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icon7.gif Now I've seen it all....  [message #65320] Mon, 07 February 2011 22:29 Go to next message
chrisjames147 is currently offline  chrisjames147

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Perhaps this is in response to the shortage of qualified priests in the Catholic church:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41463109?GT1=43001

God over the internet, the Church has an app for that. Not that I ever took them seriously, but this proves how absurd religion can be. Curious minds would like to know, can you think of another religious app for the iPhone that would snare the masses?

Indulgences app? (visa and master card accepted) Communion app (how messy)...I guess they aren't worried about hackers stealing your sins. ;-D


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Re: Now I've seen it all....  [message #65321 is a reply to message #65320] Mon, 07 February 2011 22:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Do they sell indulgences?


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Re: Now I've seen it all....  [message #65322 is a reply to message #65321] Tue, 08 February 2011 00:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
chrisjames147 is currently offline  chrisjames147

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That's ancient history, but it was great fundraiser for Popes a few centuries ago. And when people stopped buying they instituted the Inquisition. Now there's an app for you.

I don't understand the world's richest church. From what I have read they are the largest land owners in the world and slum landlords to boot. With all the priceless art and precious metals in the Vatican City I can hardly imagine they need money.

But in their case: Greed=God

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Back in the day ...  [message #65325 is a reply to message #65322] Tue, 08 February 2011 06:34 Go to previous message
The Gay Deceiver is currently offline  The Gay Deceiver

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... this being before the Banco Ambrosio scandal of the late 1970's, which when played out to it's conclusion had very nearly bankrupted Vatican City, it was sort of a running joke in Ville de Montréal amongst the youthful Catholic cognoscenti that the Church had a lock on fast cars, fast living and fast women through its' apparent ownership of three out of every four corners in downtown Montréal (and likely a goodly number of other World-class cities of the times as well); this coupled with their ownership of the Swiss combine Hoffman-LaRoche, then the World's largest drug (and contraceptive) manufacturer and owner of Upjohn Pharmaceuticals amongst others, and whose assets became mostly owned by Procter & Gamble after its' divestiture; their then control of the Fiat/Lancia/Lamborghini/Maserati industrial complex. Of course these financial investments by the Church were only the tip of the iceberg; but, particularly telling they were.

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