• May 26, 2012

Hoppy Easter, America!

by Ken Layne  

That's Bin Laden in the bunny suit.Your Wonkette wishes you a Hoppy Easter, a Sexy Sixth day of Passover, a hopey White House egg hunt, a rapey Vatican child hunt, and a Wager-y Basketball day for people who sit around watching other people play sports. That is all! (Oh wait here’s another article about the Nazi Pope turning Easter into another chance to rail against people who don’t like their children being raped by priests.)

{ 123 comments }

V572625694 April 4, 2010 at 1:42 pm

No sense of humor whatsoever, those Catholics. Ha ha, April Fool!

Aurelio April 4, 2010 at 1:45 pm

The remarks by the prelate, Angelo Sodano, a former secretary of state and the dean of the college of cardinals, came among a chorus of denunciations by church officials of what they have framed as a campaign of denigration of the church and its pontiff.

Ratzi’s cronies are attacking the attackers. It’s the last line of defense. If they were Jews, this would be called chutzpah.

hoosiermama April 4, 2010 at 1:47 pm

Surprise! Easter comes even to the hallowed comments section of Your Wonkette! I was surprised!

Aurelio April 4, 2010 at 1:48 pm

Their whole premise is that if you’re against child molesting by priests, you’re against Catholicism. But wait a minnit…. Is child molesting that essential to Catholicism?

ManchuCandidate April 4, 2010 at 1:56 pm

[re=548273]Aurelio[/re]:
Well, it depends on how you read Mathew 19:14

It seems that a lot the RC priests interpret as:
“Let me come on the little children and do not hinder me, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.”

Troubledog April 4, 2010 at 2:01 pm

They’re reading from a South Park script. None of this is really happening.

RoscoePColtraine April 4, 2010 at 2:07 pm

I remember when chocolate bunnies weren’t hollow. You’d eat it’s head off, get full, then put the headless bunny in the fridge to enjoy later.

RoscoePColtraine April 4, 2010 at 2:09 pm

Happy Zombie Jesus Day, everyone!

Whitey Did Katrina April 4, 2010 at 2:16 pm

No love for baseball? Can ya go back to Kenya, Ken?

ella April 4, 2010 at 2:17 pm

All you socialists and commies at Teh Wonket are probably atheists or something, but Happy Easter just in case!

Smoke Filled Roommate April 4, 2010 at 2:18 pm

[re=548275]ManchuCandidate[/re]: What about Matthew 18:20?

Naked Bunny with a Whip April 4, 2010 at 2:21 pm

Were any of the kids wearing bunny suits when they were raped by priests? And are there any photos on the internet? For, y’know, prosecution an’ stuff.

Whitey Did Katrina April 4, 2010 at 2:23 pm

Someone needs to teach the Catholics the difference between metaphoric butthurt and actual butthurt.

weejee April 4, 2010 at 2:26 pm

[re=548282]Naked Bunny with a Whip[/re]: Likely so,

Put your right foot forward
Stick you little butt out
Do the Bunny Hop
Hop, hop, hop!

Dance this new creation
It’s the new sensation
Do the Bunny Hop
Hop, hop, hop!

Let’s all join in the fun
Father, mother, son
Do the Bunny Hop
Hop, hop, hop!

Berkeley Bear April 4, 2010 at 2:28 pm

Is Michael Steele in charge of messaging for the Catholic Church, too? Or is there some sort of Trilateral Commission of stupid tonedeafness to blame?

Aurelio April 4, 2010 at 2:29 pm

[re=548281]Smoke Filled Roommate[/re]: Jeebus. What a site. And there’s a lot of them, too.

Troubledog April 4, 2010 at 2:42 pm

[re=548281]Smoke Filled Roommate[/re]: Holy shit. I cannot unsee it.

surfacenoise76 April 4, 2010 at 2:43 pm

[re=548280]ella[/re]: Pfft. I still like candy and bunnies.

surfacenoise76 April 4, 2010 at 2:47 pm

[re=548281]Smoke Filled Roommate[/re]: I’m not sure I want to know how you found that.

