1129: Cerebral

[yoav]

Originally Posted by GMan

I'm only 15 minutes into the show, but I have to correct some information.

The article about giving up your ipod for lent was an article about the Church of England, not the Catholic Church. The C of E is a Protestant chruch. Protestantism, as the name implies, was formed as a "protest" against the Roman Catholic Church. As for me, this lent i've downloaded rosary mp3's so that I can pray the rosary while I run/commute/etc.

As far as the Communion wine issue: the six sundays of lent are considered celebrations, and are not counted in the 40 days of lenten pentience. so a person who gave up booze for lent would have no issue with communion wine even if it wasn't considered the Blodd of Christ. Many people choose to continue whatever their sacrifice is through the Sundays, but this is purely a matter of choice. Furthermore, communion is not always offered in both species (Catholics call the bread/body one "species" and the wine/blood the other "species"). Because serving a liquid to a large congregation is more problematic than handing out single-serving-sized solids, most catholic masses do not include the wine at all except for priest. (In the middle ages, this was actually the source of a war called the Hussite Rebellion).

As far as alcoholic priests, there are quite a few, both on and off the wagon. At one time, alcoholism was jokingly called the "priest's disease." It was thought that the stresses of priesthood (no family, life in the public eye having to appear beyond suspicion) lent themselves particularly to drinking problems. Obviously, anyone who is off the wagon has a problem, and this would probably be a source of controversey with their congregation. How any particular church handles that issue is up to the bishop or cardinal of the arch-diocese. But priests are human, and the whole point of the Catholic church is that all humans are sinners and without the regular exposure to Christ's grace, we'd really be even worse sinning douchebags than we already are.

I don't think the minimal amount of communion wine that a priest consumes would trigger a relapse, but I'm not an alcoholic and wouldn't know. Communion wine can be made with a minimal amount of alcohol (less than 1% I believe) and priests could use that if they had some concerns. If a priest for some reason could stand no exposure to alcohol (say because of some health issue) then--as Keith's dad said--they might have to give up the priesthood, or at least, celebrating the mass.

i can't believe people know so much about religion, do you feel like you've wasted your life?

[DarkKnightJared]

Originally Posted by goto11

Man, Jon Lovitz is really starting to look like hell.

...Oh my God I can see it. Now I cannot unsee it.

[Bucho]

Originally Posted by SanFranStagehand

I want Myka to critique everyone's submissions.

Oh fuck yeah, she's totally in her element with her analysis of it and totally hilarious.

[GMan]

Originally Posted by yoav

i can't believe people know so much about religion, do you feel like you've wasted your life?

No. Does not knowing anything seem like a waste of a life to you?

[yoav]

Originally Posted by GMan

No. Does not knowing anything seem like a waste of a life to you?

yes, not knowing anything would have been a huge waste of my life. hence the comment.

it's like people who obsess over star trek or role playing games. all that time you could have spent learning stuff instead of fixating on one random story or subculture. i don't get it, and was hoping for a deeper insight than you just being defensive. sorry for worrying your fucking sensibilities.

[gin_web]

It's funny hearing Myka Fox rip into the stand-up submissions after her poor 100-for-30 and her general shitty contribution to the show.

Note - I wasn't one of the submissions, I haven't submitted, I'm willing to admit the submissions weren't hot.

[Bucho]

Originally Posted by gin_web

It's funny hearing Myka Fox rip into the stand-up submissions after her poor 100-for-30 and her general shitty contribution to the show.

Note - I wasn't one of the submissions, I haven't submitted, I'm willing to admit the submissions weren't hot.

Funny how?

Funny as in Myka's not a stand-up comic but she critiques the submissions?

Like how Chemda's not a stand up comic but she critiques the submissions?

Funny how Gin?

[Junkenstein]

Originally Posted by Bucho

Myka's not a stand-up comic but she critiques the submissions?

She isnt?

But she did stand-up for a while, didnt she?

Correct me if i'm wrong and colour me vagina.

[Bucho]

Originally Posted by Junkenstein

She isnt?

But she did stand-up for a while, didnt she?

Correct me if i'm wrong and colour me vagina.

Yeah she's definitely done it some in the past before but I'm sure she's never been full-time pro like the majority of guests.

[BrianAlt]

Originally Posted by gin_web

It's funny hearing Myka Fox rip into the stand-up submissions after her poor 100-for-30 and her general shitty contribution to the show.

You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

Originally Posted by Bucho

Funny how?

What he said.