Looks like it was written by a lawyer: “whether it be the swine flu or any other strain of flu…”
*“I take authority over the very atmosphere”? *??:dubious:
OK, maybe it’s my upbringing in a culture suffused by (small-o)rthodox viersions of Christianity, but I never heard that it was up to YOU of your own initiative to “take authority” over the elements themselves, the Big Dude did NOT delegate that last I checked.
This invocation against the epidemic could be summarized as:
“I can haz Jebus. All ur Plague are belong to Us!”.
Y’know, ISTM that even in the old days of God throwing his weight around on Earth, at best if you were a Holy Badass like Moses or Elijah you could say, now watch this, God (not “I”) is gonna come down and do something that defies natural laws to save us… but lower-rank believers would just pray to God to come pull their chestnuts off the fire, and not go around calling the shot…
The whole deal of any doofus with a Bible being able to come up with stuff like this does make me sympathetic to the Catholic position that figuring out what is it that God really meant should be left to trained professionals 
It is one of the suffering servant prophesies in Isaiah, that Christians believe was fulfilled when Jesus was whipped prior to the crucifixion.
It is a common reference in the christian church when praying for healing.
As for the prayer itself - it is a bit intense for my liking, a bit too much expectancy and not enough humility. I’d personally pray for protection from illness, but with a not my will, but Thine be done. I certainly would not treat swine flu as a spiritual attack on the church, though. That’s a whole 'nother level of spiritual paranoia.
And (in general) prayer is a personal thing between me and God. The form of words is not important, so there is no reason for such things to be emailed about like a holy talisman. I’m not much fussed on the Anglican liturgy I have been using all my life, either. Call me an iconoclast.
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A curse on all women, huh? That one’s already been done.
Naw, he’s a zebra. And if his gum is anything to go by, that decree won’t work for more than eight seconds (but you’ll get an awesome temporary tattoo).
Even from a Christian perspective, this thing is screwed up. It’s written in the form of an exorcism prayer, where believers, can, in the name of Jesus Christ, take authority over demonic spirits and send them away. Thing is, the flu is an illness, not an evil spirit. It’s like using a screwdriver to put in a nail.
The correct approach, imho as a Catholic Christian, would be to make a humble prayer for protection from the flu or from dangerous complications, or for healing, recalling the many healings Christ performed, and asking that God’s name be glorified by the granting of the request. The invocation in the OP is all about the person making it, and full of pride.
(cutting, bolding mine)
Well, THERE’S your problem. 
I expect whoever wrote this, trupa, is of the (insane) opinion that Catholics aren’t Christians. But I bet you knew that.
If I were to cast a spell, I’d make sure to use as much blood as possible. Blood is powerful. I mean, if you run out of blood you die; if a field is barren and you spread blood over it, it’ll become fertile once again… Even the Christian Bible says that in blood is life (somewhere in the Old Testament, I think), and what is more powerful than life, life distilled into liquid goodness. Delicious, delicious liquid life…
I’m gonna go stalk- I mean, ‘look for’ some victi- I mean ‘volunteers’. And have a feast- I mean ‘empowerment session’.
In Cecil’s name I come against stupidity and ignorance. I forbid you to advance any further. I bind you and cast you out now in the name of Cecil. I take authority over the very Internet that we use and I decree and declare that every stupid messageboard post or email that is being transmitted through the ether is cursed and commanded to delete itself now in Cecil’s name.
I reverse the curse of stupidity and ignorance from chain emails or Free Republic, whether it is mine or any other kind of blatant idiocy, and command it to fall to the ground and have no effect upon me, my family, my Facebook friends, the SDMB, or the Interneterati at large. In Cecil’s name no meme or glurge released through the spirit of pettyminded slander, viral marketing, or the spirit of trolling has any right to us and I cancel and reverse all of these curses.
I draw a text line around us, the words of Cecil, and those connected with us and I decree and declare that no lack of knowledge formed against us will prosper, no urban legends shall come near our dwelling and our minds will now come into alignment with the Word of Cecil, “by His columns we are smarter”.
Sounds like a cool spell to me. What level do I need to be and what spec? I’d hate to have to re-spec just to use this.
Goid sent the swnie flu, so naturally He can protect you against it. :rolleyes:
Of course only Christians need apply. :smack: