. He was on my list. Do I get -7 points? > [@swampbear](#): > > I already claimed last place as mine, all mine! 😃 You’re ahead of me; my three scores have been -7, -7 and -9. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1075 "2015-03-26T01:33:56Z")
A hundred and seven! Wow. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1076 "2015-03-26T02:40:22Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > All this talk of religion in the Death Pool thread is kind of disconcerting. There is light at the end of the tunnel. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1077 "2015-03-26T02:51:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > There is light at the end of the tunnel. Ah, so you got through Vonnegut’s _Galapagos_ as well? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1078 "2015-03-26T03:12:10Z")
See next post. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1079 "2015-03-26T03:13:11Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Ah, so you got through Vonnegut’s _Galapagos_ as well? Apparently [nothing since 1985.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut_bibliography#Novels) When was the fire when he didn’t want to leave his house? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993/1080 "2015-03-26T03:48:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Apparently [nothing since 1985.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut_bibliography#Novels) > > When was the fire when he didn’t want to leave his house? You mean the one around Valentines Day of 1945? Except, it was not actually his house, it was an abattoir. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-death-pool-2015/705993.md?page=55)