Herman the German April 4, 2010 at 3:10 pm

[re=548271]Aurelio[/re]: The last line of defense for Nazi Pope is Volkssturm, not some stupid Italian prelate.

gurukalehuru April 4, 2010 at 3:12 pm

Easter is gay.

charlesdegoal April 4, 2010 at 3:23 pm

The Chorus of Denunciations has been inserted between the Credo and Agnus Dei.

mookworthjwilson April 4, 2010 at 3:27 pm

http://www.zombiejesusday.org/ I prefer to celebrate this…

AnnieGetYourFun April 4, 2010 at 3:41 pm

I am practicing a new habit of drinking heavily and complementing people. In that vein, that picture of Dubya does not make me want to punch him! Also, he’s wearing a very nice tie.

[re=548297]mookworthjwilson[/re]: Thank you for that.

x111e7thst April 4, 2010 at 3:44 pm

[re=548297]mookworthjwilson[/re]:
Jesus died for somebody’s sins
But not mine

Surfeit O'Hubris April 4, 2010 at 3:46 pm

[re=548298]AnnieGetYourFun[/re]: Sure. I mean, I still want to punch him; that picture just doesn’t make me want to even more.

Jukesgrrl April 4, 2010 at 3:53 pm

Dateline: Tucson
Mum just got back from her Catholic-Church-Which-Shall-Remain-Nameless. She is stampeded by children of the Messican persuasion on a regular Sunday, so you can imagine the chaos today. I checked her out to make sure she’s in one piece, but again that cane of hers was a good weapon against illegal aliens. She’s OK except for the black eye she deserves for still being Catholic. Someone felt sorry for her and moved their giant $1,000 handbag so she could have a seat.

She said The Ratz was named on the people-to-be-prayed-for list as usual, but other than that, no mention of him. I guess they still want the people to put their last peso in that collection basket. I’ll stay home. I can pray for people here … like the people who lost their houses since last Easter and those poor soldiers Karzai is determined to put in more danger than usual.

Finally, people: Don’t forget to cure your Peeps(R)! They are so much tastier with a crunchy shell on the outside. It’s an art, but you can all try. They make Peeps in Jewish blue, too (so-o-o attractive), so no excuses from you Passover folks!

Jim89048 April 4, 2010 at 3:54 pm

Suffah, Pope!

Mad Brahms April 4, 2010 at 3:58 pm

[re=548281]Smoke Filled Roommate[/re]: Oh great, now I’m probably on some sort of international watch list. Thanks a million!

[re=548301]Jukesgrrl[/re]: It’s true; cured peeps *are* the best.

I would love to see statistics on mass attendance this year; I’m curious as to whether it’s down. And whether the Anglicans is up.

mookworthjwilson April 4, 2010 at 4:24 pm

[re=548298]AnnieGetYourFun[/re]: well if you liked that…you might like this too…http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/1027/happyeasterdz1.jpg

El Pinche April 4, 2010 at 4:26 pm

Savini 13:69
Happy Easter!

Smoke Filled Roommate April 4, 2010 at 4:37 pm

I guess I’ll repost my Easter blingee..

rocktonsammy April 4, 2010 at 4:39 pm

My favorite bar is closed today.

Why does JESUS hate America?

bitchincamaro April 4, 2010 at 4:43 pm

Roll away the stone, motherfuckers!

Crank Tango April 4, 2010 at 4:45 pm

[re=548301]Jukesgrrl[/re]: how does one cure said peeps? leave them on your dashboard at the el con mall?

Radiotherapy April 4, 2010 at 4:52 pm

Best pic of Bush EVAH.

AnnieGetYourFun April 4, 2010 at 4:55 pm

[re=548305]mookworthjwilson[/re]: She has very nice breasts, and she must be a very tolerant person to happily smash them into a fallen tree like that! Especially since it’s probably hurts the bags of fluid inside of them!

AnnieGetYourFun April 4, 2010 at 4:55 pm

Although my comment is not showing yet, I have a feeling that it was not grammatical, due to my drinking.

weejee April 4, 2010 at 4:58 pm

[re=548309]Smoke Filled Roommate[/re]: Is this the pope who shagged Easter?

Country Club Jihadi April 4, 2010 at 5:13 pm

Gee, Father. Is that an Easter Egg up my ass or are you just happy to see me?
Meanwhile, my wardrobe needs a resurrection and no stores are open. Why does Jesus hate Brooks Brothers?

smellyal8r April 4, 2010 at 5:19 pm

Nice pic of George and Laura.

bitchincamaro April 4, 2010 at 5:28 pm

St. Peter’s Square was awash in yummy swag, after Mass this morning.

geminisunmars April 4, 2010 at 5:40 pm

Why do you all want to torment and vilify that poor dear Pope? What has he ever done to you? Do you know how he suffers? You are all just mean mean people.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled wonking.

doloras April 4, 2010 at 6:19 pm

It’s incredible. The worst thing that can be said about Pope Benny is that, while he’s been hard-core against child-rapers while he’s been Pope, he MIGHT (according to gossip) have let some child-raping slide while he was Archbishop in Munich. In the Catholic-hating press, and this blog, somehow that’s been turned into “POPE LOVES RAPING CHILDREN, PERSONALLY, ALL THE LIVE-LONG DAY”.

