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August 24th, 2010
12:51 PM ET
Attention pilgrims: Leave your vuvuzelas at homeIn anticipation of the pope's visit to the United Kingdom next month, the official papal visit site has a helpful list of what pilgrims coming to the Mass and other events can and cannot bring. On the do not bring list (among other things) are "alcohol, gazebos and musical instruments." See the full list. The Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph checked with the papal press office and found that the ban on musical instruments includes vuvuzelas. Their headline: "Pope bans vuvuzelas on British tour." That's right pilgrims, if you bought a vuvuzela after the World Cup in South Africa leave it at home. |
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Many of you people would say that the Pope and the Catholic Church are the greatest agents of hate and a worthless group to have around and many many other falsities. Perhaps you didn't realize that the Catholic Church has been decreasing in power over culture for the last 500 years (protestant revolt) and now the Church is hated by many and culture is ruled by those that hate the Church. Now people generaly hate their parents, hate their in-laws, hate their siblings, hate their neighbors, hate their country, hate everything and on top of that are sure that they are not the reason that there are problems in the world. Well I don't hate much (it is against my religion), but I do hate to be the one to have to say it, but maybe you guys are wrong.
my last post is... ahem... "waiting moderation" which means that it's gonna get bumped 'cause i'm an atheist... guess god's pissed at me... oh NOOOOO!!!
Gosh, I though vuvuzelas were those things that women have. You know, our little furry friends.
Why on earth would anyone want to go see the pope anyway?
Shout it from the rooftops! religion is a lie to control people! Anyone who can think for themselves would be an agnostic.
Religion cloaks itself in love, but it is about hate. Simply put, it is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Whatever good there is in religion can
be had without it. Teach children ethics and common sense.
Will someone please arrest this "Nope". Religion is trickery, superstition, and shame. "prophet" means "profit", your "soles" are
on the bottom of your feet (the church collects "soles") and for those of you visiting temples on the sabbath, remember that your temples are on your head.
Once the Catholic Church is deflawed and the errors of blood sacrifices, resurrections, ascensions, vir-gin births and key to heaven and the mumbo jumboing of atonement and original sin removed, there will be no pope and very little of the RCC left since only the ancient-derived Beat-itudes and Commandments will be left standing. Ditto for forms of Christianity!!!
And above all, wear your brown uniforms. That'll get you into the first row. AND BY NO MEANS bring your kids.
We had to get rid of the folk mass, the polka mass, the latin mass and the country mass because it made the hispanic members of the congregation not feel welcome. Now, there is a special spanish mass, go figure...
I would rather listen to another World Cup's worth of the godforsaken vuvuzelas than hear the Pope rattle.
Also, BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
What about the rights of African Christians? Don't they have a place in Christianity as well? Why is the Pope always a European white male ?
An empty bowl is not holding anything.
The Catholic Church is hardly to be counted amongst Christianity, given its list of pagan festivals like Easter, Christmas, teachings of Hellfire etc. So yes, Benedict rightly heads this pagan institution!
a hissing shame upon him for the scoundrel he is
Pope is such a stick in the mud! Spoil everyone's fun!
Is "brain" on the list?
No wonder there is a ban on vuvuzelas – their blasts during the papal visit might signal the end of that institutional relic of the Roman empire!