[lbo-talk] Modanna (Esther) coming to visit for Rosh Ha'shanah...plans to do pilgrimage to Rachel's Tomb in Israeli occupiedportion of Bethlehem

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Tue Sep 14 12:55:09 PDT 2004



>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>Michael Dawson wrote:
>
>>Good luck with this. Kaballah is an IQ test. If you believe it, you
>>fail.
>
>Compared to what? The doctrine that god had a sone who came down to earth,
>born of a virgin, was crucified only to rise from the dead and be taken
>bodily into heaven, while commanding his followers to eat his symbolic
>flesh and drink his symbolic blood?

[I prefer Tom Lehrer's version:]

The Vatican Rag

First you get down on your knees Fiddle with your rosaries Bow your head with great respect And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect

Do whatever steps you want if You have cleared them with the Pontiff Everybody say his own kyrie eleison Doin' the Vatican Rag

Get in line in that processional Step into that small confessional There, the guy who's got religion'll Tell you if your sin's original

If it is, try playin' it safer Drink the wine and chew the wafer Two, four, six, eight Time to transubstantiate

So get down upon your knees Fiddle with your rosaries Bow your head with great respect And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect

Make a cross on your abdomen When in Rome do like a Roman Ave Maria, gee it's good to see ya Gettin' ecstatic an' sorta dramatic an' Doin' the Vatican Rag

[The incomparable TL sings it here: <http://www.turoks.net/Cabana/VaticanRag.htm>]

Carl



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