(March 10, 2011 at 1:34 pm)Thor Wrote: A local church in my area had a priest stand by the side of the road rubbing ashes on the heads of people too busy to attend church yesterday.
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/artic...s-than-one
What's next? A drive-thru funeral?
I always get a kick out of Ass Wednesday. Whenever I see a twit with ashes on their forehead I always say, "You have some dirt on your forehead. You might wanna wash that off."
I have to admit that I've never heard of this strange ritual! To think that Christians used to convert "the savages" away from their "strange" rituals!
The things people do in the name of religion.

There are many intelligent Christians, no doubt, but an "intellectual Christian", is surely an oxymoron.