Buy book, receive magic amulet of magicalness!!!

Sarky

I got a pamphlet through my letterbox Friday that I only got round to reading today. It's hawking a "miraculous medal" as a gift fom Heaven and suggesting that wearing it will provide you with "great grace", whatever the hell that is, which may perform such wonderful feats as:

- Help people in their studies and work
- "Special protection", presumably from the Atheist Mafia
- Cure physical ailments
- Aid the spiritual regeneration of "our dear country" (clearly in a way that is much better than the Church's organisations being brought to task for the horrific things they have allowed)

Of course they're not willing to provide such amazing miracles for free, you have to send them money and buy a book about how wonderful and amazing and holy miraculous medals are. But that's ok, because "since [the medal] is already blessed you can begin using it immediately" along with a powerful prayer included out of the goodness of their hearts.


Seemed totally legit ( :pac::pac::pac: ), so I went to their website. The latest article they had was nearly a year old, which makes the pamphlet even more intriguing. It was about how a filthy "self-avowed lesbian" was doing an art exhibition where the virgin mother was portrayed in a bikini while an angel with naked boobies was present, because that obviously never happened in any Renaissance art, and how they're calling for everyone to sit down and have a good hard pray to make such an insult go away. There's a whole section on how the Lisbon Treaty is a horrible uncatholic travesty, too.

They have a youth section too. The first article I clicked on began with "Everything the Church does is wise."

I'm torn between hysterical laughter and slack-jawed horror. Has anyone else been getting these things? Is that website another example of Poe's Law? How much delicious imported beer could I have been drinking while I typed this post?

Doctor DooM

Reminds me of this a bit. Well worth it although man you'd want to punch prophet Poppet...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYwLGYVrUn4

i bet it's only +1

krudler

meh, build up your sneaking and bow skills, you'll be better off

Sarky

Now I think about it, I remember these things being given out to everyone in secondary school by one of those religious speakers they always got in to talk about how God saved them from alcohol/drugs/getting laid. They did buggerall but chafe; the string they used was nasty.

A few years later I got a Boba Fett t-shirt for Christmas. I got laid mere minutes after putting it on. Now that's miraculous.

Galvasean

Those amulets don't work. Just look what happened to Ultra Magnus...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8N4MJGp_6E

EGAR

An older farmer I helped out once with his animals gave me a medal. I was intrigued and asked him a few questions about it and he told me he bought it from Christina Gallagher and he regularly send her small amounts of money to *help her*.

This guy had barely enough money to feed himself, never mind his animals, yet he sent that .... well, I am actually lost for a word to describe her... a fiver every second week .

Obviously, there was no talking to him and I didn't try but it saddened me deeply.

Zillah

Galvasean wrote: »

Those amulets don't work. Just look what happened to Ultra Magnus...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8N4MJGp_6E

Not entirely on topic; but you really can't beat those 80's cartoon lasers. Some seriously cool effects that still look amazing today. I'm gonna go see if there's any dinoriders videos. I bet there are dinorider videos.

Dades

I was looking for a fitness app (for the missis!) on the iPad last night and came across this one:

http://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/weight-loss-holy-spirit/id376060193?mt=8

Description wrote:

This app utilizes profound discoveries with the Holy Spirit to help you regain self control and have more love for life and your body. Unnatural urges, inclinations, and out of control feelings are created from the sinful nature that is within us. By utilizing this app you invite the Holy Spirit into those parts of you so the sinful nature can no longer dwell, thus regaining all self control. More specifically, this app uses specific God and Holy Spirit focused Hypnosis sessions to help you

I'm pissed I didn't get a magic amulet in my door, however. :pac:

Corkfeen

As a result of this topic, I ended up watching 3 episodes of Transformer at 3am. :eek: This happens to me on other forums but A&A. :eek: Curse you Galvasean (with my magic amulet). To quote the strangest dialogue I have ever heard, 'My Lubricant is leaking'.

Morag

Sarky wrote: »

I got a pamphlet through my letterbox Friday that I only got round to reading today. It's hawking a "miraculous medal" as a gift fom Heaven and suggesting that wearing it will provide you with "great grace", whatever the hell that is, which may perform such wonderful feats as:

- Help people in their studies and work
- "Special protection", presumably from the Atheist Mafia
- Cure physical ailments
- Aid the spiritual regeneration of "our dear country" (clearly in a way that is much better than the Church's organisations being brought to task for the horrific things they have allowed)

Of course they're not willing to provide such amazing miracles for free, you have to send them money and buy a book about how wonderful and amazing and holy miraculous medals are. But that's ok, because "since [the medal] is already blessed you can begin using it immediately" along with a powerful prayer included out of the goodness of their hearts.


Seemed totally legit ( :pac::pac::pac: ), so I went to their website. The latest article they had was nearly a year old, which makes the pamphlet even more intriguing. It was about how a filthy "self-avowed lesbian" was doing an art exhibition where the virgin mother was portrayed in a bikini while an angel with naked boobies was present, because that obviously never happened in any Renaissance art, and how they're calling for everyone to sit down and have a good hard pray to make such an insult go away. There's a whole section on how the Lisbon Treaty is a horrible uncatholic travesty, too.

They have a youth section too. The first article I clicked on began with "Everything the Church does is wise."

I'm torn between hysterical laughter and slack-jawed horror. Has anyone else been getting these things? Is that website another example of Poe's Law? How much delicious imported beer could I have been drinking while I typed this post?

It's the new guise of the Natrual Law party, doing it's best to look like the new legion of Mary.