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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: Suu on August 09, 2013, 08:42:15 PM

Title: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 09, 2013, 08:42:15 PM
I see a fucking wet cross.

Go back to your liquor stores, North Providence. You're clearly drunk.

http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20130809-some-believe-they-see-image-of-mary-jesus-outside-north-providence-church.ece?ssimg=1138003#ssStory1137739
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: McGrupp on August 09, 2013, 08:46:56 PM
QuoteAsked if she believed it was Mary as she headed to the church, Andreozzi said: "We need a miracle the way this country is going, the turmoil that we are in. Absolutely, I believe."

Boom. All political problems in our country solved. Awesome miracle.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 09, 2013, 08:51:40 PM
Our republics in turmoil. Unelected cosmic dictators mom will get us back on track.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 09, 2013, 09:16:50 PM
But how do they know it's HER? It just looks like a bald lady. How do they know it's not Sinead O'Connor or the Borg Queen?
:lol:
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Random Probability on August 09, 2013, 09:25:47 PM
ZOMG!  The Borg Queen has come to assimilate us!

(personally, I think I'd rather be integrated, but whatever)
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2013, 10:09:19 PM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 09, 2013, 08:51:40 PM
Our republics in turmoil. Unelected cosmic dictators mom will get us back on track.

It's a really short step from "We need God to save us" to "We'll settle for this dictator".
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Pæs on August 09, 2013, 10:44:41 PM
It's clearly Lex Luthor.

(http://i.imgur.com/Dd1pjpB.png)
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 09, 2013, 11:07:12 PM
Quote from: Pæs on August 09, 2013, 10:44:41 PM
It's clearly Lex Luthor.

(http://i.imgur.com/Dd1pjpB.png)

:lulz:
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 12:28:58 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2013, 10:09:19 PM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 09, 2013, 08:51:40 PM
Our republics in turmoil. Unelected cosmic dictators mom will get us back on track.

It's a really short step from "We need God to save us" to "We'll settle for this dictator".
Whoa were half way there
Whoa-oh livin on a prayer
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:01:28 AM
I'm honestly shocked as fuck to see this happening in Rhode Island. For a state as secular and liberal as we are (we allow those gays to marry) the Catholics sure do come out of the wood work. Lol.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:03:00 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:01:28 AM
I'm honestly shocked as fuck to see this happening in Rhode Island. For a state as secular and liberal as we are (we allow those gays to marry) the Catholics sure do come out of the wood work. Lol.

Well, it's New England. Our Catholics tend to be liberal, but they also can be pretty freakin' Catholic.

Twid,
Has conservative Catholic friends that are totally fine with gay marriage.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:04:40 AM
Also, now that I can see the picture in question, it looks like a wet cross to me too, but if I were to find meaning in it, I would say a Reman.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:17:49 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:03:00 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:01:28 AM
I'm honestly shocked as fuck to see this happening in Rhode Island. For a state as secular and liberal as we are (we allow those gays to marry) the Catholics sure do come out of the wood work. Lol.

Well, it's New England. Our Catholics tend to be liberal, but they also can be pretty freakin' Catholic.

Twid,
Has conservative Catholic friends that are totally fine with gay marriage.

True, and RI is predominantly Italian, Irish, and Portuguese. Those aren't protestant cultures.

I still don't see fucking Mary.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:20:15 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:17:49 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:03:00 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:01:28 AM
I'm honestly shocked as fuck to see this happening in Rhode Island. For a state as secular and liberal as we are (we allow those gays to marry) the Catholics sure do come out of the wood work. Lol.

Well, it's New England. Our Catholics tend to be liberal, but they also can be pretty freakin' Catholic.

Twid,
Has conservative Catholic friends that are totally fine with gay marriage.

True, and RI is predominantly Italian, Irish, and Portuguese. Those aren't protestant cultures.

I still don't see fucking Mary.

Yeah. I see a vaguely humanoid, but vaguely bald male form.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:21:11 AM
And, uh, why would Mary show up on a Cross? That like, makes absolutely no sense. Makes more sense to say you see Spartacus or some shit.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Pæs on August 10, 2013, 04:21:31 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:17:49 AM
I still don't see fucking Mary.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jesus+face+in+clouds
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:23:50 AM
You know, if in the event that Jesus is really up there, and so is Mary, I often think of how often they fucking facepalm over bullshit like this.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:24:59 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 10, 2013, 04:21:31 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:17:49 AM
I still don't see fucking Mary.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jesus+face+in+clouds
Never mind that we have no historical proof that Jesus the Messiah was a single person and not a bunch of people named Jesus doing the same shit around the same time, let alone a photograph of someone to show that he looked like someone who broke all fashion custom in Judaea at the time.

