Monday, February 09, 2009

"There is a limit of one plenary indulgence per sinner per day."

Nice to see the Catholic Church remains committed to moving forward in the modern age.

I expect Galileo to be rebranded a heretic tomorrow, trials by duress starting next week, and witch burnings to resume as soon as the snow melts off the firewood.

Or is the resumption of indulgences entirely due to a need to replenish the coffers? There has been a lot of hush money paid out over the past few years, after all.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Come on, Brendan. The real complaint is that there is only one indulgence per day allowed. You would like to have more to be able to catch up...

OK, just a joke. Sort of...
How are you doing these days?

Anonymous said...

That's hilarious, thanks for posting it. What clowns we humans are.

Anonymous said...

As George Carlin pointed out, God may be good at many things, but he sure can't handle money. His church is always needing more. If you don't sin one day does that mean you can do two sins the next and pay for them all at once? If I don't sin this week, next week is going to be one hell of a fun week. I wonder if you could pay a year in advance on your mastercard or visa and plan a great 2010?

James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Riley said...

The remarkable thing to me is how effective they've been, ever since the death of John #23, at rebranding medievalism. Publicly extolling Bronze Age superstition is considered an achievement in some circles.

Then again, it helps that the rules require the New York Times, say, to find a Lutheran if they want to suggest in print that this stuff might be the tiniest bit looney.

ArtSparker said...

Nostalgia.

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