The real hidden agenda here is the attempted destruction of the Catholic Church altogether. At least some of you are good enough to admit that.

zhubajie April 4, 2010 at 6:28 pm

So George has divorced Laura and married a rabbit? I wondered what he was up to, lying low while Cheney runs around like a beheaded chicken.

Gun-toting Progressive April 4, 2010 at 6:29 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: Where do I sign up for that?

sati demise April 4, 2010 at 6:32 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: who admitted that? cause banhammer on the ‘hidden’ agenda part.
He MIGHT have sworn everyone in the world wide Catholic clergy to secrecy about the raping,
upon pain of excommunication,
in 2001.

Roger Williams hates your ways April 4, 2010 at 6:33 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: Yeah, we do want your piece of shit, outdated, child molesting institution to die. Is it that hidden?

sati demise April 4, 2010 at 6:33 pm

oh, and Happy Easter Ken! hope you had chocolate for breakfast like I did.

betterDeadThanRed April 4, 2010 at 6:36 pm

I love Cantalamessa apology for the antisemitism comparison: “If, against my intention, I’ve hurt the Jewish people’s feelings and those of the victims of child abuse, I’m truly sorry and ask forgiveness,”

He’s sorry if he hurt anyone’s feeling but comparing Jews to an organization that protects and even enables pedophiles and comparing press coverage to Nazi death camps – that’s OK.

ForTheTurnstiles April 4, 2010 at 6:37 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: “Pope Benny”? Psh! Catholic hater. Your penance: drug & sodomize four boy scouts and a nun. Bonus if you can incite the unstable ones in the flock to bomb an abortion clinic.

ForTheTurnstiles April 4, 2010 at 6:38 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: Also, could you direct me to this Catholic-hating press you’re speaking of? You’ve piqued my curiousity, and I’m bored with the atheist-hating mainstream media.

bitchincamaro April 4, 2010 at 6:40 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: Since when is sitting on a case for 12 long years being proactive on man on child rape? In my book, he is complicit and should be criminally charged along with the rapist.

betterDeadThanRed April 4, 2010 at 6:40 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]:

I don’t think there’s any hidden agenda.

The Catholic Church has a real problem in that they refuse to see this as anything more than a PR problem. Until the Pope and the church hierarchy come to grips with the problem and deal with it honestly they will continue to be criticized.

betterDeadThanRed April 4, 2010 at 6:43 pm

[re=548331]ForTheTurnstiles[/re]: Unlike the Catholic Church the Boy Scouts keeps a file of adults who have molested boys. If you’re in the file you can’t be a scout leader again.

SayItWithWookies April 4, 2010 at 6:45 pm

Happy April 4th, atheists! And happy Easter, Christians. And fuck you, Pope Benedict XVI.

Crank Tango April 4, 2010 at 6:48 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: don’t forget the Nazi part. How can you forget the Nazi part?

And how many boys do you get for trolling for the pope?one of those all you can eat deals?

Shot at Wolf April 4, 2010 at 6:48 pm

The reunion of the hare and the hare-brained. Touching.

ForTheTurnstiles April 4, 2010 at 6:52 pm

[re=548335]betterDeadThanRed[/re]: Yeah. I just assumed that pederast priests would also have paramilitary fetishes.

El Pinche April 4, 2010 at 6:59 pm

[re=548309]Smoke Filled Roommate[/re]: thank goodness you did, it’s awesome!!

sezme April 4, 2010 at 7:09 pm

Today we are all Nazi child molesters.

the problem child April 4, 2010 at 7:12 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: I’m sorry you are so sad, but your defense of the indefensible leads me to wonder what is REALLY bothering you. Such crankiness is really quite unseemly in wonketteland.

[re=548315]AnnieGetYourFun[/re]: It was, however, complimentary.

