# Omnibus Religious Fucks in the NEWS **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066 "2022-02-07T18:33:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/21 "2022-02-08T19:03:37Z")
Ah, I see, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/22 "2022-02-08T19:20:43Z")
> [@duality72](#): > > (it’s ok when a Republican does it). Of course i meant “it’s ok **if** a Republican does it”. So many context clues to get it right, yet i still botched it up. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/23 "2022-02-08T19:54:15Z")
It occurs to me that IOKWARDI and IOKIARDI are both in common use (and some quickie googling confirms this), so I guess that word in the middle could be “if” or “when”. So I guess we could also just as well use IOKWAPDI or IOKIAPDI. Anyhow, bonus points for @Mollie_Magill and @duality72 . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/24 "2022-02-08T20:17:49Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > Huh. I always thought of Saint James as being in Redondo Beach. > > For all the saints in the Church, you’d think there would be more diversity in church patron saints: > > St James Church > 415 Vincent St, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 > > St James Church > 4625 Garnet St, Torrance, CA 90503 > > Per Google Maps, only 5 minutes apart, also. Solved the mystery. The one in Torrance is just the school, which was opened in 1963 as an annex (that I never knew existed), but took over the entire school in 1990. The former parish school in Redondo Beach is now a preschool. Only one St. James parish, though. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/25 "2022-02-08T20:26:26Z")
Either form gets the point across, but I do personally prefer the IOKIARDI version for the whimsical pronunciation in my head (eye-oak-ee-ar-dee). ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/26 "2022-02-08T20:56:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@Folacin](#): > > > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > > > Huh. I always thought of Saint James as being in Redondo Beach. > > > > For all the saints in the Church, you’d think there would be more diversity in church patron saints: > > > > St James Church > > 415 Vincent St, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 > > > > St James Church > > 4625 Garnet St, Torrance, CA 90503 > > > > Per Google Maps, only 5 minutes apart, also. > > Solved the mystery. The one in Torrance is just the school, which was opened in 1963 as an annex (that I never knew existed), but took over the entire school in 1990. The former parish school in Redondo Beach is now a preschool. > > Only one St. James parish, though. If it helps, I attend St Paul’s Episcopal in Franklin, TN. Just twenty miles away is St Paul’s Episcopal in Murfreesboro. That naming decision confuses me. > [@duality72](#): > > Either form gets the point across, but I do personally prefer the IOKIARDI version for the whimsical pronunciation in my head (eye-oak-ee-ar-dee). And now I mentally pronounce it that way, too. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/27 "2022-02-08T21:04:31Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Bake sale, maybe. [Inspired by this recent weirdness](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.insider.com/reality-star-made-200k-fart-jars-selling-them-as-nfts-2022-1%3famp) she could sell [Nun’s farts.](https://www.bakinglikeachef.com/nuns-farts-pets-de-nonne-recipe/) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/28 "2022-02-08T22:03:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Huh. I always thought of Saint James as being in Redondo Beach. There is a stretch of Torrance the reaches the sea. Do you know the Hollywood Riviera? It’s actually Torrance. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/29 "2022-02-09T18:38:59Z")
Teachers in West Virginia “accidentally” make some students attend a supposedly optional revival on campus. > **[West Virginia students to stage walkout over Christian revival at high school](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/09/west-virginia-huntington-high-school-walkout-christian-revival)** > > Students instructed to raise their arms in prayer at event in public school’s auditorium ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/30 "2022-02-09T18:51:39Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Teachers in West Virginia “accidentally” make some students attend a supposedly optional revival on campus. - > > [West Virginia students to stage walkout over Christian revival at high school | West Virginia | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/09/west-virginia-huntington-high-school-walkout-christian-revival) > Students instructed to raise their arms in prayer at event in public school’s auditorium - TIL that God requires semaphore. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/31 "2022-02-09T19:10:33Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > TIL that God requires semaphore. He is older than dirt - you can’t expect his hearing to be all that good any more. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/32 "2022-02-09T19:10:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > TIL that God requires semaphore. It’s just to guide the angels. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxNb2wmV4AYAfHQ.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxNb2wmV4AYAfHQ.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/33 "2022-02-10T01:25:02Z")
🤣 I was raised Catholic, so it was a real shock to me when I was sent to public school and encountered 🙌 whenever people announced they would be praying. (This was in the rural south, in case you were wondering.) By contrast, the people where I work like to bow their heads and close their eyes while praying. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/34 "2022-02-10T01:33:04Z")
I was disappointed to discover that “speaking in tongues” does not mean someone suddenly starts speaking in fluent Urdu or Basque. Just gibberish, with the hands in the mandatory above-the-head position. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/35 "2022-02-10T07:35:04Z")
Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/36 "2022-02-10T07:37:43Z")
Yeah. That’s how I felt when I discovered those snake-handler churches milk (Is that the right term for getting the critter to release its venom?) the snakes before they do their funky dance with said snakes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/37 "2022-02-10T11:51:22Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Yeah. That’s how I felt when I discovered those snake-handler churches milk (Is that the right term for getting the critter to release its venom?) the snakes before they do their funky dance with said snakes. - \< Commercial announcer voiceover \> “We secretly replaced Pastor Bob’s empty snakes with full ones. Let’s see if he’s saved.” \ ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/38 "2022-02-10T13:29:35Z")
\< We hear Pastor Bob’s wife’s inner thoughts as a voiceover \> Bob never asks for a second snake-bite at home. \< / \> ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/39 "2022-02-10T13:57:42Z")
I remember hearing a piece by a comedian/evangelical atheist who witnessed one such ceremony; the preacher was a bit inexperienced, and failed to milk the critter first. (He also noted that rattlesnakes are not church-going creatures by their nature.) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066/40 "2022-02-10T15:45:05Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > By contrast, the people where I work like to bow their heads and close their eyes while praying. Hate to break it to you, but your coworkers aren’t devout, they’re just sneaking a nap. . Where do you you work that people _pray_ during the day? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-fucks-in-the-news/959066.md?page=3)