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Where's the Pope on this One?

post #1 of 11
4/6/07 at 6:32pm
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17978154/?GT1=9246

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SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines - Seven devotees were nailed to crosses on Good Friday in a northern Philippine village where the rites drew thousands of tourists and spectators.

The Lenten ritual is opposed by religious leaders in the Philippines — Southeast Asia’s largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation. But it has persisted to become one of the country’s most-awaited summer attractions in San Fernando City’s San Pedro Cutud village.

The devotees’ palms and feet were attached to wooden crosses with 4-inch nails soaked in alcohol to prevent infection after a nearly mile-long walk to the mound, each carrying a wooden cross on their backs.

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More than 100 foreign tourists flocked to this year’s Good Friday rites, with many of them seated on a stage at the side of the mound.

“It’s not my belief, but I know that they are sincere in what they are doing so I respect it,” said American tourist Dennis Smith.
Good to know that so long as someone is "sincere" in their belief, regardless of whether that belief is asinine or destructive, they will have the respect of American tourist Dennis Smith!
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post #2 of 11
4/6/07 at 7:36pm
The Passion of The Christ: The Ride!

With "One" capitalized in the title I was hoping this would finally be the Pope-ah Vs. Neo stand-off we've been waiting for.
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post #3 of 11
4/6/07 at 7:40pm
The answer to the title of the thread is in your quote.

I guess in this case it's too bad the Pope can't send the Swiss guards to set these people straight! :-)
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post #4 of 11
4/6/07 at 11:04pm
American tourist Dennis Smith has always been my barometer on such matters.
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post #5 of 11
4/7/07 at 1:01am
this happens in the Philippines every year. And it's not just in little villages.

But yeah -- as long as Dennis is down with it, I'm down with it.
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post #6 of 11
4/7/07 at 9:43am
We watch The Transformers in the summer, Filipinos crucify themselves. It's a fine line.
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post #7 of 11
4/7/07 at 11:12am
I'm not absolutely sure about this, but I remember hearing that many of the people who get crucified do so every year. They have an advantage over newbees because of the healed openings in their hands and feet--essentially, they just get pegged up via the pre-placed holes. I guess that it would be like being a department store Santa and owning your own red suit--you're the natural go-to guy.
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post #8 of 11
4/19/07 at 4:29pm
I prefer egg hunts and chocolate
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post #9 of 11
4/19/07 at 4:35pm
Now here's a thread that I didn't expect to see again for another year.
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post #10 of 11
4/19/07 at 7:49pm
Now, can we ask what Dennis Smith picked in his NCAA pool?
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post #11 of 11
4/20/07 at 4:11am
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/...to-rabies.html

Sweet mercy, could the irony be any more delicious? I was going to quote the article, but I figured the actual thread excerpt summed the situation up nicely.

What will Dennis Smith think of this development?
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