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Thursday, December 01, 2005
Limbo is among the murkiest of concepts in theological thought. So murky — and problematic when it comes to unenlightened souls — that the Catholic Church, seemingly with support from the Pope, is considering doing away with it.
I guess I don’t have to make any jokes about the notion of an earthly religion changing the rules about its afterlife.
But I will make a joke about Roman Catholics consequently being denied the joys of seeing how low they can go. Seeing as how many people make drunken fools of themselves when trying to maneuver the pole, maybe it’s for the best that strict Catholics pretend both the realm and the dance don’t exist.
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BLESSING A PAGAN FLAME
I hate to keep dumping on Catholicism over its questionable theological tenets, but when as juicy a morsel as the Pope blessing the Olympic flame on its way to Turin/Torino comes up…
I mean, I’m well aware of Chrisitanity’s wholesal…
Trackback by Population Statistic — 12/08/2005 @ 9:53 PM
NO LIMBO, NO BAPTISM?
When the Catholic Church floated the idea of abolishing the doctrine of limbo, I didn’t realize that it weakens the ritualistic underpinnings of baptism.
Yet in the absence of limbo, some theologians have noticed, the rite of baptism may not se…
Trackback by Population Statistic — 02/25/2006 @ 7:42 PM