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X_Digger

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62. I give magic underwear the same respect I give to Mighty Morphin Zombie Jeebus..
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 05:44 PM
Sep 2012

.. sometimes he's dead, then he's alive.. sometimes he's the father, then the son, then the spirit..

Same diff.

+1 n/t Bonhomme Richard Sep 2012 #1
If you think the medals nichomachus Sep 2012 #2
Since that is not their purpose, allow me to mock your ignorance. rug Sep 2012 #8
Wow -- can't argue nichomachus Sep 2012 #14
By all means, show the link. rug Sep 2012 #20
Here's one link from Wiki but there are others if you google. Prosense posted a story downthread riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #38
The citation for that is "Mormon folklore". rug Sep 2012 #41
Nope. That cite was under the temple garment's "Purpose" section riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #43
The point of the OP is that it's extraneous to political attacks. rug Sep 2012 #48
Here's one: sadbear Sep 2012 #53
That's from Prosense's link which, naturally, leads to another link. rug Sep 2012 #63
I agree with you somewhat . But when they make their religious beliefs a part of the campaign Autumn Sep 2012 #92
At the aluminum plant, all clothing must be natural fiber - polyester that gets a metal splash hedgehog Sep 2012 #75
Hmmmm. Trying to start a flame war by any chance? HERVEPA Sep 2012 #3
interesting and evocative choice of words el_bryanto Sep 2012 #10
Not really. hedgehog Sep 2012 #78
It's both of yours private business how you choose to acknowledge your religion...not mine... cynatnite Sep 2012 #4
Buy plastic St Christopher, aim at tree! HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #5
No, no, no nichomachus Sep 2012 #17
Sorry, my bad, sort of... HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #22
I hope we have sure good weather tomorrow. rug Sep 2012 #34
A Jew and a Gentile were walking by a synagogue one late afternoon.. whathehell Sep 2012 #31
For some reason bongbong Sep 2012 #6
if you imbue them with magic powers or supernatural abilities... mike_c Sep 2012 #7
Hey mike, do you know what a sacramental is? rug Sep 2012 #9
had to Google.... mike_c Sep 2012 #12
Yes, that's what many of us do when we talk without knowing wtf we're talking about. whathehell Sep 2012 #16
That's correct. Medals are sacramentals that have nothing to do with magic powers. rug Sep 2012 #18
Are the cilice used just for straight torture? That used to be underwear right snooper2 Sep 2012 #23
Ask Stephen Colbert about the "cilice" and "straight torture" and Catholic "underwear" and stuff whathehell Sep 2012 #44
"Are the cilice used just for straight torture?" No. rug Sep 2012 #45
It can be dangerous to stand between a bigot and their stupid assumptions. whathehell Sep 2012 #57
Are you thinking of a "hair shirt"? JNelson6563 Sep 2012 #56
It's "sacramental", not "sacrament"...duh. whathehell Sep 2012 #21
you meant to write "before your next class", not "before you next class" snooper2 Sep 2012 #25
Maybe, but mine is a mere typo...His sent him to the wrong place in the dictionary. whathehell Sep 2012 #40
He doesn't, and he repeats one of the oldest anti-catholic tropes around whathehell Sep 2012 #13
I have a Catholic holy medal blessed by a pope, and I looked up why such things exist: REP Sep 2012 #73
You looked it up, but apparently still came away with a misinterpretation. whathehell Sep 2012 #82
The capitol of California? ohiosmith Sep 2012 #24
Lol. rug Sep 2012 #33
Stephen Colbert is a practicing catholic, but I'm betting whathehell Sep 2012 #11
Nah I doubt it sharp_stick Sep 2012 #26
LOL...Good try. whathehell Sep 2012 #37
I'm with you, hedgehog, thanks for standing up! BarackTheVote Sep 2012 #15
do your holy medals help you run faster? snooper2 Sep 2012 #19
Does your snark help you think faster? rug Sep 2012 #35
BWHAHAHAHA! whathehell Sep 2012 #47
Catholics also wear "magic outerwear" in the form of those little cloth scapulars Cleita Sep 2012 #27
Are yarmulkes "magic" or "holy" Hat Wear ? whathehell Sep 2012 #55
Given that I was assured that if I got hit by a bus while wearing the scapular, hedgehog Sep 2012 #65
I'm Catholic too, and I have learned to keep my rosaries off other people's ovaries, so NO LaydeeBug Sep 2012 #28
JW Marriott thanks Romney for bringing attention to Mormons, praises lifesaving "holy undergarments" ProSense Sep 2012 #29
Thank you, hedgehog, for posting that ctaylors6 Sep 2012 #30
Mormonism deserves every amount of mockery it gets. Alduin Sep 2012 #32
So does atheism. rug Sep 2012 #36
Sorry. Alduin Sep 2012 #39
That's not the mockworthy material. rug Sep 2012 #42
Sorry. whathehell Sep 2012 #66
Every relgion is equally laughable. Alduin Sep 2012 #76
Really?...It's funny then, that I only see one or two of them mocked, then. whathehell Sep 2012 #80
Yeah, because Atheism relies on the belief of magical...oh wait...it's THE absence.. truebrit71 Sep 2012 #49
Atheism relies on the idea that everything that's now known is ALL that can be known....Limited. whathehell Sep 2012 #61
So anything that can't be proven NOT to exist, you're not willing to suggest it doesn't? Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #71
That isn't atheism at all OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #81
Are you sure? whathehell Sep 2012 #83
Yep OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #89
As an atheist, I can tell you that is a complete misunderstanding of atheism... cynatnite Sep 2012 #91
+1 Alduin Sep 2012 #94
Wait, what? Alduin Sep 2012 #96
Really? Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #51
Really. rug Sep 2012 #64
Why don't you define Atheism, first. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #67
The absence of belief in a god(s). rug Sep 2012 #70
Yes. I think that the absence of a belief in a god or gods, barring actual evidence Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #72
"damn hard" as in not possible. rug Sep 2012 #74
The scientific method is research and evidence-based. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #95
+1 support. sagat Sep 2012 #87
"That which can be asserted without proof, can be dismissed without proof" Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #46
^^^^This truebrit71 Sep 2012 #50
"Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof." hifiguy Sep 2012 #58
That, too. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #60
Mocking Mitt a little bit is OK. Don't mock so much that people start pitying him. ;) reformist2 Sep 2012 #52
I don't believe they give you super powers though do they? truebrit71 Sep 2012 #54
According to wikipedia they are seen as "either symbolic or literal protection" Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #59
Tell me, what magic beliefs? rug Sep 2012 #68
Wow...Do you find any funny material in Judaism to mock?..What about Holy Hat Wear whathehell Sep 2012 #77
I give magic underwear the same respect I give to Mighty Morphin Zombie Jeebus.. X_Digger Sep 2012 #62
You have stumbled over the concept of Modalism. rug Sep 2012 #69
AKA polytheism REP Sep 2012 #79
To some literal minded people, I suppose. whathehell Sep 2012 #86
Not at all. In fact it's an attempt to cast the Trinity in the mold of rogid monotheism. rug Sep 2012 #88
Are your medals *mandated* by the Church? AzDar Sep 2012 #84
Sure Marrah_G Sep 2012 #85
I pay taxes. Is magic underwear tax deductible? Kind of like tithes? Autumn Sep 2012 #90
I used to wear a St Christopher Medal, a Scapula and a Crucifix Kingofalldems Sep 2012 #93
This OP is in violation of the Statement of Purpose for GD... Spazito Sep 2012 #97
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