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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 12/10/2004 : 11:04:35
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It's always looked pretty occult to me. I guess the difference is in the official standing. 
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By Philip Pullella
ROME (Reuters) - Forget the new "Exorcist" film, the Vatican is offering the real thing.
A Vatican university said on Thursday it will hold a special "theoretical and practical" course for Roman Catholic priests on Satanism and exorcism in response to what the Church says is a worrying interest in the occult, particularly among the young.
Well, I suppose it's good publicity. What with perverted priests getting so much ink lately, they need to do something. But talk about the pot back-sassing the kettle....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
 Posted - 12/10/2004 : 11:11:33 [Permalink]
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"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
4826 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2004 : 11:35:30 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by filthy
It's always looked pretty occult to me. I guess the difference is in the official standing.
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By Philip Pullella
ROME (Reuters) - Forget the new "Exorcist" film, the Vatican is offering the real thing.
A Vatican university said on Thursday it will hold a special "theoretical and practical" course for Roman Catholic priests on Satanism and exorcism in response to what the Church says is a worrying interest in the occult, particularly among the young.
Well, I suppose it's good publicity. What with perverted priests getting so much ink lately, they need to do something. But talk about the pot back-sassing the kettle....
There are several rituals that the church has which are occult in nature.
But when it is not in service to the diety archetype that they prefer, it is deemed inappropriate or evil by way of dogma.
The whole transubstantiation thing is a good one. Communion is an occult rite.
The Benediction is an occult rite.
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Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils
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