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"quibbler" |
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13 Apr 2005 02:16:03 AM |
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The 37th sorrowful mystery |
Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while,
I wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant
slumber. I believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the
"37th sorrowful mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a
crutch, how many ***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to
say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic,
ridiculous prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it
left me wondering why can't catholics don't get with the program and
adopt prayer flags or prayer wheels like some of the oriental
religions. That would get the rosary said lickety-split :) The
next pope should certainly put this at the top of his "to do" list
if he wants to half the precipitous decline of the religion.
--
"Faith, indeed, has up to the present not been
able to move real mountains ... But it can put
mountains where there are none." -- Nietzsche
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| User: "Dale" |
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| Title: Re: The 37th sorrowful mystery |
13 Apr 2005 04:37:20 AM |
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"quibbler" <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cc5fca324b46fbf989687@aioe.cjb.net...
Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while,
I wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant
slumber. I believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the
"37th sorrowful mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a
crutch, how many ***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to
say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic,
ridiculous prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it
left me wondering why can't catholics don't get with the program and
adopt prayer flags or prayer wheels like some of the oriental
religions. That would get the rosary said lickety-split :) The
next pope should certainly put this at the top of his "to do" list
if he wants to half the precipitous decline of the religion.
But that IS the point. Remember the words of Oscar Wilde: "It's just the
sort of thing for the sort of person who likes that sort of thing." This
saying can be applied to many situations to have a calming effect on the
mind. In fact, it would probably make a good mantra for somebody. Isn't a
rosary like a mantra?
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| User: "Bob Pease" |
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| Title: Re: The 37th sorrowful mystery |
13 Apr 2005 02:28:19 PM |
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"Dale" <dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote in message
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"quibbler" <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while,
I wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant
slumber. I believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the
"37th sorrowful mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a
crutch, how many ***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to
say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic,
ridiculous prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it
left me wondering why can't catholics don't get with the program and
adopt prayer flags or prayer wheels like some of the oriental
religions. That would get the rosary said lickety-split :) The
next pope should certainly put this at the top of his "to do" list
if he wants to half the precipitous decline of the religion.
But that IS the point. Remember the words of Oscar Wilde: "It's just the
sort of thing for the sort of person who likes that sort of thing." This
saying can be applied to many situations to have a calming effect on the
mind. In fact, it would probably make a good mantra for somebody. Isn't a
rosary like a mantra?
New age Mantra
"Catholic mantra bad
Hindu mantra good
Hare Krishna
Namu Amida Butsu"
Recommended tune.."If I Fall In Love"
The Magick works best if you
Drink homeopathic Cyanide potion ( 10^( -200) Molar in CN- Radical)
Prepared from Cherry tree leaves.
Danger.. Don't try this at home!!
be sure to buy it at a Health Foods store!!!
Seriously, folks...
In Berkeley ( where else?) at the Nyingma Institute, they used to have a 20
ft diameter Prayer wheel that was motor-driven.
It had a series of belts that also drove dozens of tiny Prayer wheels.
I got lots of half-assed Catholics ***** because I refused to attend my
mother's Rosary service when she died.
I claimed that I had to give a Final Exam ( which was true, but I could have
got a sub).
I believe that it would have dishonored her to have ME chanting
mantras, although, for believers, I think it was cool for them to do it.
It still pisses me off to think that chanting a mantra would somehow lessen
her "Time" in Purgatory, although there is divided opinion among the Clergy
as to whether this is still widely believed.
If there's a Heaven, she was there before the Half-assed Catholics even got
out of bed that morning.!!
Bob Pease
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| User: "Uv" |
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| Title: Re: The 37th sorrowful mystery |
13 Apr 2005 12:00:24 PM |
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"Dale" <dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote in message
news:4m17e.807$zq4.371@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
"quibbler" <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cc5fca324b46fbf989687@aioe.cjb.net...
Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while,
I wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant
slumber. I believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the
"37th sorrowful mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a
crutch, how many ***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to
say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic,
ridiculous prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it
left me wondering why can't catholics don't get with the program and
adopt prayer flags or prayer wheels like some of the oriental
religions. That would get the rosary said lickety-split :) The
next pope should certainly put this at the top of his "to do" list
if he wants to half the precipitous decline of the religion.
