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I ride an unholy bike!
On Nov 2, 10:38*pm, ComandanteBanana
wrote: On Nov 2, 8:04*pm, Ron Wallenfang wrote: On Nov 2, 7:54*am, ComandanteBanana wrote: And I ride an unholy bike! Come to think of it, I've never had any of my bikes blessed. No, what I mean is that the Christian drivers consider bikes lowly and unholy. But we know Jesus would have ridden one if he existed. On Episcopal Church, at least, on Manhattan's upper west side, has an annual blessing of the bicycles: "Tenth Annual Blessing of the Bicycles Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. Hundreds of bicyclists garbed in brightly colored cycling attire are expected to gather with their bikes inside the Cathedral for the Tenth Annual Blessing of the Bicycles at 10 AM on Saturday, April 26. Children are most welcome. Free admission. The Reverend Canon Thomas Miller, Canon for Liturgy & the Arts will officiate. He will offer a blessing to kick off a safe cycling season and sprinkle holy water on the bicycles. A bag piper will play as a riderless bicycle is brought forward during a moment of silence in remembrance of those who died in cycling accidents within the past year. " Maybe they're figuring that's what Jesus would have done. Presumably, most of the bike riders presenting themselves are not atheists. |
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I ride an unholy bike!
"Ron Wallenfang" wrote in message ... On Nov 2, 10:38 pm, ComandanteBanana wrote: On Nov 2, 8:04 pm, Ron Wallenfang wrote: On Nov 2, 7:54 am, ComandanteBanana wrote: And I ride an unholy bike! Come to think of it, I've never had any of my bikes blessed. No, what I mean is that the Christian drivers consider bikes lowly and unholy. But we know Jesus would have ridden one if he existed. On Episcopal Church, at least, on Manhattan's upper west side, has an annual blessing of the bicycles: "Tenth Annual Blessing of the Bicycles Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. Hundreds of bicyclists garbed in brightly colored cycling attire are expected to gather with their bikes inside the Cathedral for the Tenth Annual Blessing of the Bicycles at 10 AM on Saturday, April 26. Children are most welcome. Free admission. The Reverend Canon Thomas Miller, Canon for Liturgy & the Arts will officiate. He will offer a blessing to kick off a safe cycling season and sprinkle holy water on the bicycles. A bag piper will play as a riderless bicycle is brought forward during a moment of silence in remembrance of those who died in cycling accidents within the past year. " Maybe they're figuring that's what Jesus would have done. Presumably, most of the bike riders presenting themselves are not atheists. end of earlier posts And, here in Portland, too. http://photos.oregonlive.com/oregoni..._shrine_2.html Kerry |
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I ride an unholy bike!
On Nov 4, 8:49*pm, Ron Wallenfang wrote:
On Nov 2, 10:38*pm, ComandanteBanana wrote: On Nov 2, 8:04*pm, Ron Wallenfang wrote: On Nov 2, 7:54*am, ComandanteBanana wrote: And I ride an unholy bike! Come to think of it, I've never had any of my bikes blessed. No, what I mean is that the Christian drivers consider bikes lowly and unholy. But we know Jesus would have ridden one if he existed. On Episcopal Church, at least, on Manhattan's upper west side, has an annual blessing of the bicycles: "Tenth Annual Blessing of the Bicycles Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. Hundreds of bicyclists garbed in brightly colored cycling attire are expected to gather with their bikes inside the Cathedral for the Tenth Annual Blessing of the Bicycles at 10 AM on Saturday, April 26. Children are most welcome. *Free admission. The Reverend Canon Thomas Miller, Canon for Liturgy & the Arts will officiate. He will offer a blessing to kick off a safe cycling season and sprinkle holy water on the bicycles. A bag piper will play as a riderless bicycle is brought forward during a moment of silence in remembrance of those who died in cycling accidents within the past year. " Maybe they're figuring that's what Jesus would have done. *Presumably, most of the bike riders presenting themselves are not atheists. Not all the Christians care, very few do. How many bikes at church? |
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I ride an unholy bike!