Twid,
Remembers something about Paul of Tarsus saying something about it being shameful for men to have long hair.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:26:06 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:23:50 AM
You know, if in the event that Jesus is really up there, and so is Mary, I often think of how often they fucking facepalm over bullshit like this.

Probably constantly.

I'm sure they've probably shifted their attentions to some other planet with sentient life because they were sick of our stupidity and that's why all prayers are return to sender.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Trivial on August 10, 2013, 04:31:18 AM
God must be losing powers, created a whole planet, then couldn't destroy it only got it a bit wet, then only could crater a couple towns, transmogryfy some water and make a couple zombies.  I mean the progression has been going downward still and now he can just nudge a smudge or show up in some toast.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:32:26 AM
Quote from: Mome Papess Trivial on August 10, 2013, 04:31:18 AM
God must be losing powers, created a whole planet, then couldn't destroy it only got it a bit wet, then only could crater a couple towns, transmogryfy some water and make a couple zombies.  I mean the progression has been going downward still and now he can just nudge a smudge or show up in some toast.

Ah, you forget the bad acid trip that is the Apocalypse of St. John, aka Book of Revelation
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:33:42 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:32:26 AM
Quote from: Mome Papess Trivial on August 10, 2013, 04:31:18 AM
God must be losing powers, created a whole planet, then couldn't destroy it only got it a bit wet, then only could crater a couple towns, transmogryfy some water and make a couple zombies.  I mean the progression has been going downward still and now he can just nudge a smudge or show up in some toast.

Ah, you forget the bad acid trip that is the Apocalypse of St. John, aka Book of Revelation

Which, aside from some really choice bits in the Old Testament, is one of the most Metal books in the Bible.

World ends when God embraces Black Metal.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Trivial on August 10, 2013, 04:34:39 AM
Meh that didn't happen, it's a prediction.  Maybe he find some cosmic viagra and gets his groove back.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:38:36 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:24:59 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 10, 2013, 04:21:31 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:17:49 AM
I still don't see fucking Mary.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jesus+face+in+clouds
Never mind that we have no historical proof that Jesus the Messiah was a single person and not a bunch of people named Jesus doing the same shit around the same time, let alone a photograph of someone to show that he looked like someone who broke all fashion custom in Judaea at the time.

Twid,
Remembers something about Paul of Tarsus saying something about it being shameful for men to have long hair.

We have a Jeshua bar Joseph of Nazareth  born on March 15th on the Census of Quirinus in Bethlehem listed at age 2 months. He was a real dude. Whether or not he did anything miraculous, who the fuck knows. I blasted a militant atheist thread with this information once. They were all dumbfounded. Only one piped up to call me a liar until I translated golden age Latin for them. Then he felt like a tool.

I could discuss the relevance of the Bible as a Roman primary source for HOURS, but I'm not feeling it tonight. Paul of Tarsus can suck my taint. That man needed to get laid.

We also have written record of Muhammed existing. If he really ascended into heaven in full flesh and blood from the Temple Mount, who the hell knows.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:38:55 AM
Quote from: Mome Papess Trivial on August 10, 2013, 04:34:39 AM
Meh that didn't happen, it's a prediction.  Maybe he find some cosmic viagra and gets his groove back.

Well, that is a matter of theological debate. Since I'm still pretending to be a Christian, I fall into the camp of Revelation describing in allegory the societal climate of the Roman Empire at the time it was written, or, as I think Suu put it once, a pissy letter to the Emperor by a butthurt Christian who couldn't even get martyred.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:40:05 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:38:36 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:24:59 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 10, 2013, 04:21:31 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:17:49 AM
I still don't see fucking Mary.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jesus+face+in+clouds
Never mind that we have no historical proof that Jesus the Messiah was a single person and not a bunch of people named Jesus doing the same shit around the same time, let alone a photograph of someone to show that he looked like someone who broke all fashion custom in Judaea at the time.

Twid,
Remembers something about Paul of Tarsus saying something about it being shameful for men to have long hair.

We have a Jeshua bar Joseph of Nazareth  born on March 15th on the Census of Quirinus in Bethlehem listed at age 2 months. He was a real dude. Whether or not he did anything miraculous, who the fuck knows. I blasted a militant atheist thread with this information once. They were all dumbfounded. Only one piped up to call me a liar until I translated golden age Latin for them. Then he felt like a tool.

I could discuss the relevance of the Bible as a Roman primary source for HOURS, but I'm not feeling it tonight. Paul of Tarsus can suck my taint. That man needed to get laid.

We also have written record of Muhammed existing. If he really ascended into heaven in full flesh and blood from the Temple Mount, who the hell knows.

