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Oh, holy Christmas. You guys really have to read that article right now, especially you queens - I just about busted a gut. This all sounds like what would happen if I designed a church, or at least that church-themed nightclub/sauna complex I’m always talking about called Ahh-men!
Queen, please!
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LOL, thanks, matt! On one level, I howled with over the top mirth. On the other hand, just visualizing the place and everything about it made me seriously reflect – if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck and all… the conclusion gets obvious after a while.
No one could just make this stuff up. This is rich! But seriously, folks, maybe George Orwell was onto something when he defined “doublethink” as holding two contradictory principles in the mind at the same time, while firmly believing in both. Ahh, men…
[QUOTE=Talon Karrde] Here’s the painting. I was hoping I could find the one with the naked black angel, but alas I could not.
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Oh! Sweet Jesus! Literally. I mean, damn, who on earth couldn’t have guessed that the person whose church featured that painting was a fan of the love which dare not speak it’s name?
And evidently Jesus is quite good. That sweaty, blue-collared good American man seems spent, to say the very least.
Although, he’s not dropped his spike or his mallet.
[QUOTE=Talon Karrde] Here’s the painting. I was hoping I could find the one with the naked black angel, but alas I could not.
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Leaning, leaning
Safe and secure from all alarms,
Yeah, I looked for that specific image because I saw it in person when I was younger. Since I was under 12, I jumped to the same thoughts our esteemed Dopers have relayed here.
I wouldn’t say it’s gay…I’ve been corrupted by too many horror movies.
Either Jesus is about to feast on hammerguy’s blood (granted, granted…most vampire attack scenarios have more than a tinge of homoeroticism about 'em. Stupid Anne Rice.), or Jesus is about to shove his arm through the poor sap’s chest, tearing out his still-beating heart with a claw, and show it to everyone before he goes on an unstoppable killing rampage.
C’mon, the guy comes back from the dead, all on his own, and then he just skips town? Clearly suspicious. If he comes back, we better cut off his head and put a stake through his heart. That’ll hold him.
[QUOTE=furt]
“Accountability” means having someone(s) in your life who you can confess to and whom you have asked to keep an eye on your spiritual health. For Catholics and some other denominations, the hierarchy (theoretically) takes care of this. (e.g. Preists confess to Monsignors who confess to Bishops, etc.)
For most evangelicals, there is usually no direct supervison of pastors, so there is no formal system for this. Thus, pastors must take the initiative to find people who are NOT in your church who can keep an eye on you.
e.g. The pastor of First Baptist is not going to discuss his deepest, darkest secrets, his fears, his problems, etc. with his parishoners. Maybe he should, but he probably isn’t. But he can, and should, discuss them with someone … usually another pastor.
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I don’t know what do you think a Monsignor is (other than “Italian word meaning literally Mylord and often used to refer to bishops”), but any priest confesses any Catholic, including other priests of any kind of hyerarchical degree. And it’s one of the Sacraments that can be done by non-ordained faithful if no ordained faithful are available (Baptism is the other; Marriage can only be done by non-priests, in the Roman rite)
[QUOTE=Ranchoth]
I wouldn’t say it’s gay…I’ve been corrupted by too many horror movies.
Either Jesus is about to feast on hammerguy’s blood (granted, granted…most vampire attack scenarios have more than a tinge of homoeroticism about 'em. Stupid Anne Rice.), or Jesus is about to shove his arm through the poor sap’s chest, tearing out his still-beating heart with a claw, and show it to everyone before he goes on an unstoppable killing rampage.
C’mon, the guy comes back from the dead, all on his own, and then he just skips town? Clearly suspicious. If he comes back, we better cut off his head and put a stake through his heart. That’ll hold him.
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I’ve got to go for the vampire theory, why else would dude in purple be carrying a hammer and a stake?
[QUOTE=Nava]
What denomination are you, please?
[/QUOTE] Psssst. Nava, it was the setup for the joke, later expanded in Post #53. It was not intended to be an accurate respresentation of RCC hierarchy.
