This is now my new fave example of irony when explaining the word to Americans
I like that this site is'dedicated to smart, wired and independent reporting on the Vatican and worldwide Catholic Church'
Shame their virtues include blissful immunity to irony.
Lourdes shrine closes healing pools as precaution against coronavirus
As the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in Europe continued to grow, the French Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes announced that pilgrims were still welcome, but the pools the sick bathe in hoping for healing would be closed temporarily.
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simbosan is too tired, Sat 7 Mar 2020, 0:38,
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When I was teaching I asked a kid with Asperger's to go and find me a book about planets or something
He went off to find it, then poked his head out from around a shelf of books and said,
"Hmm, interesting to see that all the books on religion are in the non-fiction section".
To us, it's ironic. I just wonder how religious people deal with the cognitive dissonance.
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Sat 7 Mar 2020, 10:44,
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Books *about* religion are correctly filed as non-fiction
- in much the same way a book about Shakespeare's dramas isn't fictional.
Most bookshops file actual sacred texts in their own category. Libraries usual follow the DDC, which puts religion in its own category.
Sorry, dull. I'm a devil's avocado.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 7 Mar 2020, 16:03,
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So where would an actual bible go?
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FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Sat 7 Mar 2020, 18:16,
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I think the approved method is
1) Close eyes tight shut
2) Place the palms of your hands snugly over your ears
3) Sing LALALALALALALALALALALA at volume
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simbosan is too tired, Sat 7 Mar 2020, 22:51,
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