The Tip of the Iceberg


	The Tip of the Iceberg

AtlLiberal

7-4-2007 11:44 AM

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religion, christian, christianity, jesus, relic

AtlLiberal says:

Delving into the curious world of religious relics. I've read that if all the "pieces" of the cross were combined it would be enormous. It would be too easy to use the above clip in a similar joke.

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7-5-2007 9:53 AM

wiccantexan

I heard Empress Helena had it made into a nice change purse.

7-5-2007 10:41 AM

AtlLiberal

HaHa! An oldie but a goodie.

7-5-2007 10:57 AM

wiccantexan

I think I outdid myself using the Empress.

7-5-2007 11:11 AM

AtlLiberal

I think I outdid myself using the Empress.

Indeed you did. For those readers who are scratching their heads they might be illuminated by this short Wiki excursion.

7-5-2007 12:20 PM

rvnurse2b

Good question! The only instance I see in the Bible about what they did with the foreskin after circumcision of Jew was when Tziporra( Moses' wife) threw it at her husband.
Not that Jesus' could have survived this long, nor would it have even been kept for any reason at the time of His childhood.
Personally, I think "holy relics" are a load of crap, although I am a Christian.

7-5-2007 12:55 PM

AtlLiberal

Actually, the article that this clip came from goes much further into the missing foreskin problem. If you're interested you might take a look. The fact that Jesus' foreskin is not mentioned in the bible is irrelevant. Pope Clement VII (1523-1534) thought enough of the existence of the holy relic that he offered indulgences to anyone who made a pilgrimage to France to view the holy snippet.

7-5-2007 1:29 PM

wiccantexan

Making a discarded piece of 2,000+ years penis a holy relic. And they call us pagans the ones with the weird habits.

7-5-2007 2:02 PM

gwendolyn

Making a discarded piece of 2,000+ years penis a holy relic. And they call us pagans the ones with the weird habits.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:snort snort snort:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

7-6-2007 8:25 AM

thorswitch

WiccanTexan - ROFL!

Popped for comments - the whole thread is great

7-6-2007 8:07 PM

Jorjor

An old religion-themed issue of the National Lampoon from the '70s featured a parody of a Renaissance-era religious painting titled, "The Ascension of the Foreskin of Our Blessed Lord Into Heaven". I'm not sure what the original they spoofed, but I know it wasn't Garofalo's.

It was either "Religion for Fun And Prophet", June '71 New Sacrileges or "The Judeo-Christian Tradition", December '74, Surprise Icon #CVIX.

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