(March 10, 2011 at 5:58 pm)ozgoat Wrote: 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.
Well, it's no sillier than sprinkling "holy water", dumping water on a baby's head, spreading oil on someone's forehead, confessing your "sins" in a booth, or eating a wafer and calling it "the body of Christ".
Christianity is full of moronic rituals.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
