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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJade Fox
(10,030 posts)I feel the same way about both church and forrest.
Mr.Bill
(24,419 posts)where you can spin 360 degrees and not see a single man-made object, that is my church.
And in my younger days, LSD was my sacrament.
Irish_Dem
(48,832 posts)Our iconic symbol is pure pagan brutality.
A man nailed to a cross, tortured then murdered.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Irish_Dem
(48,832 posts)And then after Christ is brutally murdered he rises from the dead.
Yep the whole thing is macabre.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Irish_Dem
(48,832 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,419 posts)to believe a man with a big hat.
Irish_Dem
(48,832 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,419 posts)I was an altar boy. I've been backstage.
Irish_Dem
(48,832 posts)And other hijinx.
Mr.Bill
(24,419 posts)And I was an Atheist already. Why would an Atheist be an altar boy? Well, there was actually money in it. You see, Saturday was wedding and funeral day more often than not. And it was customary for the families involved to tip the altar boys. $5 was not unusual. In the 60s, when I got $1 for mowing a lawn, this was a gold mine.
Irish_Dem
(48,832 posts)Right, weddings and funeral days for sure.
The boys talked about the priest slipping them money from time to time as well.
Right $5 was a huge amount of money for a child to make at that time on a regular basis.
OMGWTF
(4,017 posts)of a loving God. Weird. -- Ricky Gervais
Irish_Dem
(48,832 posts)God just keeps trying.
Jade Fox
(10,030 posts)Irish_Dem
(48,832 posts)Humans are a strange bunch to worship all of that stuff.
Wounded Bear
(58,845 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,090 posts)NBachers
(17,223 posts)SunSeeker
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