freecounterpoint: Embracing the End

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Embracing the End

As has been said by more than one eager Imam, Notre Dame de Paris will make a very Grand Mosque. The Gargoyles will have to go though, n'est-ce pas?

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13 comments:

Tecumseh said...: Aggression in desecrated churches that are being turned into mosques with the approval of Cardinal Godfried Danneels. This is Brussels, AD 2006.

Sad story, AA. By the way, this Cardinal was one of the papabili:

Perhaps his most difficult moment came in 1998, when a court found that the Belgian Catholic Church had failed to protect the victims of a paedophile priest. Danneels voluntarily testified in court, but denied he had known anything about the abuse.

Danneels' name was mentioned often as a possible future pope (papabile) upon the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005. To many Vatican watchers this seemed mere speculation because of several reasons, the main ones being that he is archbishop of a country where abortion, euthanasia and same-sex unions have been legalized recently and that, under his watch, church attendance and pastoral vocations have dropped to historical lows. A moderate figure, in the right age bracket, Cardinal Godfried Danneels could have been a compromise candidate.

Hmmmm....; 5/07/2006 6:57 PM
Mr roT said...: Sounds like they made the right move with Benny 16. This guy sounds as bad as the archbishop of Canterbury.; 5/07/2006 7:00 PM
Tecumseh said...: Here is another story about the ex-papabile. In the grand Liberal tradition (I'm using now the term in its US meaning), the Cardinal blames it all on the West and Kapitalism. But of course!; 5/07/2006 7:54 PM
The Darkroom said...: them awful payple are desecrating the home of swayt bayby jaysus ? what's this world coming to ?; 5/07/2006 9:10 PM
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Arelcao Akleos said...: Pepe seems to be too busy sneering at Jesus folk to notice the sword is halfway through his neck; 5/07/2006 9:43 PM
Tecumseh said...: Hah, hah, what a riot. Said in the true spirit of Uncle Joe, who destroyed thousands of curches in order to build palaces to the greater glory of the Soviets (and himself). But things are turning around there -- eg, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, desecrated and then demolished by the Commies in 1933, is now back to its former splendor. But what even Stalin could not achieve in his heyday is being done now in Western Europe...; 5/07/2006 9:43 PM
Mr roT said...: Funny, AI! Your link to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior belongs to a hotel consortium!

Argue Stalin's point, willya.; 5/08/2006 7:41 AM
Tecumseh said...: Well, that's the best I could do in a hurry. I got a couple of better links subsequently.; 5/08/2006 8:38 AM
The Darkroom said...: the sword of muslim barbarism is down my christian-heritage neck ? sounds kinky. can I have a couronne d'epines with that ?; 5/08/2006 10:29 AM
Tecumseh said...: Paging Lorena el-Bobbitt...; 5/08/2006 5:37 PM
Mr roT said...: Wonderful! This is worth a post!; 5/08/2006 6:48 PM
Tecumseh said...: Thesis, antithesis, synthesis. Very hegelian.; 5/09/2006 12:17 PM