Shit, really? Can you give me the text? I don't doubt you, but I would love to use that shit to piss off atheists.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:40:35 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:38:55 AM
Quote from: Mome Papess Trivial on August 10, 2013, 04:34:39 AM
Meh that didn't happen, it's a prediction.  Maybe he find some cosmic viagra and gets his groove back.

Well, that is a matter of theological debate. Since I'm still pretending to be a Christian, I fall into the camp of Revelation describing in allegory the societal climate of the Roman Empire at the time it was written, or, as I think Suu put it once, a pissy letter to the Emperor by a butthurt Christian who couldn't even get martyred.

John was a douchenozzle. He brought it upon himself. Nero thought he was a joke, and his letter pissed off Domitian so bad it caused a persecution.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:40:46 AM
Interesting that it was the Ides of March too, lol
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:42:07 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:40:35 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:38:55 AM
Quote from: Mome Papess Trivial on August 10, 2013, 04:34:39 AM
Meh that didn't happen, it's a prediction.  Maybe he find some cosmic viagra and gets his groove back.

Well, that is a matter of theological debate. Since I'm still pretending to be a Christian, I fall into the camp of Revelation describing in allegory the societal climate of the Roman Empire at the time it was written, or, as I think Suu put it once, a pissy letter to the Emperor by a butthurt Christian who couldn't even get martyred.

John was a douchenozzle. He brought it upon himself. Nero thought he was a joke, and his letter pissed off Domitian so bad it caused a persecution.

Pretty bad if the Antichrist himself thinks you're a joke and puts you on an island. Especially where Nero was fond of killing people just because.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:43:34 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:40:46 AM
Interesting that it was the Ides of March too, lol

The Ides can also be the 18th. We do not know when Julius Caesar was assassinated. However, the coincidence with the birth of Jesus could be allegorical. Rome died when Christ was born.

...Welcome to my fucking academic world.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 04:45:10 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:43:34 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:40:46 AM
Interesting that it was the Ides of March too, lol

The Ides can also be the 18th. We do not know when Julius Caesar was assassinated. However, the coincidence with the birth of Jesus could be allegorical. Rome died when Christ was born.

...Welcome to my fucking academic world.

I clearly need to come down to Provvy for some beers soon.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:45:40 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:42:07 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:40:35 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:38:55 AM
Quote from: Mome Papess Trivial on August 10, 2013, 04:34:39 AM
Meh that didn't happen, it's a prediction.  Maybe he find some cosmic viagra and gets his groove back.

Well, that is a matter of theological debate. Since I'm still pretending to be a Christian, I fall into the camp of Revelation describing in allegory the societal climate of the Roman Empire at the time it was written, or, as I think Suu put it once, a pissy letter to the Emperor by a butthurt Christian who couldn't even get martyred.

John was a douchenozzle. He brought it upon himself. Nero thought he was a joke, and his letter pissed off Domitian so bad it caused a persecution.

Pretty bad if the Antichrist himself thinks you're a joke and puts you on an island. Especially where Nero was fond of killing people just because.

And Domitian was no better. As far as the Flavians go, he was a total psycho. His father Vespasian was a known anti-Semite to begin with and was responsible for the second destruction of the Temple of Solomon. His brother Titus was a decent dude who had to go survey the damage at Pompeii...and then Domitian was the little cunt who didn't do well in school and liked to stab flies with pen quills.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:47:45 AM
A point to remember is that during the early Roman Empire, Christianity was viewed as a branch of Judaism. You were no less Jewish than the Jews that started the revolt.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Trivial on August 10, 2013, 04:20:14 PM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:24:59 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 10, 2013, 04:21:31 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:17:49 AM
I still don't see fucking Mary.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jesus+face+in+clouds
Never mind that we have no historical proof that Jesus the Messiah was a single person and not a bunch of people named Jesus doing the same shit around the same time, let alone a photograph of someone to show that he looked like someone who broke all fashion custom in Judaea at the time.

Twid,
Remembers something about Paul of Tarsus saying something about it being shameful for men to have long hair.

Thought it was the opposite.  Or was that about beards?
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:54:13 PM
Quote from: Mome Papess Trivial on August 10, 2013, 04:20:14 PM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:24:59 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 10, 2013, 04:21:31 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:17:49 AM
I still don't see fucking Mary.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jesus+face+in+clouds
Never mind that we have no historical proof that Jesus the Messiah was a single person and not a bunch of people named Jesus doing the same shit around the same time, let alone a photograph of someone to show that he looked like someone who broke all fashion custom in Judaea at the time.

Twid,
Remembers something about Paul of Tarsus saying something about it being shameful for men to have long hair.

