Seen in fashionable bulletins about town (especially towns under the jurisdiction of Richmond, VA) this new name for confession:
‘Sacrament Interviews’
I guess you come in for the interview to see if you have any sins to confess. Or, maybe I read it wrong and it is actually an exciting new program (begun under Bishop Walter ‘Where’s my Rainbow Sash?’ Sullivan, of course) where the ‘kreative’ among us can propose a modern Sacrament to replace the mean, judgemental one we have right now. Perhaps something with puppies… everyone LOVES puppies!
If to name something is to give it power, then what happens when you re-name it? (I know, I know, ask the Pro-Abortion Lobby.)
Category: The Fringe
Sing a song of apocalyptic triumph
The folks organizing to build an “Arch of Triumph” Marian shrine in Buffalo even have a song about it now! I still like the idea of supersizing it, but if it comes off in just the regular version (below), it may actually be an interesting place to visit.
I worry a little when I hear talk about our Lady’s coming “triumph”, because a bunch of very kooky phony mystics in the ’80s and ’90s made it their theme. If we’d all sign on to the latest apparitionist’s messages, it seemed, Our Lady’s Triumph (gotta use that capital T) would be ever closer, and surely it was coming next year. All we needed was one more apparition movie with Martin Sheen.
The Beast is back
Hal Lindsay, call your office. Back in the ’70s and ’80s, Christians who worried about the use of technology for totalitarian purposes would speculate about nefarious plots with apocalyptic overtones, usually involving Euro-bureaucrats and a Big Scary-Sounding Supercomputer to be nicknamed “the Beast”.
I guess it’s time for such stories to start the rounds again, ’cause this technological proposal is enough to creep me out.
Inside the UFO cult
Here’s a weird one: two reporters infiltrated the Quebec-based “Raelian” sect for nine months. Their report is a five-part series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
And get this: the claim that the sect had cloned people wasn’t even true! Who’d have thunk it?
(Via Religion News Blog.)
Caution: Idiotic Energy in Use
Now, I wouldn’t recommend that just anybody try this. The web site says this “radionic energy is a powerful force”, and warns that you shouldn’t use it “for any malicious or illegal purposes”. However, if you want to use if to get money and revenge, here’s the product for you!
Right now, I’m using my computer to send out waves of radionic energy to quash internet scams.
I can’t actually attest that this site isn’t some hoax, but there are various neo-pagan sites out there that seem to take it as legit.