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stephinrome Donating Member (494 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:21 AM
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The Pope and The Da Vinci Code (put your coffee down)
A friend sent me this. But I got no coffee warning...



This man (on the left, wearing a fabulous vintage chiffon-lined Dior gold lame' gown over a silk Vera Wang empire waist tulle cocktail dress, accessorized with a 3-foot beaded peaked House of Whoville hat, and the ruby slippers Judy Garland wore in the "Wizard of Oz") is worried that The Da Vinci Code might make the Roman Catholic Church look foolish.

:)
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:23 AM
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1. no more foolish than believing in fairy tales
Edited on Sun May-14-06 11:23 AM by ixion
:evilgrin: :hide:
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:23 AM
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2. hahahahahaha
:rofl: :rofl:
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:23 AM
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3. I love you,
and welcome to DU.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:23 AM
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4. That's HYSTERICAL! nt
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:28 PM
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30. LOL..Ready for the red carpet
or the runway ?
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anitar1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:23 AM
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5. I saw it too and had a big laugh. It is from
the Betty Bowers satire site.always funny things there spoofing the RW Christians.
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:23 AM
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6. That's hysterical.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 10:11 AM
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66. That's HERETICAL.
:evilgrin: :+ :rofl:
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:24 AM
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7. thanks for the giggle.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:26 AM
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8. Now, THAT is rich.
A for real laugh out loud!
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catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:29 AM
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9. It IS a funny piece....
...but it was sad to see a poster equating this with "right wing christians"....if you don't know the difference between Catholics and "right wing christians"-whom dislike and distrusts Catholics (See:KKK) you need to educate yourself....Just sayin'....
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Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 01:00 PM
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27. I understand that some of the groups organizing "pray-ins"
against "The Da Vinci Code" are conservative Catholics, either the schismatic anti-Vatican II types or their sympathizers who are still within the Church but are ultra-conservative--possibly Opus Dei types? I think you know who I'm talking about here! I've had the misfortune of running into some of these folks online, and they are every bit as whacked-out as the Protestant fundies in their own way.

I suspect it's the unsympathic portrayal of Opus Dei in Dan Brown's book that has their panties in such a twist...
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catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:26 PM
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29. Maybe...I wouldn't honestly know.....
I have as much to do with them as Hew Hampshire Protestants have to do with right wing fundamentalists...
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Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:29 PM
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31. I have a long history of hanging out at interfaith discussion boards.
You run into all kinds of wackos that way.
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Jigarotta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:30 PM
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58. it does seem all about panties, doesn't it? nt
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:31 PM
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32. The Pope isn't right winged ?
x
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catnhatnh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 05:44 PM
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40. Depends....
abortion-yes...death penalty-no.....Contraception-yes...Civil rights-no...etc.,etc.,etc.
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Chemical Bill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 07:53 PM
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46. About that civil rights thing...
I respectfully disagree. This pope was head of the inquisition (whatever they call it now). Wasn't he in charge of purging the liberation theologists (the best part of the church)? Sounds right-wing to me.

Bill
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 12:11 AM
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61. Currently, many of these anti_catholic types are holding their noses
and standing alongside Catholics in a joint effort to destroy our country and the rest of the globe.


I'm a liberal Catholic. There is a HUGE difference between progressive/liberal Christian and the christo-fascist zombie-brigade.
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:29 AM
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10. OK, the Whoville hat thing got me laughing
:) :rofl: :rofl:
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:31 AM
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11. I'm reading the book right now. Based on the fact that it is....
...an acknowledged book of fiction, I don't quite understand why the Catholic Church is getting so irritated. IMHO, their childish behavior is making the Catholic Church look bad, not the book.

Maybe there's more truth to the book than the author admits. That's the only way I can really understand the current behavior of the Church toward the book. What are they afraid of?
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Theres-a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:32 AM
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12. Absolutely
Methinks they dost protest too much.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:14 PM
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21. You need to read Tom Robbins "Another Roadside Attraction."
Edited on Sun May-14-06 12:15 PM by alfredo
It is not something the Pope would like either.

His other books "Jitterbug Perfume" and "Skinny Legs and All" skewer religion too. "Jitterbug Perfume" is very instructive.

You will never look at the 12 Days of Christmas the same.
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:07 PM
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20. What are they afraid of?
You omit the obvious. They know that their people have no critical thinking skills.:silly: They believe events described in the Bible. Why wouldn't they believe what's in the DaVinci Code?:shrug:

--IMM
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:45 PM
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26. people believe things they read in fiction
and why not? Is the stuff about phi fiction?
Did you know that there was a flu epidemic in 1918 that killed more people than all of WWI?
Do you know where I learned that?
From the TV show "Joan of Arcadia". I am not even sure it is true, but I believe it now, because it sounds possible, but I have not bothered to verify it. Probably I have learned lots of things from the fiction I read, or at least have remembered things and now believe them.
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Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 01:12 PM
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28. I think the depiction of the Opus Dei cult
is more accurate than they would like.

They were plenty upset about the book, but the fact that "The Da Vinci Code" is coming out as a MOVIE is what has them in hysterics right now. They know good and well that most poorly-educated people don't read books, not even popular fiction. They are much more likely to see the movie than read the book.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:33 AM
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13. I'd rather have a guy dressed like that over some fictious prophet
you can't even sketch :eyes:
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:36 AM
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14. Uh, I'll take door number "Neither"
what a lame, false dichotomy.

