Gettin' dem damn idols outta the motherfucking church

[vorlon13]

http://www.omaha.com/columnists/kelly/ke...219ca.html

excerpt:
Mark Kenney, 59, who grew up in the parish, had worked at St. Cecilia Cathedral for three years. Around 8 a.m. on Jan. 29, he went to a work shed, picked up a pair of heavy-duty bolt cutters and ascended to a catwalk high above the mostly empty nave, or main sanctuary.
He looked through a peephole, he said, to make sure he wouldn’t hurt any people. And then he cut a steel cable, which sent a suspended, umbrella-carrying, hat-wearing Mary Poppins figure crashing to the floor.
Kenney then went downstairs and removed a cardboard Buddha figure from the Nash Chapel, which also featured costumed mannequins from “The King and I.” He threw the Buddha out one door and proceeded to toss costumed mannequins out two other doors.





Ok, now, let's think about this for a minute.  We know God gets a little huffy about idolatry, so Mark Kenney (the fired janitor) does have some Biblical justification for wanting to clear the sinful detritus from the cathedral . .  .

-but-


he's a fucking Catholic.  Once you start nuking the idols in your cathedral, you're traveling down the path Martin Luther took 5 centuries ago.  The church didn't understand idolatry and graven images back then, and they sure as hell ain't gonna be seeing the light (snicker) any time soon now either.

What the fuck is a man with STRONG protestant leanings doing posing as a goddam Catholic ???   Come on people, if you're going to be religious, at least bother with going to the correct church.  It's not like there aren't 78,000 to choose from.

That guy has got pimento in his head . . . .

[FebruaryOfReason]

How did he tell the difference between the Mary Poppins figure and Mary the Mother of God? We don't have any pictures of Mary TMOG painted from life.

What if she looked exactly like Julie Andrews?

[vorlon13]

Well, in the case of Mary, we might rule out knickers and the umbrella . . . . .

[The Atheist]

The guy stood up for his convictions. It's a rare trait and most of us are too cowardly to do so, so we sit behind computers and mock those who possess the fortitude.

[Minimalist]

He's a fucking criminal.

[Foxaèr]

An idiot can stand up for his convictions, but in the end he's still an idiot.

[The Atheist]

An idiot can stand up for his convictions, but in the end he's still an idiot.

Why is he an idiot? Because his convictions differ from yours?

[vorlon13]

Still, think about it, idolatry in a CATHOLIC church ?

Jesus fucking chirst, the guy otta be used to it by now !!!!



(shudda posted this in the humor section, LOL)

[Crossless2.0]

How did he tell the difference between the Mary Poppins figure and Mary the Mother of God? We don't have any pictures of Mary TMOG painted from life.

What if she looked exactly like Julie Andrews?

More to the point, what if she looked like Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria or -- better yet -- at the end of Blake Edwards' S.O.B., flashing her breasts?

[JuliaL]

He's a fucking criminal.

That simply means he violated statute.
Given the complexity and interconnected character of current code, that applies to everybody.
It gives power to those who get to select who to prosecute.
Kinda like sin.