Category Archives: Catholicism

Pope Frankie Says Relax

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

The title for this post comes courtesy of my wife, who thought it would make a good caption for a picture of the Pope. It’s well known that Pope Francis declared that even atheists could get into Heaven, although that’s … Continue reading →

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Left Below

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

I’m sure you’ve heard of the Rapture, if only from those bumper stickers that say, “In case of rapture, this vehicle will be unmanned.” Because it’s totally not prideful to assume you’ll be one of the ones raptured, and I’m … Continue reading →

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Say No to Nostradamus

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

It’s hard to get any authentic details of the life of Nostradamus, because different sources contradict each other. Still, we know that he lived in sixteenth-century France, and his real name was Michel de Nostredame; he Latinized it in the … Continue reading →

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Meet the New Pope, Same as the Old Pope

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

We have a new pope! And when I say “we,” I mean “the Catholic Church,” of which I am not a member. So “we” might not be the most appropriate pronoun to use, but the non-Catholic among us were inundated … Continue reading →

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Tarasque Syndrome

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

The blog Daily Window on a World of Wonder recently featured pictures of St. Martha with a dragon-like creature, which obviously intrigued me. It turns out that this creature is the Tarasque, a monster with six legs, a shell, a … Continue reading →

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Fishy Oaths

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

My last post had me thinking about the expression “holy mackerel,” and I wondered how it originated. Why are mackerel any holier than any other fish, or any other animal for that matter? Fish in general seem to show up … Continue reading →

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Nature Is Satan’s Church

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Beth, in her quest to watch the most disturbing movies, recently had me watch Lars von Trier’s Antichrist and Melancholia. I’m not sure I’d place either of these in the horrifically disturbing category, despite some very difficult to watch scenes … Continue reading →

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The All Ighty Ollar

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

There was some radio call-in show that I flipped past recently where people were talking about giving money to the church, and whether or not it was a scam. The way I see it, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with a … Continue reading →

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The Succubus and Incubus Omnibus

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

As you may well know, the succubus and incubus are basically the same thing, but in different genders. A succubus is a female demon that seduces men, and an incubus a male demon that seduces women. While legends of humans … Continue reading →

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Eye of the Watcher

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

I haven’t been playing The Sims Medieval since getting The Sims 3, but I would like to touch on one aspect of the former game, namely that of religion. For the most part, it seems that the Sims games have … Continue reading →

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