Merry Christmas!
From this bastion of unbelief and decadence, a very merry Christmas to all of my enormous readership! I am now esconced in my family residence in the rolling hills of the Borders. I Went to Midnight Mass last night (i.e. this morning). How droll and boring. I can see why the congregation is reducing in number. I wished I'd had a bit of Dutch courage and taken over from the priest - such was the overwhelming drollness of the Mass. I mean, who preaches a pre-prepared sermon that he's found on the internet. And all of that silly Popish ritual - kneeling before entering the pew, making the sign of the cross, incense - how can people take it seriously?!
I've cracked it. I know why Catholics are the filthiest, naughtiest denomination of Christendom. It's all of that ridiculous ritual. I mean, if you had to maintain the pretence of doing all the signs, the rosary beads, etc., of course you'd get bored and start fantasizing about the choirboys or Mrs. Jones and her daughters in the pew 2nd from front.
To appeal to the decadent masses of Europe, Christianity must be stripped of superfluous ceremony. We must remove the rituals and costumes. And in Europe in particular, we must brace ourselves for the onslaught of radical Islam. I don't think it's a huge stretch of the imagination to think about congregations gathering in secret while the civil war is in full swing. Myra Hess playing piano in the National Gallery while the blitz was raging; same kind of thing. Instead of Catholic priests sneaking away into hidey-holes in country houses, this time Christians of all denominations will be under duress.
The United States will be the last redoubt of the Christian faith, unless events take a sudden change of course, and soon.
Merry Christmas to everyone, and let us hope that our politicians regain their senses, or perhaps that a great man rises from nowhere to confound them all.
From this bastion of unbelief and decadence, a very merry Christmas to all of my enormous readership! I am now esconced in my family residence in the rolling hills of the Borders. I Went to Midnight Mass last night (i.e. this morning). How droll and boring. I can see why the congregation is reducing in number. I wished I'd had a bit of Dutch courage and taken over from the priest - such was the overwhelming drollness of the Mass. I mean, who preaches a pre-prepared sermon that he's found on the internet. And all of that silly Popish ritual - kneeling before entering the pew, making the sign of the cross, incense - how can people take it seriously?!
I've cracked it. I know why Catholics are the filthiest, naughtiest denomination of Christendom. It's all of that ridiculous ritual. I mean, if you had to maintain the pretence of doing all the signs, the rosary beads, etc., of course you'd get bored and start fantasizing about the choirboys or Mrs. Jones and her daughters in the pew 2nd from front.
To appeal to the decadent masses of Europe, Christianity must be stripped of superfluous ceremony. We must remove the rituals and costumes. And in Europe in particular, we must brace ourselves for the onslaught of radical Islam. I don't think it's a huge stretch of the imagination to think about congregations gathering in secret while the civil war is in full swing. Myra Hess playing piano in the National Gallery while the blitz was raging; same kind of thing. Instead of Catholic priests sneaking away into hidey-holes in country houses, this time Christians of all denominations will be under duress.
The United States will be the last redoubt of the Christian faith, unless events take a sudden change of course, and soon.
Merry Christmas to everyone, and let us hope that our politicians regain their senses, or perhaps that a great man rises from nowhere to confound them all.
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