Heaven - get a good lawyer, and it can be yours!
This verdict has naturally caused a lot of trouble in religious circles. A joint statement from the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury (supported by the Archpastor of the Baptists and others) said "There est no bonum in nos telling fideles that possunt condemned ad damnation eternam for peccata if tunc lawyers solvunt them." (With hindsight, it was unwise for them to write alternate words, but it was a compromise.)
The European Court of Human Rights - the architect was inspired by Hieronymus Bosch's paintings of Hell.
In compliance with the ECHR decision, various bits of the Bible will need to be rewritten, or at least supplied with clarifying footnotes to say that they are not to be taken seriously. The ruling has been greeted with enthusiasm by the dissident Catholic group ACTOR (A Call To Outright Rebellion), which has long maintained that references to "wailing and gnashing of teeth" were inserted in the Bible by the Vatican as a means of repression. From now on, wailing and gnashing of teeth will be restricted to those Masses where liturgical dancing, puppets, or Paul Inwood hymns are on offer.
Gnashing of teeth - but is it a possible risk to Health and Safety?
In line with the required Bible editing, PETA has taken offense at the treatment of goats and pigs in the Bible.
ReplyDelete“Why are goats condemned to hell?” they ask. “And what did pigs do to be repositories for cast-out demons?”
A demonstration in front of the pearly gates is being planned – if enough members can be found there…
Unlikely to find enough members to protest at the pearly gates, as 90% are undercover policemen trying to embed themselves in the movement - and I wish I was speaking metaphorically.
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ReplyDeleteYou are quite wrong to suggest that Bosch inspired any professional architects. However, his power tools continue to inspire DIY enthusiasts. Hence the oft-heard reproach, "You made a right Hieronymus of that."
Yours etc.,
Dysfunctional of Tunbridge Wells
Dear Rabit
DeleteI think Eccles means this scene,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2013/01/hieronymus_bosch.jpg
in which Sr Muriel can be seen piloting her raft "The Saucy Sea Scout" pursued by a nude liturgical dancer on loan from a respectful Novus Ordo celebration in Hale Barns.
Paula N Wood is proud to offer the following compositions for this neo-Conciliar dogma - "Centre of My Rights"; "Penitential Rights"; "Dogmatology and the Great Aperson".
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ReplyDeleteYou are a total fraud & exposed already.
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