But that IS the point. Remember the words of Oscar Wilde: "It's just the
sort of thing for the sort of person who likes that sort of thing." This
saying can be applied to many situations to have a calming effect on the
mind. In fact, it would probably make a good mantra for somebody. Isn't a
rosary like a mantra?
All I have to say to that is "Ohmmmmmm, Ohmmmmmmm, Ohmmmmmm"
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: The 37th sorrowful mystery |
15 Apr 2005 08:07:13 PM |
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On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:00:24 -0400, "Uv"
<mzdpatterson@somewhere-else.com> wrote:
"Dale" <dmgreer@nspm.airmail.net> wrote in message
news:4m17e.807$zq4.371@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
"quibbler" <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cc5fca324b46fbf989687@aioe.cjb.net...
Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while,
I wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant
slumber. I believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the
"37th sorrowful mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a
crutch, how many ***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to
say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic,
ridiculous prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it
left me wondering why can't catholics don't get with the program and
adopt prayer flags or prayer wheels like some of the oriental
religions. That would get the rosary said lickety-split :) The
next pope should certainly put this at the top of his "to do" list
if he wants to half the precipitous decline of the religion.
But that IS the point. Remember the words of Oscar Wilde: "It's just the
sort of thing for the sort of person who likes that sort of thing." This
saying can be applied to many situations to have a calming effect on the
mind. In fact, it would probably make a good mantra for somebody. Isn't a
rosary like a mantra?
All I have to say to that is "Ohmmmmmm, Ohmmmmmmm, Ohmmmmmm"
"Ohm. Ohm on the range
where the beer and the cantelope playyyyyyyy
where never is heard
and encouraging word
and the beer is warm
all dayyyyyyyyyyyyy."
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Peter James" |
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| Title: Re: The 37th sorrowful mystery |
13 Apr 2005 10:40:33 AM |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:16:03 -0600, quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while,
I wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant
slumber. I believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the
"37th sorrowful mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a
crutch, how many ***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to
say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic,
ridiculous prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it
left me wondering why can't catholics don't get with the program and
adopt prayer flags or prayer wheels like some of the oriental
religions. That would get the rosary said lickety-split :) The
next pope should certainly put this at the top of his "to do" list
if he wants to half the precipitous decline of the religion.
I came across a saying by a man called Al Capp, lived 1907 - 1979. I
don't suppose he said this about religion, but it fits well.
"A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the uttlery
bewhildered".
-
Peter James
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| User: "MarkA" |
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| Title: Re: The 37th sorrowful mystery |
14 Apr 2005 11:39:53 AM |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:16:03 -0600, quibbler wrote:
Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while, I
wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant slumber. I
believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the "37th sorrowful
mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a crutch, how many
***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic, ridiculous
prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it left me wondering
why can't catholics don't get with the program and adopt prayer flags or
prayer wheels like some of the oriental religions. That would get the
rosary said lickety-split :) The next pope should certainly put this at
the top of his "to do" list if he wants to half the precipitous decline of
the religion.
It seems that we have the technology available to compress thousands of
"Hail Mary"s and send them in a burst transmission to God in only a few
milliseconds. What a timesaver!
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
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| User: "Bob Pease" |
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| Title: Re: The 37th sorrowful mystery |
14 Apr 2005 02:23:39 PM |
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"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.04.14.11.39.51.609672@stopspam.net...
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:16:03 -0600, quibbler wrote:
Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while, I
wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant slumber. I
believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the "37th sorrowful
mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a crutch, how many
***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic, ridiculous
prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it left me wondering
why can't catholics don't get with the program and adopt prayer flags or
prayer wheels like some of the oriental religions. That would get the
rosary said lickety-split :) The next pope should certainly put this at
the top of his "to do" list if he wants to half the precipitous decline
of
the religion.
It seems that we have the technology available to compress thousands of
"Hail Mary"s and send them in a burst transmission to God in only a few
milliseconds. What a timesaver!
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
Speaking of time savers, I remember that a nun told us about
"French Confession" ( story probably apocryphal)
In order to speed up Saturday lines, It is done "By the numbers"
You would tell mortal sins only, and give the commandment number and the
amount of sins against that commandment, a short pause, and then keep it up
until you got to 16 ( Laws of the church)
Then the priest would give you three numbers, indicating Hail Marys, Our
Fathers, and Glory Be's in that order.
