Actually, this one is true. Herr Ratzi is considering abolishing the idea of limbo, which is a significant theological tenet of Catholic teaching. (It is, among other things, the place that unbaptized souls are said to go, and was the “paradise” that Jesus allegedly was referring to when he supposedly told a fellow victim of the Romans that he’d meet that person there.)
[T]here are those who argue that it is not simply a “hypothesis” that can just be swept aside; that the notion that unbaptised children do not go to heaven has been a fundamental part of Church teaching for hundreds of years.
So if limbo, which is so important to Catholics, is a lie … well, where exactly does this slippery slope end? Transubstantiation? Saints? Virgin birth? Resurrection?
Golly, is it possible the whole thing is based on a silly, pointless fantasy?
While I was shovelng up pineapple, melon and strawbwerries in the cafeteria’s newly-installed fruit bar this morning (and adding some granola and yogurt to the fare), I noticed some packets of honey on the bar’s sides.
I’d never actually been able to find honey in the cafeteria before then, and mentioned it to the checker at the register, who pointed it out to me. It’s normally hidden on the cereal cart in the corner. (Duh. Sadly I’ve been to that cart frequently in search of bran cereals; I managed to overlook the honey, which I like in my tea, every time.)
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Well, all right, sadly not — but he would be.
According to Reuters, not only are there storks who’ve settled down into same-sex relationships, but some of them are raising chicks. (Wait for the commercial to play out to see the video story.)
Presumably at least one of the birds is an adoptive parent.
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