Army of None April 4, 2010 at 7:13 pm

Man! Can’t you get to the real news websites where all of this has been cleared up. Cardinal Soldano says that this is all just “petty gossip.” There. You see? Now what was there to get upset about? See? It’s all just petty gossip! Now why don’t you all just stock up on oak tag poster board and markers for the next Tea Bag rally? Remember the poster that started it all? The zoo has an African lion and we have a lyin African? Someone has to come up with a really punchy slogan to beat that one.

Fly Over Girl April 4, 2010 at 7:17 pm

What color does the Peeps check on the census? Sugary?

the problem child April 4, 2010 at 7:20 pm

[re=548344]the problem child[/re]: Oh, and it’s not just Catholicism that I hope to see the end of. It’s all organized religion. Now, that’s not a realistic goal, I realize, but baby steps towards rationalism are nice.

user-of-owls April 4, 2010 at 8:06 pm

Ok, I’ll foolishly wade in on this, knowing full well I risk execution. Ken, anyone with eyes and common sense knows that the Catholic church is and has been loaded with pervs that exploit their ‘charges’ with unspeakable crimes. And that the hierarchy has systematically and shamefully abetted this. We get it. But come on, is this unique to Catholics? The nazi pope and his minions are atrocious and responded to this horrific situation with callousness heretofore unimaginable. But again, come on. Boy Scout leaders, lusty imams and rapey Buddhist monks (and their institutional abetters) don’t merit the same vitriol? I’m a recovering Catholic who has no love for the church whatsoever, but it’s a little bothersome to read post after post implicating lots of people who believe in the silly stuff for the gruesome crimes of a corrupt bureaucracy. Plus, at least Catholics get to drink…gotta give a prop for that, no?

mookworthjwilson April 4, 2010 at 8:18 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: Destruction followed by defecation on the remains.

Hemp Dogbane April 4, 2010 at 8:21 pm

[re=548271]Aurelio[/re]: “campaign of denigration” = campaign of defenestration

AKAM80TheWolf April 4, 2010 at 8:22 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]:

‘child raping slide’?

Is that a new attraction at Six-Flags Holy See?

Joshua Norton April 4, 2010 at 8:23 pm

The real hidden agenda here is the attempted destruction of the Catholic Church altogether.

They’re doing a lousy job of hiding it. Martin Luther let that cat out of the bag a few hundred years ago.

Beanball April 4, 2010 at 8:35 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: In case it’s not apparent to you, this here Wonkette thing is a WARBLOG, and what we warblog against is, broadly speaking, idiocy and persiflage in politics.

Now, the Catholic Church is nothing more or less than a political outfit, and has been since its inception back there with Constantine. The church’s history is utterly disgraceful, up one side and down the other, and I won’t even bother you with reciting the details of the centuries of torture, book burnings, systematic destruction of Greek culture and suchlike, not to mention child rape, so, tough tittie. The Catholic Church is a prime target for our ridicule, sarcasm, censure, and – OMG – finger pointing and laughter.

Hell, the Church invented the Dark Ages, for Christ’s sake, and that’s not a joke.

Go away, or better yet, if you want to get right with God, join the Quakers.

/The preceding was an unpaid endorsement for the Religious Society of Friends. Join up today!/

Words April 4, 2010 at 8:40 pm

[re=548351]user-of-owls[/re]: Piling on w/snarky exaggeration is a Wonkette tradition. That being said, I’ve never read where a Boy Scout leader was transferred to another unsuspecting troup by the heads that be of Scouting so said pedophile could continue his perverse activities. while also withholding info from the public (especially the police, as everyone is supposed to report criminal activity) @ the said sodomist, and the Catholic Church has done this evidently for many, many decades and in nations around the world. The Scouts have always taken action as soon as they became aware of the situation (maybe not in England, where their prep schools seem to make shagging a rite of passage or something…) Anyway, I think the thing here the covering up and the lying aspect that so reprehensible.

Course, Ken is way much able to handle his own defense w/o my input….

I speak as a recovering Catholic also. Happy Bunny Day!!!

Mr Blifil April 4, 2010 at 8:42 pm

I was not in the rotogravure again this year. FUCK!

President Beeblebrox April 4, 2010 at 8:48 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: The Roman Catholic Church has brought about its own destruction.

Requiring priestly celibacy was part of that.

Someone explain to me how it’s OK for Eastern Rite Catholic priests to marry and have families (except in the US for some weird reason), but Roman Rite priests cannot?

