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"Clayton Has Lost 15 Kilograms" |
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28 Aug 2004 01:43:46 AM |
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Desperation? Naaaahhhhh.... |
Why do I get the image of a dirty old man offering little kids lollypops to
get into his car?
http://au.news.yahoo.com/040827/21/qj2w.html
Saturday August 28, 08:41 AM
Church woos reluctant worshippers with chocolate
A Church of England bishop has adopted a non-traditional approach to tempt
his disappearing flock to return to the fold: chocolate.
Some consider it a sin to indulge but the Church of England is holding up
chocolate as a potential saviour for its diocese in Manchester, which has
been threatened by falling attendances.
There are so few regular churchgoers that Reverend Nigel McCulloch fears the
church itself is in danger of disappearing within two generations.
His "Back to Church Sunday" initiative will target the over-50s who used to
attend but no longer do so.
They will be wooed with slick invitations and the promise of chocolate at
the end of their first service.
The church is also considering a number of other incentives, with one
involving the showing of comedy videos at next month's service to celebrate
the Autumn harvest.
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Desperation? Naaaahhhhh.... |
28 Aug 2004 04:43:38 AM |
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:43:46 +1000, "Clayton Has Lost 15 Kilograms"
<cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
Why do I get the image of a dirty old man offering little kids lollypops to
get into his car?
http://au.news.yahoo.com/040827/21/qj2w.html
Saturday August 28, 08:41 AM
Church woos reluctant worshippers with chocolate
A Church of England bishop has adopted a non-traditional approach to tempt
his disappearing flock to return to the fold: chocolate.
Some consider it a sin to indulge but the Church of England is holding up
chocolate as a potential saviour for its diocese in Manchester, which has
been threatened by falling attendances.
Spend an hour listening to me tell you about Santa Claus and I'll give
you a candy bar.
There are so few regular churchgoers that Reverend Nigel McCulloch fears the
church itself is in danger of disappearing within two generations.
His "Back to Church Sunday" initiative will target the over-50s who used to
attend but no longer do so.
Which label is pretty stupid itself.
These idiots can't grasp the fact that for non-believers there is
nothing to return to.
They will be wooed with slick invitations and the promise of chocolate at
the end of their first service.
The church is also considering a number of other incentives, with one
involving the showing of comedy videos at next month's service to celebrate
the Autumn harvest.
It's always amazes me when they pull this sort of stunt. Because all
it does is remind the very people they're going after, just how out of
touch with reality the church leaders are.
They seem to have a mental block that prevents them seeing themselves
and their beliefs from outside.
Most British ministers aren't that stupid. In fact many of them would
be considered atheist in the US, and by the seriously Christian in the
UK. They understand fully the church's irrelevence and that it is in
part due to the fact that most Brits see Jesus the same way they see
Santa Claus.
So why are the church leaders so stupid?
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| User: "Uncle Dollar Bill" |
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| Title: Re: Desperation? Naaaahhhhh.... |
28 Aug 2004 01:58:05 PM |
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:43:38 GMT, Christopher A. Lee wrote:
These idiots can't grasp the fact that for non-believers there is
nothing to return to.
Not even a nice, fat Hershey bar? Come on, Christopher Ann, I can see the
covetous little twinkle in your eyes. Admit it. You were tempted,
_weren't_ you? ;-)
--
L8r,
Uncle Dollar Bill
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| User: "Yang, AthD h.c" |
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| Title: Re: Desperation? Naaaahhhhh.... |
28 Aug 2004 01:53:42 AM |
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:43:46 +1000, "Clayton Has Lost 15 Kilograms"
<cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
Why do I get the image of a dirty old man offering little kids lollypops to
get into his car?
http://au.news.yahoo.com/040827/21/qj2w.html
Saturday August 28, 08:41 AM
Church woos reluctant worshippers with chocolate
If they upgarde their offers to beer...
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| User: "Jez" |
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| Title: Re: Desperation? Naaaahhhhh.... |
28 Aug 2004 02:08:18 AM |
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Yang, AthD (h.c) wrote:
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:43:46 +1000, "Clayton Has Lost 15 Kilograms"
<cjfat@SPAMBLOCKphonyemail.com> wrote:
Why do I get the image of a dirty old man offering little kids lollypops to
get into his car?
http://au.news.yahoo.com/040827/21/qj2w.html
Saturday August 28, 08:41 AM
Church woos reluctant worshippers with chocolate
If they upgarde their offers to beer...
Nah they should go back to Jesus' original substance......
http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc11/christ.html
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Jez
"The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious,
of being out of one's mind, is the condition of the normal man. Society
highly values its normal man.It educates children to lose themselves
and to become absurd,and thus to be normal. Normal men have killed
perhaps 100,000,000 of their fellow normal men in the last fifty years."
R.D. Laing
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| User: "Uncle Dollar Bill" |
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| Title: Re: Desperation? Naaaahhhhh.... |
28 Aug 2004 01:56:00 PM |
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:43:46 +1000, Clayton Has Lost 15 Kilograms wrote:
Why do I get the image of a dirty old man offering little kids lollypops to
get into his car?
Because you are a pervert, and that's what perverts do. ;-) j/k, really.
:-) As for this idea, I'd be all for it, so long as they could promise me
that they'll spend more (or at _least_ every bit as much) on my chocolate
than I will give them in donations. Lord knows the _sermon_ won't be worth
it. :-)
--
L8r,
Uncle Dollar Bill
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| User: "Clayton Has Lost 15 Kilograms" |
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| Title: Re: Desperation? Naaaahhhhh.... |
28 Aug 2004 06:02:32 PM |
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"Uncle Dollar Bill" <UncleDollarBill@SpamMeNot.com> wrote in message
news:gq75ooe4rnzi$.nmjn98ina74r$.dlg@40tude.net...
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:43:46 +1000, Clayton Has Lost 15 Kilograms wrote:
Why do I get the image of a dirty old man offering little kids lollypops
to
get into his car?
Because you are a pervert, and that's what perverts do. ;-) j/k, really.
:-) As for this idea, I'd be all for it, so long as they could promise me
that they'll spend more (or at _least_ every bit as much) on my chocolate
than I will give them in donations. Lord knows the _sermon_ won't be
worth
it. :-)
They'd be better off investing in Vodka and hash....make people more likely
to swallow the garbage they are peddling!
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