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I was very surprised, on reading T.H. White’s The Bestiary (A book I heartily recommend) to find a footnote mentioning the story that Jesus’ real father was a Roman soldier named Pantera.
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Jesus’s father was an 80s metal band??? :o
No, it means that 80s metal bands are more cultured than you expected.
[QUOTE=drm]
I’ve always assumed the immaculate conception was just a cover up for some good old fashioned pre-marital sex. In fact I’ve toyed with the idea of pitching this very idea (except it’d be a comedy).
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The immaculate conception was the conception of Mary and it involved sex.
Just like the virgin birth, it is total bullshit, but different bullshit.
[QUOTE=CalMeacham]
No, it means that 80s metal bands are more cultured than you expected.
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My idea is more entertaining. 
[QUOTE=RikWriter]
My idea is more entertaining.
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Well if every woman impregnated by Pantera bore a kid with magical powers, you can expect the world to become a very interesting place in the next couple of years. Assuming they start doing anything around age 30.
[QUOTE=drm]
…if this was anyone but Paul Verhoeven I’d be terribly excited about this.
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It’s because it’s Verhoeven that I am excited.
[QUOTE=Askance]
No, it’s there all right. That book is mandatory reading for all LoB fans, some of the extra stuff in there is achingly funny. I do see why that scene was left out though, it doesn’t fit with the flow and general feel very well.
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Agreed. But I wish they could have worked in the bit where Brian meets the psychopath; and his “Forced sex, I say!” sermon; and the rant by Otto, leader of the Judean People’s Front.
[QUOTE=wolf in second hand clothing]
Well if every woman impregnated by Pantera bore a kid with magical powers, you can expect the world to become a very interesting place in the next couple of years. Assuming they start doing anything around age 30.
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Of course, if the women have to be virgins beforehand, I’d say we don’t have much to worry about. 
[QUOTE=Two and a Half Inches of Fun]
The immaculate conception was the conception of Mary and it involved sex.
Just like the virgin birth, it is total bullshit, but different bullshit.
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Wow, I’ll be damned (no pun intended). It’s more than a little embarrassing that I didn’t know that. If it helps, I’ve never been to a Catholic Church service.
The conception I meant, was Jesus. Technically though, if there was no sex, it could kind of be immaculate too, couldn’t it?
BrainGlutton: figures Monty Python had thought of it first. Funny stuff though, I should look for that.
If he goes all Basic Instinct/Starship Troopers, I suppose that’d be pretty funny. I also wouldn’t mind seeing a Michael Bay version.
Did elucidator get banned?
Well, anybody who saw Starship Troopers knows that Verhoeven has a knack for desecration and blasphemy.
[QUOTE=Steve MB]
Well, anybody who saw Starship Troopers knows that Verhoeven has a knack for desecration and blasphemy.
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That’s putting it mildly.