Religious Threadjacks

Rolodex · #601

The outrage on twitter has been both "Biden insults Christians by proclaiming Easter the International Transgender Day of Visibility" AND that he banned religious symbols on WH Easter eggs. Of course neither is true (not sure Biden can do "international" anything, plus the day of 3/31 was set 10 or so years ago) and the Egg Council which sponsors the WH egg roll makes the art rules about the eggs.

While waiting to process in at church this morning, someone standing near me brought up Biden not allowing religous symbols. I said, you have to go past the headlines - explained about the Egg council making the rules like they have for the past 45 years. I hope at least a few others around heard that. I know they probably heard it on Fox but I didn't want to go there.

Suranis · #602

Of course it falls to me to go the extra mile...

https://nationaltoday.com/march-31-holidays/

It's National Bunsen Burner Day!

It's World Backup day! Backup your computer!

Its Eiffel Tower day!

It's Hug a Medievalist day!

It's National Baked Ham with Pineapple Day!

Etc etc. There's quite a few things on the list. I'm surprised they didn't leap on the fact that the dirty Catholics etc, with their filthy Astronomical Mathematics, put Easter on Ceser Chavez day. The bastards.

RTH10260 · #603

I am ready to starr the next religious war - the Pizza Wth Pineapple Day

for the Voodoo obsessed - the PinApples Day

Uninformed · #604

“Trump, Biden clash over Transgender Day of Visibility falling on Easter”:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/3 ... -on-easter

“We call on Joe Biden’s failing campaign and White House to issue an apology to the millions of Catholics and Christians across America who believe tomorrow is for one celebration only – the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said.

Don’t know if the quote is accurate, but thought Suranis might like it.

Suranis · #605

Does that mean I have to go against Baked Ham with Pineapple?

Rolodex · #606

"Catholics and Christians.."

Um...

Suranis · #607

Rolodex wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:59 am "Catholics and Christians.."

Um...

Ya, we get it from all sides. It's like being squeezed between the Ass Cheeks. Very comfy.

Uninformed · #608

“Oldest Christian book goes on sale”:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68734783

“Christianity's oldest religious book, according to auction house Christie's, is going on sale in June.
The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, written in Coptic script on papyrus in Egypt, dates to between 250-350AD.
It is also thought to be one of the oldest books in existence and could sell for up to $3.8m (£3m).
The liturgical book was produced in one of the first Christian monasteries and contains the complete texts of two Bible books.”

#609

Suranis wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:03 pm
Rolodex wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:59 am "Catholics and Christians.."

Um...
Ya, we get it from all sides. It's like being squeezed between the Ass Cheeks. Very comfy.

I don't know about squeezing yer ass cheeks, but when my Southern Baptist ex-neighbor found out we were Catholic, we got a raft of brochures explaining to us that we were worshipping Mary and not God and that we weren't really Christians. She must have ordered them special for us, she really wanted to "save" us from eternal damnation. It was vaguely amusing, but also invasive and downright offensive. Iffn' ya ask me.

zekeb · #610

The Nicene Creeds, written by Catholics (both Roman and Eastern) is the foundation of almost every Christian religion. You'll always find some who know nothing about the history of religions.

#611

RTH10260 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:10 pm I am ready to starr the next religious war - the Pizza Wth Pineapple Day

for the Voodoo obsessed - the PinApples Day

Where do I sign up?

#612

Suranis wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:53 am Does that mean I have to go against Baked Ham with Pineapple?

Not at all. Just don’t wrap the leftovers in aluminum foil (according to my Catholic Choir Director mom).

#613

Being a Catholic in college saved me from all the door knockers like Campus Crusaders for Christ. Just say you were Catholic and they scurried away like vampires shown the crucifix.

Suranis · #614

Uh... Did you know the Best Friends Animal Society

started as the PROCESS CHURCH OF THE FINAL JUDGEMENT?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_C ... l_Judgment

RTH10260 · #615

Suranis · #616

That read kinda funny to me, as over here "the Provos" is a slang term for the Provisional IRA. I was expecting to see ceremonial uses of Semtex Explosive.

Rolodex · #617

Huge day in mainstream denomination today. The United Methodist Church is in the middle of its quadrennial meeting right now (this is actually the 2020 meeting which was postponed bc of COVID). It's the body that can make official changes for the denomination. They voted to remove stuff from the official "rules" (called the Book of Discipline -it holds doctrine and denominational rules/bureaucracy) regarding discrimination against LGBTQ+ folks! The language "homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching" is GONE! Clergy can now marry same sex couples (or are free not to do so). Being queer is no longer an impediment to ordination! The votes on this were not even close - usually 600+ yes to 50-70 no votes. The so-called "split" taking place over the past couple of years got rid of all the folks preventing this. Byeeee!

It may be out there in the general news (although may get lost with so much big news going on everywhere). But there's a lot of joy in my world today about this!

Also pineapple def goes with ham. And on pizza. God told me. (just to keep to the religious topic)

#618

Pineapple, ham and pizza - the holy trinity?

zekeb · #619

My god disagrees with your god.

#620

I don't have a god. My tummy and taste buds told me about the epicurean delight of pizza, pineapple, and ham!

#621

Italy would have you deported on the next flight out if you tried to order that.

#622

Italian sausage, onion, pineapple, & jalapeño will ruin you for all other pizza and put you right with doG.

#623

Estiveo wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 1:58 pm Italian sausage, onion, pineapple, & jalapeño will ruin you for all other pizza and put you right with doG.

Maybe if it had mint jello.

Sam the Centipede · #624

Are we to expect a drive-by posting from Pastafarian evangelists complaining about these insults to la cucina italiana?

I was briefly chatting this morning with a Russian Orthodox cleric about the dating of gospels (I had little to contribute and he didn't care much, but German scholars do) so in the same spirit of establishing origins:

I read somewhere that decent pizza is essentially an Italian-American thing, where they converted the pedestrian street food of Italy - heavy slices of bread with a dollop of topping bought from a truck on a street corner or from a warm cabinet in a shop - into something lighter and more toothsome, aimed at tickling tastebuds, not just fighting hunger. Of course Italy has many excellent pizzerias now.

I don't know if that's correct, somebody here will (think they) know!

Rolodex · #625

I don't know about what we call "pizza" as to its origins, but it seems like every culture has some sort of flat bread. If I start loading stuff on naan, is it pizza? What about a pile of salsa, cheese and chicken on a tortilla - pizza?

Just to continue to stir the ant bed, I have also had a dish at a local Mexican joint with chicken, peppers, onions and pineapple! It's yummy!