Funny, Orthodox and Anglican and Lutheran priests are allowed to marry, and those three denominations combined probably come close to the numbers that the R.C. Church has, and you don’t hear about systematic pedophilia and coverups from them. Forbid a guy from using his sex drive in any way whatsoever, and weird things are going to happen.

Beanball April 4, 2010 at 8:51 pm

[re=548363]Mr Blifil[/re]: Neither was I. Well, misery loves company, as they say. I for one will be consoling myself by quaffing enormous amounts of chocolate.

Servo April 4, 2010 at 8:58 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]:
Oh, the Catholic church has always been the paragon of the very principles they have taught through the centuries. Puh-fuckin’-lease! Next, your gonna tell us that the Crusades were a fight between good and evil. The Catholic church was the first global business and they will do anything to maintain that dominant border-immune grip on power.
Jesus High-Stickin’ Christ! Wake the fuck up, spit out that wafer, and start thinking on your own!

-A former Catholic

Beanball April 4, 2010 at 9:16 pm

Completely O/T, but my provincial chauvinism requires me to point out that today is Los Angeles’ 150th birthday.

w00t!!1!!

sati demise April 4, 2010 at 9:30 pm

[re=548338]Shot at Wolf[/re]: oh snap.

Smoke Filled Roommate April 4, 2010 at 9:31 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: The pope is a human being, not a deity. He’s the face of a grossly corrupt religious institution which has been a racket preying on the devotion and guilt of its followers (most insidiously, children) for years. Expect some criticism. Btw, this is coming from someone who was baptized Catholic at age two, on the insistence of my grandmother who lost her shit because she thought I would turn out to be some ‘devil child’ if I wasn’t baptized.. I hated every Catholic mass I attended and had a general aversion to religion very early in life which I attribute to my experience with Catholicism. So fuck your pope.

geminisunmars April 4, 2010 at 9:33 pm

[re=548369]Beanball[/re]: Way to celebrate! The ground is even shaking!

-a former Los Angelena

sati demise April 4, 2010 at 9:38 pm

[re=548368]Servo[/re]: “The Catholic church was the first global business” yep, they made a hell of a lot of money in the “new world”, what with annexing the local brand and replacing it with the “Virgin of Guadeloupe”. They got lots of lands, and silver and gold at the time, so, profits!

imissopus April 4, 2010 at 9:39 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: Do you not know where you are?

Beanball April 4, 2010 at 9:41 pm

[re=548373]geminisunmars[/re]: Not shaking so much as a real “roller.” Not the full A ride, but a solid B for sure; lasted a full minute and caused me to recall my Navy years.

Cal Tech is blaming the Mexicans.

ForTheTurnstiles April 4, 2010 at 9:45 pm

[re=548375]imissopus[/re]: Evidently not: s/he hasn’t come back to defend those strongly held convictions… a weak-willed jihadi strikes but once.

AnnieGetYourFun April 4, 2010 at 9:51 pm

[re=548344]the problem child[/re]: I spelled compliment wrong, too, the first time. Drinking is awesome, but leads to much embarrassment.

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: Because I am drinking and complimenting people, allow me to congratulate you on saying only the second stupidest thing I have read today! Only second stupidest, that take a lot of restraint, for a Catholic.

chascates April 4, 2010 at 10:10 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: And what did Jesus get for Easter?

Tetanus!

V572625694 April 4, 2010 at 10:24 pm

[re=548363]Mr Blifil[/re]: Perhaps your Easter bonnet didn’t have enough frills upon it. You’re never going to attract the “attention” of Pope Ratzi if you don’t have enough frills on your bonnet.

Darkness April 4, 2010 at 10:40 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: The Catholic Church has indeed had a hard time adapting. Back in the good old days (meaning the first 1700+ years of things) they just put a torch (or many many rocks) to people like us, which I’m sure we deserved, truly. But absent a nice public demonstration (and marshmallow roast!) of how “forgiving” the Church can be they seem unable to come up with an alternative means of coping with detractors. I think they secretly expect that they can soon return to the ritual purification of fire for the pesky snark-tongued public.

Darkness April 4, 2010 at 10:51 pm

[re=548366]President Beeblebrox[/re]: There have been similar problems in other churches. Jehovah’s Witnesses for one. Insular, paranoid organization is another criteria pushes these situations into a scandalous lack of action.