On Nov 5, 4:12*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote:
How many bikes at church? More to the point, how many not at church? From an informal survey done last Sunday, I can safely state that there are precisely zero(0 (no roman numeral)) visible, human, crabon-based non-Christian bicyclists. Science clearly tells me that this should be extrapolable to all situations everywhere (QED FFS, YMMV, DILLIGAF, NTTAWWT), ergo (id est) not one solitary non-Christian cyclist on Rth. Your move, Francis. |
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I ride an unholy bike!
On Nov 5, 3:12*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote:
Not all the Christians care, very few do. How many bikes at church?- Hide quoted text - - Blessing bicycles - a Catholic view Question: Can Anything Be Blessed? This weekend for the first time a downtown Minneapolis church held a blessing of the bicycles. There's been blessings of animals in the past. Are there rules for blessings? Can anything be blessed? "You can bless just about anything," said Johan van Parys, director of liturgy at the Basilica of St. Mary, the church which blessed the bicycles. "All modes of transportation can be blessed," said van Parys. "I'm originally from Belgium, blessing of bicycles is not unusual at all." According to van Parys, the English phrase "to bless" comes from a Latin word "benedicere." It translates to mean "to speak well." "When we bless something or someone we give God thanks for that person or that object or that place," said van Parys. "At the same time we ask God to protect this place, this person." In some cultures, it's almost mandatory that you bless objects, like new office buildings. This year Jews around the world took part in Birchas Hachamah, the blessing of the sun. But more and more American churches of all denominations are doing things like blessing pets and bicycles. "I wonder if blessing bicycles or a park bench somehow devalues the idea of blessing," asked WCCO reporter Jason DeRusha. "I don't think so, on the contrary, I think it gives the concept of blessing a broader meaning and it brings it in contact with people's everyday lives," said van Parys. "Blessing brings the church, outside the church." The Catholic Church has a 900-page Book of Blessings, prepared by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, a joint commission of Catholic Bishops' Conferences. "Catholics are really blessers, if you wish. We have a culture of blessing," said van Parys. And while just about everything and everyone can be blessed, there are limits, according to van Parys, that go back to that definition of a blessing: to speak well. "If speaking well would not hold, like with a tool of torture, it would be impossible to bless that item," he said. Many people confuse a blessing with making an object sacred, but van Parys explained that only holds true with objects that have a higher purpose. For example, a new lecturn in a church could be blessed and become sacred. The same is true with a statue of a Saint. But, "a bench always remains a bench. And a bicycle always remains a bicycle, it never becomes a bicycle sacred," he said. |
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I ride an unholy bike!
On Nov 5, 7:42*pm, Norman wrote:
On Nov 5, 4:12*pm, KingOfTheApes wrote: How many bikes at church? More to the point, how many not at church? From an informal survey done last Sunday, I can safely state that there are precisely zero(0 (no roman numeral)) visible, human, crabon-based non-Christian bicyclists. *Science clearly tells me that this should be extrapolable to all situations everywhere (QED FFS, YMMV, DILLIGAF, NTTAWWT), ergo (id est) not one solitary non-Christian cyclist on Rth. Your move, Francis. Everybody says they are Christians if you ask them. They try to blend in with the sheep. Casual upper classes bike riders have little to do with commuters and other survivors of the jungle. Most Christians won't even worry about Climate Change... because the Lord is coming soon. |
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I ride an unholy bike!
On Nov 5, 9:30*pm, Ron Wallenfang wrote:
But, "a bench always remains a bench. And a bicycle always remains a bicycle, it never becomes a bicycle sacred," he said. The only ones blessed are those blessed with money, so they can drive their SUVs oblivious to the jungle. |
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I ride an unholy bike!