Typical Confession English Version
"Bless me Father I have sinned
It has been three weeks since my last Confession.
2,5 3,1 5,3 6,200 9,26 "
"Thank you my son..( says absolution in Latin)
7,7,7
Go in Peace"
Personally I think Sister was nippin' at the altar wine before class!!
Popester
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: The 37th sorrowful mystery |
15 Apr 2005 08:11:06 PM |
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On 14 Apr 2005 10:23:39 EDT, "Bob Pease" <pope@youkno.net> wrote:
"MarkA" <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.04.14.11.39.51.609672@stopspam.net...
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:16:03 -0600, quibbler wrote:
Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while, I
wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant slumber. I
believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the "37th sorrowful
mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a crutch, how many
***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic, ridiculous
prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it left me wondering
why can't catholics don't get with the program and adopt prayer flags or
prayer wheels like some of the oriental religions. That would get the
rosary said lickety-split :) The next pope should certainly put this at
the top of his "to do" list if he wants to half the precipitous decline
of
the religion.
It seems that we have the technology available to compress thousands of
"Hail Mary"s and send them in a burst transmission to God in only a few
milliseconds. What a timesaver!
--
MarkA
(still caught in the maze of twisty little passages, all different)
Speaking of time savers, I remember that a nun told us about
"French Confession" ( story probably apocryphal)
In order to speed up Saturday lines, It is done "By the numbers"
You would tell mortal sins only, and give the commandment number and the
amount of sins against that commandment, a short pause, and then keep it up
until you got to 16 ( Laws of the church)
Then the priest would give you three numbers, indicating Hail Marys, Our
Fathers, and Glory Be's in that order.
Typical Confession English Version
"Bless me Father I have sinned
It has been three weeks since my last Confession.
2,5 3,1 5,3 6,200 9,26 "
"Thank you my son..( says absolution in Latin)
7,7,7
Go in Peace"
Personally I think Sister was nippin' at the altar wine before class!!
Naw. She was drawing 'comfort' from the Priest's holy staff.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Woden" |
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| Title: Re: The 37th sorrowful mystery |
13 Apr 2005 02:55:57 AM |
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quibbler <quibbler247@yahoo.com> wrote in news:MPG.1cc5fca324b46fbf989687
@aioe.cjb.net:
Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while,
I wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant
slumber. I believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the
"37th sorrowful mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a
crutch, how many ***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to
say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic,
The point? -- repetition is an important part of the brainwashing
methodology...
ridiculous prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it
left me wondering why can't catholics don't get with the program and
adopt prayer flags or prayer wheels like some of the oriental
religions. That would get the rosary said lickety-split :) The
next pope should certainly put this at the top of his "to do" list
if he wants to half the precipitous decline of the religion.
--
Woden
"religion is a socio-political system for controlling people's thoughts,
lives and actions based on ancient myths and superstitions, perpetrated
through generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: The 37th sorrowful mystery |
13 Apr 2005 01:21:25 PM |
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quibbler wrote:
Having recently endured a rosary for the first time in a long while,
I wanted to comment briefly upon the experience.
After a while, the mindless prayer chants induced a pleasant
slumber. I believe that I nodded off to sleep somewhere around the
"37th sorrowful mystery" I seem to recall was titled, "Christ on a
crutch, how many ***** more Hail Mary's do we fucking have to
say!?"
Seriously though, what is the point of all that formulaic,
ridiculous prayer recitation. It's so mechanical anyway, that it
left me wondering why can't catholics don't get with the program and
adopt prayer flags or prayer wheels like some of the oriental
religions. That would get the rosary said lickety-split :) The
next pope should certainly put this at the top of his "to do" list
if he wants to half the precipitous decline of the religion.
Prolonged rhythm, be it a full rosary of 150 Ave Marias, continuous
repetition of the Lotus Sutra or the drums and prayers of a Voudun
ceremony, induces the brain in to a changed state of consciousness. That
changed state of consciousness is really the whole point.
--
Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"[T]hose who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves;
and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
-- Pres. George W. Bush, Hypocrite, his inauguration speech, 2005
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