Jukesgrrl April 4, 2010 at 10:53 pm

[re=548312]Crank Tango[/re]: Oh, no! No Peeps in the car! They would melt before they got crunchy. Curing Peeps is dependent upon removing humidity rather than adding heat, so Peeps can be cured in record time in the Old Pueblo. It was harder when I lived in NJ and DC. Merely removing them from the package works fine in most places and they look so cute sitting on the counter waiting to be devoured. In Tucson, merely putting a hole in the cellophane lets enough dry air in. The trick is getting your daily quotient prepared ahead so you always have some Peeps ready to eat.

PS: Hobos don’t go to malls, but if I were forced, Foothills in only two miles from my house. In and Out Burgers used to be the only reason to go to El Con, but now there’s one in Marana way closer to Chez Jukesgrrl. (Gawd. I sound like I have the diet of a Basement Boy. Doritos and Mountain Dew, anyone?)

[re=548318]Country Club Jihadi[/re]: Joseph A. Banks: Buy-One-Get-Two-Free Depression Sale.

[re=548369]Beanball[/re]: Feliz cumpleanos, Los Angeles.

kudzu April 4, 2010 at 10:58 pm

[re=548380]chascates[/re]: An English-language Bible wrapped in the American flag. If you have to ask you’re a socialist French commie and black.

obfuscator April 4, 2010 at 10:59 pm

[re=548368]Servo[/re]: how much socialist tax revenue would be generated if the catholic church were taxed like the megacorp it is?

sati demise April 4, 2010 at 11:17 pm

[re=548385]Jukesgrrl[/re]: I work in Tucson during the Gem & Mineral show when all the fossil freaks are in town.
Love teh Little Poca Cosa for breakfast or lunch. you can get real food there, and a hug and a kiss and a dance with the sisters.
They call me ‘my love’, but dont tell me they call everyone that.

Diana Davies April 4, 2010 at 11:30 pm

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: No, cupcake. The catholic church is so busy destroying itself, we hardly have time to get in on the action!

102415 April 4, 2010 at 11:37 pm

Well, the nice lesbian minister at the Episcopal church this morning didn’t even look at any little boys and the flowers were pretty. I looked swell in my hat and it was sunny and warm and then I ate chocolate and drank beer.Happy Easter.
[re=548324]doloras[/re]: Please remember that the whole idea that kids should speak up and ask for help when they are sexually molested is barely 30 years old. Before that they were told to shut up or called liars.Information wants to be free and Pope had no choice but to look like he cared. He started caring when it was clear he was in the running for the top job. He is from the generation that believed that children if they are innocent won’t remember what happened and if they do then they are seducers and are also sinners but less important than priests. It’s clear to me that it was about the money and the bad publicity. Public safety is not important to Conservatives which is why the bishops were against health insurance reform and the Nuns were for it same as with the secret rapey priests who can’t be defrocked but if you tell on them you will be excommunicated by the Pope which I think is worse than getting defrocked but not as bad as spending your tween years doing a priest who tells you sex is a sin. But you knew all this, Right?

Words April 4, 2010 at 11:57 pm

[re=548392]102415[/re]: (adding to what you told the aptly named doloras): If you ever were educated as a girl-child in R.C. schools and had nuns tell you at the age of 10 that wearing a sleeveless blouse was not just a sin for you but a possible occasion of sin for the boys, which made it a Double-Sin for you, as the straps of the training bra you were wearing might slip and remind the little boogers you were growing boobies (duh!- like they never thought about anyway!), then, go ahead on and believe every stupid thing they tell you. And, yes, I did get the “don’t wear patin-leather shoes” lectures. Who on God’s green earth tells a 10-year-old that they’ve got a a double mortal sin on their soul for wearing a f***ing sleeveless blouse in the South in May!!!!!!! When it’s 90 degrees w/10-% humidity? What kind of depraved mind do these nuns/priests have? Jesus (I mean that prayerfully).

Oh, by the way, we had our share of hetero priests who knocked up local girls too. and married women; my cousin’s (now ex-)wife was making the beast w/2 backs with the parish priest–the whole diocese knew @ it. Bishop refused to remove the offending priest after my cousin separated from her and had to threaten the archbishop of the damn see to get “Father Peter” out of the parish so my cousin’s 2 children (in the parish school) wouldn’t have to listen to gossip & hear catcalls. Nice, huh. Then my cousin tried to get an annulment and was denied. Meanwhile “Father Peter” has been elevated to Monsignor….. explain that shit to me.

Sorry for change of tone. Drinking does that to the Irish.

