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snarkivist ([info]snarkivist) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-07-18 20:20:00


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What's Latin for "wank"?
I guess you could say that this is from the Jesus fandom. One of the two recent pieces of news out of the Vatican that pissed off most of the planet was that individual priests will be free to celebrate the Tridentine Mass whenever they damn well please. The Tridentine Mass is the Latin service used worldwide by all Catholics from the 16th century until about 1970. The structure of the service itself is different, not just what language it's celebrated in.

(Full disclosure: Yes, I am one of those whackjobs who attends this kind of Mass.)

Well, this has caused such global waves of wank in the press and on the Internets that the entire planet is red and sore by now. I have many examples, but my favorite so far has got to be this innocent-looking article from Indianapolis. All would have been well...if this paper didn't have forums attached to every article.

"A dead language for a dead god. How appropriate,"
one commenter said oh-so-cleverly. And...they're off! Catholics aren't Christians! Protestants don't understand history! Anyone who believes in God is a fucking moron! Pedophile priests!  FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER!!!!11

I'd pick out highlights, but really...there's too much here.






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[info]pet
2007-07-19 01:45 pm UTC (link)
Isn't it fabulous? I find the whole thing kind of hysterical, and really, there is not much more wanky than religious kerfluffles.

Between the argument over the Nycean Creed and the primacy of Rome (the Orthodox believe in the synod of bishops, a whole gaggle of 'em, with no one more powerful than the other, at least in theory), and the no-no on the idea of the Pope being the direct line to God, I can't imagine there will be any kind of full reconciliation anytime soon. Plus, you know...our priests can be married, and there are all kinds of other issues.

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[info]waltraute
2007-07-19 02:46 pm UTC (link)
Religion wank: the original wank.

I personally think the revival of Latin Mass is kinda neat if there are people out there who want to celebrate it, but then I know the pre-Tridentine Mass in way more detail than I ever wanted to, thanks to having to survive Chant and Liturgy and reading manuscripts. :D

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