:eyes: yourself.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:59 AM
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19. awww
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:39 PM
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25. LOL
nt
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:35 PM
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35. Mideast men's qowns are
more manly.
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 10:25 PM
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52. Do you mean "have", in the biblical sense?
Hey- to each his own.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:37 AM
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15. You should have a go to the bathroom first alert! Way too funny!!!!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:37 AM
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16. Those CAN'T be comfortable.
Sheesh. No wonder they have to cart him around in a plexiglass golf cart most of the time.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:38 AM
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17. Love it! And welcome to DU!!!
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adriennui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:42 AM
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18. i'm liking his brown loafers
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 05:54 PM
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42. According to Newsweek, the Pope Wears Prada.
He may never make the best-dressed lists, but Pope Benedict XVI is nothing short of a religious-fashion icon, riding in the Popemobile with red Prada loafers under his cassock and Gucci shades.
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:20 PM
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22. Pope Maledict..
.. and his minions take life and "god" waaayyy too seriously..

.. but then there's all that filthy lucre at stake.

Sue
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:36 PM
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23. You should see the sheer black teddy underneath.
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formercia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 12:37 PM
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24. Taking a vow of poverty doesn't mean not having threads
a pimp would die for....
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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:31 PM
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33. Should I go see it if I haven't read the book?
I'm an ex-Catholic, love history, love intrigue, know a bit about the background.

I haven't read the book because it was such a bestseller... like I didn't read "Geisha" for about five years, either - and LOVED it when I finally read it.

Should I go out today and spend the rest of Sunday reading The DaVinci Code?
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RedG1 Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:35 PM
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34. what do you call an ex-Nazi with a 500 dollar hat?
...Holy Father
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 04:39 PM
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36. WOW !
The New Look
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 05:00 PM
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37. Cardinal Rat wasn't a "Nazi." Give him a break on that one. nt
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 06:41 PM
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43. he was only a nazi youth. Geeze. . . some people.
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RedG1 Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 07:21 PM
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44. kinda like
young Republicans?

I do not NOW or EVER will defend or accept Nazis

Geeze...some people
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 04:21 PM
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68. yeah i was being sarcastic. sorry if it wasn't obvious.
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 12:19 AM
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62. Only a Nazi Youth for about three years....but not a FULL Nazi?
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 05:16 PM
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39. I bet that hat cost WAAAAYYYYYY more than $500.
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 10:25 PM
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51. Jesus. That looks like a scene from "Tron"
And that guy behind him with the blinking lights- isn't that the dancing bear guy I used to see at all the Dead shows?
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allalone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 05:04 PM
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38. too funny
ya know, I never thought this would happen in a million years, but I actually agreed with something
Don Imus said a couple of weeks ago. He said "I want that other Pope back"
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 05:46 PM
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41. LOL, and now for clean underwear... n/t
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 07:22 PM
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45. Don't forget the gold leather thong
with the beaded tassles
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 07:59 PM
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47. ROTFLMAO!!!!! Perfect!!!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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dailykoff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 08:02 PM
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48. * SPOILER WARNING *
There's a surprise at the end of the book and the Pope actually comes out lookin' good -- like his red shoes! :)

p.s. that's gotta be retouched ... would he really?
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Jigarotta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 08:50 PM
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49. what a ridiculous get up.
Dorothy Kansas shoes with - is that a long sword or a long cross?
no offense at all to catholics, unless you dress like this going to the car wash.
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The Jacobin Donating Member (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 10:29 PM
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54. That's a crucifix
Only the Bishop of Rome (that's the Pope) walks with one. The rest of the bishops walk with something that looks like a shepherd's staff.
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Jigarotta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 10:55 PM
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57. sounds so idoltry to me.
silly acoutrements for just a regular flesh and blood person.
but a nice costume, nonetheless. very hollywood.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 08:51 PM
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50. A Thread To Bash The Pope's Clothing?
what a waste
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 10:27 PM
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53. No wonder they love him in Kansas.
I mean, look at those shoes. There's no place like home.
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The Jacobin Donating Member (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 10:31 PM
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55. People from all over the place love him
And it has nothing to do with the shoes. :)
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 12:00 AM
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60. Yeah, well, anyone who could play guitar like that with nine fingers while
spreading that kind of unbounded, freethinking positive energy----

is bound to be adored by billions.



Oh, wait- that's not the Pope I'm thinking of, that's Jerry Garcia.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 10:52 PM
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56. Why bother with cross-dressing and not do any make up?
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-14-06 11:46 PM
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59. Ordain Women.....
...or stop dressing like them!


A bumper sticker I spotted yesterday.
:rofl:
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michael_1166 Donating Member (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 02:59 AM
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63. Dressed like that...
he at least never has to worry about getting a s****y in public. Clever guy!

O8)
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 07:19 AM
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64. Precious
:rofl:

I heeded your warning and left the cup in the kitchen, btw.

Cheers :hi:

:donut:
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 08:32 AM
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65. How tasteless! Somebody violated the WASP Dress Code!


Call in the Fashion Police!
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-15-06 10:21 AM
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67. there is nothing foolish about
THE BURNING FIRES OF HELL

If we don't bow down to this um, fashion maven, we will all go to hell

he's another king to whom gawd speaks directly

uh huh.
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