Accordion-o-rama April 5, 2010 at 12:26 am

I don’t often want to see a man butt-fucked with a giant carrot by a guy in a furry outfit, but that picture …

heathenish April 5, 2010 at 12:29 am

[re=548363]Mr Blifil[/re]: where’s your easter bonnett?

SayItWithWookies April 5, 2010 at 1:22 am

[re=548387]obfuscator[/re]: It wouldn’t be fair just to tax the Catholic church though — the Baptists, Mormons, Moonies, Scientologists, Presbyterians, Muslims, etc. should have to be included. I mean, once you started revoking tax-free status on the basis of doing harm, you’re talking about making a case for long-term inability to think rationally or even figure out the difference between a fact and bullshit. I’d say up to 50% of subscribers to any religion are liable to have been harmed over the long term by such an association. It would be a terrible class-action suit, unfortunately, since the jury would probably be mostly religious.
Nevertheless, preaching a completely factually inaccurate version of reality should be grounds for revocation. Tax all the religions that deserve it and the US could wipe out the deficit in about a fortnight. I’d grant an exception for any religion that would do the following:
– Before collection, make an announcement that contributing money does nothing to increase any degree of good things happening to you.
– Before any type of prayer, announce that prayer has never been shown to be effective in any scientific study. (This announcement can change should that fact ever change, of course.)
– Before any section of the Bible whose factual accuracy is integral to the point being made, if the passage in question is demonstrably factually false, this must be pointed out. For instance, a preacher discussing the creation as described in Genesis might have to point out that day and night couldn’t have happened before the sun was created, that the earth came into being long after the universe did (not simultaneously as described in Genesis), that the formation of stars is an ongoing process and not a one-time deal that took place at the same time the moon was formed, and so on. This might be thought of as unduly burdensome to some. Those peoples’ opinions should be weighed against how much money they give to organizations dedicated to keeping them stupid.

gurukalehuru April 5, 2010 at 1:43 am

Woooeee, and here I thought it was going to be a boring Wonkette weekend. Thank you, Doloras, for being the volunteer human pinata. Don’t take it personal.

Florence Ann Normandie April 5, 2010 at 1:57 am

[re=548281]Smoke Filled Roommate[/re]: pastor or webmaster? I wish I knew how to completely purge that from the hard drive. That’s one nasty-ass gospel

Beanball April 5, 2010 at 2:01 am

[re=548401]SayItWithWookies[/re]: Not all organized religions are run by ignorant greedpigs, and in fact are quite humble and do useful things such as helping to end the slave trade, founding Greenpeace, OXFAM, and Amnesty International.

For instance, here is a photograph of the one (1) and only Society of Friends (Quakers) Meeting house in Los Angeles.

For the record, I am not now, nor have I ever been a member of a Meeting. Which probably explains why I feel absolutely no compunction at throwing figurative bricks through Catholic popery fenestres.

BTW, the Friends that I know think that the Easter Bunny is a figment of somebody’s imagination.

Florence Ann Normandie April 5, 2010 at 2:08 am

[re=548305]mookworthjwilson[/re]: that’s damn funny.

Beanball April 5, 2010 at 2:08 am

[re=548405]Florence Ann Normandie[/re]: Duke’s Boot & Nuke.

FOR EMERGENCY USE ONLY.

It’ll take out your whole hard drive before you can say “USA PATRIOT Act.”

102415 April 5, 2010 at 2:11 am

[re=548363]Mr Blifil[/re]: Oh,I fell asleep for a few hours! Yes, where is your hat? I hope you didn’t wear the one with the big dirty looking carrot.
[re=548394]Words[/re]: Monsignor? Fuck. BTW,the Hare Krishna’s had quite a child abuse problem a few years back too. The idea that only the Catholic Church is being singled out for an attack is sad. It’s especially sad when the rapey priest defenders chow down steak on Fridays and mysteriously have less than 11 pregnancies brought to term.

Florence Ann Normandie April 5, 2010 at 2:16 am

[re=548324]doloras[/re]: you say it like it’s a bad thing-?

LowerdPeninsula April 5, 2010 at 2:32 am

[re=548410]102415[/re]: “BTW,the Hare Krishna’s had quite a child abuse problem a few years back too.”

Did Wonkette do posts on them, too? I’m neither Catholic nor Christian, but the Wonkette seems to love it some some Pope Ratzi even from the relatively short time I’ve been around here. I guess simply because of the scale, institutional organization, and the age of the church that’d it dominate headlines when it does something wrong, but I don’t think it is at all incorrect and observation to say the the Catholic Church gets beat up a bit more than the others.