Thought it was the opposite.  Or was that about beards?

I think it might have been beards. In this period, the beard was a symbol of Greek maturity and wisdom. Philosophers had beards, so the Roman Emperors eventually copied them in the 2nd Century. Paul of Tarsus was wacked out enough that he would see anything that was Greek or Roman as a threat to his sooper speshul version of Judaism. Hence his whole diatribe on women not being educated, being kept virgins unless you absolutely had to get married and have children, etc. I think he never got laid. Seriously. He hated women and Romans with a burning passion. His letters were responded to as well, but they never made it in the Bible. So a lot of his arguments are in answer to questions asked by the Romans and Corinthians, but we'll never actually know what their responses were.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 10, 2013, 06:12:24 PM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:38:36 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:24:59 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 10, 2013, 04:21:31 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:17:49 AM
I still don't see fucking Mary.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jesus+face+in+clouds
Never mind that we have no historical proof that Jesus the Messiah was a single person and not a bunch of people named Jesus doing the same shit around the same time, let alone a photograph of someone to show that he looked like someone who broke all fashion custom in Judaea at the time.

Twid,
Remembers something about Paul of Tarsus saying something about it being shameful for men to have long hair.

We have a Jeshua bar Joseph of Nazareth  born on March 15th on the Census of Quirinus in Bethlehem listed at age 2 months. He was a real dude. Whether or not he did anything miraculous, who the fuck knows. I blasted a militant atheist thread with this information once. They were all dumbfounded. Only one piped up to call me a liar until I translated golden age Latin for them. Then he felt like a tool.

I could discuss the relevance of the Bible as a Roman primary source for HOURS, but I'm not feeling it tonight. Paul of Tarsus can suck my taint. That man needed to get laid.

We also have written record of Muhammed existing. If he really ascended into heaven in full flesh and blood from the Temple Mount, who the hell knows.

Is there any record of a Roman soldier named Pantera from around that time?
You know, the guy alleged to be the "Holy Spirit" who knocked up Mary.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 07:52:54 PM
Quote from: stelz on August 10, 2013, 06:12:24 PM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:38:36 AM
Quote from: Aloha Ackbar on August 10, 2013, 04:24:59 AM
Quote from: Pæs on August 10, 2013, 04:21:31 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 10, 2013, 04:17:49 AM
I still don't see fucking Mary.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jesus+face+in+clouds
Never mind that we have no historical proof that Jesus the Messiah was a single person and not a bunch of people named Jesus doing the same shit around the same time, let alone a photograph of someone to show that he looked like someone who broke all fashion custom in Judaea at the time.

Twid,
Remembers something about Paul of Tarsus saying something about it being shameful for men to have long hair.

We have a Jeshua bar Joseph of Nazareth  born on March 15th on the Census of Quirinus in Bethlehem listed at age 2 months. He was a real dude. Whether or not he did anything miraculous, who the fuck knows. I blasted a militant atheist thread with this information once. They were all dumbfounded. Only one piped up to call me a liar until I translated golden age Latin for them. Then he felt like a tool.

I could discuss the relevance of the Bible as a Roman primary source for HOURS, but I'm not feeling it tonight. Paul of Tarsus can suck my taint. That man needed to get laid.

We also have written record of Muhammed existing. If he really ascended into heaven in full flesh and blood from the Temple Mount, who the hell knows.

Is there any record of a Roman soldier named Pantera from around that time?
You know, the guy alleged to be the "Holy Spirit" who knocked up Mary.

Tiberius Iulius Abdes Pantera was in the Germanic Legions. It's possible that he may have been serving in Judea around the time of Jesus' conception, but it seems like that was more of a conspiracy theory than anything palpable. Pantera was a cognomen that was common with the Germanics. It was a name you had to earn by being IN Germania for a while. Since we have record of his tombstone and years of service, it's pretty doubtful it was him.

James Tabor writes badly researched garbage, also.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Cain on August 10, 2013, 07:56:32 PM
*makes a joke about Dimebag Darrell and Jesus*
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 10, 2013, 08:32:21 PM
Quote from: Carlos Danger on August 10, 2013, 07:56:32 PM
*makes a joke about Dimebag Darrell and Jesus*

(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa66/dracolupus/christbag_zps47f51bfc.jpg)
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Suu on August 10, 2013, 08:36:34 PM
Quote from: Carlos Danger on August 10, 2013, 07:56:32 PM
*makes a joke about Dimebag Darrell and Jesus*

at least it wasn't Phil Anselmo. that douchenozzle would think he WAS Jesus.
Title: Re: People in North Providence see Mary on a cross.
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 10, 2013, 08:43:48 PM
 :lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Thread delivers.