[Isabella Abbey]

Re: Some Things that we can agree upon

It's interesting that the origin of the verb 'to bugger' is from the Medieval Latin: Bulgarus, which is also known as a Bulgarian heretic. The Bulgarians were among the first adopters of the Catholic faith, and are considered a patriarchate. It's no wonder that they were the first to approve of the systematic molestation of young altar boys. Centuries later, you still can't trust the Bulgarians.

But the Vatican hated the Bulgarians. That's why they came up with derisive terms for them and called them heretics and worse, because they staunchly and successfully refused Rome.

The Baptists and the Bulgarians have a common enemy.

[A Mad Dog]

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It's what your papist "fathers" do to altar boys every chance they get.

Don't play coy with us, ring-kisser.

I have never heard of that term before. I guess you learn something new everyday.

[A Mad Dog]

Re: Some Things that we can agree upon

It's interesting that the origin of the verb 'to bugger' is from the Medieval Latin: Bulgarus, which is also known as a Bulgarian heretic. The Bulgarians were among the first adopters of the Catholic faith, and are considered a patriarchate. It's no wonder that they were the first to approve of the systematic molestation of young altar boys. Centuries later, you still can't trust the Bulgarians.

Actually the Bulgarians were not the first to be converted to the Catholic Faith.

During the reign of Khan Omurtag (814-831), the northwestern boundaries with the Frankish Empire were firmly settled along the middle Danube. A magnificent palace, pagan temples, ruler's residence, fortress, citadel, water-main and bath were built in the Bulgarian capital Pliska, mainly of stone and brick.
Under Boris I, Bulgarians became Christians, and the Ecumenical Patriarch agreed to allow an autonomous Bulgarian Archbishop at Pliska. Missionaries from Constantinople, Cyril and Methodius, devised the Glagolitic alphabet, which was adopted in the Bulgarian Empire around 886. The alphabet and the Old Bulgarian language that evolved from Slavonic[3] gave rise to a rich literary and cultural activity centered around the Preslav and Ohrid Literary Schools, established by order of Boris I in 886.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bulgaria

[A Mad Dog]

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sr korgul wrote,

I assumed that kissing the bones of dead catholics was an act of worship.

No, it is veneration.

The only other possible explanation is necrophily. Are you suggesting that this is the true reason?

Let me ask you this, if one of your loved ones died, would you give them a kiss or not? If yes, then would you consider that necrophilia?

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

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Let me ask you this, if one of your loved ones died, would you give them a kiss or not?

No

If yes, then would you consider that necrophilia?

Yes.

Matthew 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

[A Mad Dog]

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No Yes.

Matthew 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

Don't you love them? Would you not give them one last kiss goodbye?

[Nobar King]

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Would you not give them one last kiss goodbye?

No. I watched my mother die. I didn't touch her after she passed. Why would I? I didn't even want to be near her dead body. She was taken away by the mortuary, and they gave me one last chance to view the body, but it wasn't inspiring at all. I felt like a voyeur who was seeing something that shouldn't be seen.

I kept her ashes, but I don't venerate them. I try to honor her memory by being a good son and praising our Lord. That's the least that I can do.

I think that it's ironic that our local mortuary went out of business right after she died. It wasn't because they didn't charge enough, that's for sure.

[David Goldman]

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Would you not give them one last kiss goodbye?

No way!

What if they died of plague, or drowned and they didn't find the body for a week, or they died in a fire, or they were mauled wild jackals?

Not only is it gross, but it is dangerous too. Didn't your parents ever tell you not to touch dead things? They carry disease and stuff