On Nov 6, 9:14 am, His Majesty Comandante Banana King Of The Apes I
wrote: snip Everybody says they are Christians if you ask them. They try to blend in with the sheep. Casual upper classes bike riders have little to do with commuters and other survivors of the jungle. Most Christians won't even worry about Climate Change... because the Lord is coming soon. I have been a Pagan for more than 20 years, thankyewverramuch. I stopped associating with Christians when my local church started making noises about having to use everything up by the year 2000 or God would be ****ed because we still had stuff left over when he came to wreck the place for renovations. I joined a group that said the Earth was a sacred object in and of itself, and should be treated accordingly. |
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I ride an unholy bike!
On Nov 5, 6:30 pm, Ron Wallenfang wrote:
On Nov 5, 3:12 pm, KingOfTheApes wrote: Not all the Christians care, very few do. How many bikes at church?- Hide quoted text - - Blessing bicycles - a Catholic view Question: Can Anything Be Blessed? This weekend for the first time a downtown Minneapolis church held a blessing of the bicycles. There's been blessings of animals in the past. Are there rules for blessings? Can anything be blessed? "You can bless just about anything," said Johan van Parys, director of liturgy at the Basilica of St. Mary, the church which blessed the bicycles. "All modes of transportation can be blessed," said van Parys. "I'm originally from Belgium, blessing of bicycles is not unusual at all." According to van Parys, the English phrase "to bless" comes from a Latin word "benedicere." It translates to mean "to speak well." "When we bless something or someone we give God thanks for that person or that object or that place," said van Parys. "At the same time we ask God to protect this place, this person." In some cultures, it's almost mandatory that you bless objects, like new office buildings. This year Jews around the world took part in Birchas Hachamah, the blessing of the sun. But more and more American churches of all denominations are doing things like blessing pets and bicycles. "I wonder if blessing bicycles or a park bench somehow devalues the idea of blessing," asked WCCO reporter Jason DeRusha. "I don't think so, on the contrary, I think it gives the concept of blessing a broader meaning and it brings it in contact with people's everyday lives," said van Parys. "Blessing brings the church, outside the church." The Catholic Church has a 900-page Book of Blessings, prepared by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, a joint commission of Catholic Bishops' Conferences. "Catholics are really blessers, if you wish. We have a culture of blessing," said van Parys. And while just about everything and everyone can be blessed, there are limits, according to van Parys, that go back to that definition of a blessing: to speak well. "If speaking well would not hold, like with a tool of torture, it would be impossible to bless that item," he said. Many people confuse a blessing with making an object sacred, but van Parys explained that only holds true with objects that have a higher purpose. For example, a new lecturn in a church could be blessed and become sacred. The same is true with a statue of a Saint. But, "a bench always remains a bench. And a bicycle always remains a bicycle, it never becomes a bicycle sacred," he said. I don't know, but I regularly pass by a big church near my favorite coffee shop. There's a sign at the street that says, "Sanctuary", with an arrow pointing up the driveway. Go up the driveway to see what sanctuary looks like, though, and you are greeted with another sign that says, "No Bicycle Riding" :-( |
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I ride an unholy bike!
On Nov 6, 10:44*am, Opus wrote:
On Nov 6, 9:14 am, His Majesty Comandante Banana King Of The Apes I wrote: snip Everybody says they are Christians if you ask them. They try to blend in with the sheep. Casual upper classes bike riders have little to do with commuters and other survivors of the jungle. Most Christians won't even worry about Climate Change... because the Lord is coming soon. I have been a Pagan for more than 20 years, thankyewverramuch. I stopped associating with Christians when my local church started making noises about having to use everything up by the year 2000 or God would be ****ed because we still had stuff left over when he came to wreck the place for renovations. I joined a group that said the Earth was a sacred object in and of itself, and should be treated accordingly. Well, welcome to the jungle, not with a hungry lion, but with magic and cooperation. Merlin the Magician is with us and many other lovers of freedom, bicycles and the moon. What's the name of that group you joined? |
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