quote:However, Bishop Antonio Lanfranchi of Cesena-Sarsina took said the couple's behavior was "an outrage of notable proportions which bespeaks unutterable squalor."
OVER THE TOP! I love it.
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quote:Originally posted by kmbboots: Hmmm...*adds to list*
If someday it should happen that a victim must be found, She's got a little list, she's got a little list, Of society offenders who might well be underground, Who never would be missed Who never would be missed.
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Seriously though, that is disgusting on many levels - including the complete disregard for tolerance. What really gets me is that so far those who have commented here are religious. They should be outraged at the couple for showing such hate filled actions toward G-d and religion. I can't tell if its just anti-Catholicism driving the comments, or some other motive.
I may not be Catholic, but my feelings are the same anger and disgust. Like to see them do the same thing at a Muslim mosque and a Jewish synogog. Legally they might have gotten the same thing (and that is good), but I doubt they would have gotten as much of a chuckle.
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You know, Occasional, it's actually very difficult to hate an entity you don't believe exists.
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I don't see what they were doing as "hate filled". Inappropriate, sure. Even disrespectful. I'm not seeing the hate, though.
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Well, I could see doing this as a way of flipping the bird at the Catholic church. I think it's more likely that it was just a fetish thing, though, sort of like doing it in a semi-public area where you might get caught, only more so.
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Yeah. I'm a little skeptical of "for us, having sex in church is like doing it any other place." I suspect there was some sort of added attraction to that particular place.
I disagree with the thread title, though. I really don't think their atheism is what the priest quoted in the article had a problem with.
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Ridiculously disrespectful and (from a religious perspective) pretty darn sacrilegious. I do find that the squalor is utterable, however.
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I hope that the special purification ceremony mostly consists of a good scubbing with soap and hot water.
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And I thought the teenager who admitted to having sex on a roof on Dr. Phil was bad...
quote:The agency said the pair -- a 31-year-old laborer and a 32-year-old teacher -- defended their conduct saying: "We are atheists and for us, having sex in church is like doing it any other place."
I always find it amusing when somebody thinks that people will actually be convinced by silly attitudes like that. Just wait till they see Posts: 1327 | Registered: Aug 2007
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'Til they see what? I mean, seriously, do you think it's going to come up in some Divine Review?
"Now, Mrs. Kasnuinas, it says here that while in your early thirties, you engaged in premarital sex inside a confessional. Would you like to atone for that now or later?"
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quote:And I thought the teenager who admitted to having sex on a roof on Dr. Phil was bad...
I'll say. Talk about risky sex. Dr. Phil doesn't look sturdy enough to me to support just a roof by itself, let alone two people having sex on said roof.
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quote:I hope that the special purification ceremony mostly consists of a good scubbing with soap and hot water.
Yes, but the grumbling the janitor does must be in Latin and consist of a decade of complaint linked together by a common refrain.
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That's probably the first time non-Catholics have had sex in there. That has to count for something Posts: 3950 | Registered: Mar 2006
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quote:Originally posted by dkw: Yeah. I'm a little skeptical of "for us, having sex in church is like doing it any other place." I suspect there was some sort of added attraction to that particular place.
I can just imagine how their conversation went:
"Where should we go have sex?" "Hmm . . . how about the confession booth in that church over there? It's as good a place as any."
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I think it's incorrect in the same way you aren't supposed to have sex in walmart. I don't get what they meant by it's the same as any other place, because for normal people that would mean you shouldn't be having sex there...
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quote:The agency said the pair -- a 31-year-old laborer and a 32-year-old teacher -- defended their conduct saying: "We are atheists and for us, having sex in church is like doing it any other place."
What dumb-asses... You can tell that they're trying to make some sort of point with that remark, but it just makes them sound stupid. I can't believe that these are adults, and one is a teacher, no less!
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Hmmmm, I think I know some girls that would go for something like this. However, that would mean I would have to go inside of a church....*shudders*
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quote:Originally posted by MightyCow: If only confession booths were more portable, we could put one in Walmart and kill two birds.
Probably not, some Walmart customers would assume its a port-a-potty even when faced with a lack of receptacle for their waste. Of this I am certain.
Beyond that if you put a confession booth in Walmart, people would be stuck in the booth for eternity, as spiritual cleanliness would be impossible to maintain upon exiting the booth.
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That's true. Presumably if it was on someone's list and they were serious about said list, it wouldn't remain on the list for long given Wal-Mart's ubiquity.
<--beginning to wonder if Kate's list is just for show.
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quote:Originally posted by kmbboots: I got the "aren't we rebellious and naughty, ooo how sexy" vibe from this rather than the hate-crime desecration thing.
edit to add: More like "Not even confessional booths are safe from horny teenagers."
edit to add again: Not teenagers! Just people who act like teenagers.
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The first edit was to agree with Dana that the headline "not safe from atheism" was probably missing the point.
The second was when I checked my assumption that they were teenagers and discovered that they were not.
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quote:Originally posted by MightyCow: If only confession booths were more portable, we could put one in Walmart and kill two birds.
Does killing the birds make the sex better? Is it some kind of fertility ritual? Or do they live in Wal-Mart and the confessional is going to be erected on top of their abode, crushing them?
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quote:Originally posted by MightyCow: If only confession booths were more portable, we could put one in Walmart and kill two birds.
Does killing the birds make the sex better? Is it some kind of fertility ritual?
::nods:: It does, and it is. Specifically, we're talking about pigeon blood. Oh, you can use other birds in a pinch, but if you're really going to do it right, the old fashioned way, they've got to be pigeons.
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quote:Originally posted by King of Men: You know, Occasional, it's actually very difficult to hate an entity you don't believe exists.
I love that people have this quiet reverence for churches, even though many claim not to be religious. I don't believe in God, why exactly should I show any special respect for those who do, or the places in which they do it? No disrespect is necessary, but special respect is not warranted either.
I don't get suddenly feminist when I walk past abortion clinics (not a daily occurrence), but I don't hate abortions. I just don't believe in them very strongly- why should I show respect for something I don't believe?
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quote:Originally posted by kmbboots: Maybe I am misunderstanding the QTF? (It has been one of those days.) I googled it and got...ah a different translation.
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