"John H." wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:07:52 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
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Bull****! You said, "...your stinking religion..." I am Catholic, and
have
probably said so in the
group, or at least implied same. In any case, you've undoubtedly got the
information in your
'rec.boats data base'.

I find Catholicism amazing, if only for the way it takes what could be a
half hour wedding ceremony and turns it into something else entirely. At
the
last one, my wife and I heard "with Jesus", "in Jesus", "for Jesus", etc.
so
many times that we really wondered exactly who was getting married - the
bride & groom, or one of them to Jesus, in absentia. And, we got some
terrific leg exercise. Stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down, stand up,
sit
down....at least 1000 times.

The reception was held in the large meeting room of a local gun club,
which
made for some interesting humor.

Normally, a wedding ceremony is part of a mass. It is added to what would
normally be a mass. It may
have been what the Catholic Church refers to as a 'High Mass', which is
quite a bit longer than a
regular mass (much more 'pomp and circumstance', although I don't mean
that in a derogatory way).

The number of times you hear the name 'Jesus' is very dependent on the
scripture readings and the
gospel reading for the particular day. In some of those the word is seldom
used, in others it's used
quite frequently.

Catholicism *is* amazing. I'm not nearly as steadfast in my practice as I
used to be, because the
Church and I disagree on a few points.

Here's one of many reasons I avoid *all* religions, except fishing.
Somewhere, there is a secret society that teaches janitors or building
management people how to make certain rooms unliveable. It usually involves
cranking the heat up to about 90, but somehow doing it without moving the
air, so it's as stuffy as possible. Churches and synagogues are the worst in
this regard. It's insulting. I won't go, unless someone dies or gets
married.

Incidentally, the same mutants are hired by schools. At night, when nobody's
there, they come and adjust the water fountains so the stream is so low that
you have to touch the metal in order to get water. The goal is to spread as
much disease as possible. If these mutants turn out to be incompetent at
this task, they're demoted and become school bus drivers.