Tlmsd April 5, 2010 at 3:07 am

It’s the Nazi thing. You wouldn’t understand.

Escape Goat Nation April 5, 2010 at 3:22 am

He IS risen.

Smoke Filled Roommate April 5, 2010 at 3:35 am

[re=548405]Florence Ann Normandie[/re]: Honestly, I was searching for weird biblical crap.. A “bible quotes” pedophilia search produced a ‘wikisposure’ entry which led me to it.

Bearbloke April 5, 2010 at 4:54 am

[re=548406]Beanball[/re]: Isn’t that house the central location in the film Boyz in da Hood

[re=548320]bitchincamaro[/re]: Yummy-er than one of these beasts rendered in creamy chocolate? – not bloody likely!

[re=548281]Smoke Filled Roommate[/re]: The BEST Band-name EVAR!!!1!… now, I see I’ll have to form a band…

sameer April 5, 2010 at 5:31 am

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packers and movers

Sparky McGruff April 5, 2010 at 8:08 am

[re=548387]obfuscator[/re]: Considering the tax loopholes that our largest corporations manage to find, I suspect we’d get nothing in taxes. In fact, I’m pretty sure we’d soon be shelling out some serious cash to support the Cayman Islands based Vatican Inc. And Halliburton would get the contract to support their Altar Boy Drilling operations.

TGY April 5, 2010 at 9:04 am

[re=548401]SayItWithWookies[/re]: So, you’ve described a EULA for religions?

betterDeadThanRed April 5, 2010 at 9:53 am

[re=548412]LowerdPeninsula[/re]: The Hare Krishnas aren’t spending millions of dollars to influence our politics.

steverino247 April 5, 2010 at 10:00 am

[re=548406]Beanball[/re]: Quakers are not needed in SoCal as we get enough quakers from the various faults around here. Or are those Shakers? I get them mixed up.

ElRat April 5, 2010 at 10:32 am

[re=548383]Darkness[/re]: and crotch obsessed pervs!

In need of address to Vatican to complete delivery of 150 blow up child dolls -anus enhanced

Many blessings and tidings of crotchus roticus be upon those pervs!

Happy Ishtar!

SayItWithWookies April 5, 2010 at 11:19 am

[re=548431]TGY[/re]: Hey, it’s been shown that dealing with facts yields better results than dealing with made-up nonsense. Thus, holding a priveleged (i.e. non-taxable) position because one’s organization makes stuff up is really at odds with a fact-based reality — and teaching people stuff that’s demonstrably wrong just ought to be discouraged, rather than encouraged as it is now. And while I feel sorry for the hordes of useless parasites on society who might be forced to find actual work as a result, if we kick all the illegals out we’re gonna need somebody to pick all those strawberries, right?

Fake Thomas Jefferson April 5, 2010 at 11:57 am

I did not craft the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom so that the President could BRO-GRAB the Easter Bunny!

Or, wait, maybe I crafted the Statute to protect his right to bro-grab the Easter Bunny.

Aw, hell, I can’t remember. It was a long time ago.

pirate king of the Jews April 5, 2010 at 12:35 pm

Elwood P. Dowd looks a lot like GW Bush.

Needz moar guns April 5, 2010 at 12:46 pm

[re=548301]Jukesgrrl[/re]: I don’t have the recipe for curing Peeps, dammit, and anyway, I ran out before I could try it. You might enjoy this recipe for Peeps sushi, even though I believe Peeps Week is now over.

http://tiny.cc/5abr1

Jukesgrrl April 5, 2010 at 7:12 pm

[re=548644]Needz moar guns[/re]: Are you kidding me?! Peeps are on sale this week!! Hobo Jukesgrrl has a new hobby. My friends are gonna LOVE you!

102415 April 6, 2010 at 12:40 am

[re=548412]LowerdPeninsula[/re]: Well, I must add http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100406/ap_on_re_us/church_abuse
to that. We are in the here and now and apparently it is on going still with no trial no punishment and now Indian children who have to bear his self hatred. There was three generations of this in my own family ending with me at the age of four by the same man who was religious and hilariously old and impotent by the time it was my turn.Sad but until this stops I see no reason to let go.The Pope can always be whipped naked through the streets of Rome to atone for his sins as punishment. Oh, wait… never mind.

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