Does the audience applaud the bong or the catcher?
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
This Congregation Is Incensed!
Does the audience applaud the bong or the catcher?
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Does the audience applaud the bong or the catcher?
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ROFL, and spewing my coffee. That was amazing at the 3:14 mark.
I doubt the insurance companies would allow such a right in American churches.
Todd Wilken says that KFUO-AM playing contemporary Christian music, and some of the songs lyrics aren't even religious--just sung by Christian group:
A Song Heard on KFUO AM (and maybe at a church near you), by Todd Wilken:
http://steadfastlutherans.org/?p=9027
The reason for the applause is that the rope didn't break!
HAHA, incense bong!
Another rite that wasn't taken over into Protestantism. Perhaps we should have since incense combats body odor, and the small of marijuana which may be in some people's clothing. Ahem. That reminds me that the 60s and 70s seminarians in the LCMS were the ones pushing the smells and bells. Hmm:
Botafumeiro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botafumeiro
Many other cathedrals had similar large thuribles at one time. However, most of the other cathedrals discontinued the use of their swinging censers over the years.
Dispersing incense smoke inside the church under these conditions was probably a reasonable approach to combat the bodily odors of the accumulated masses. It was also believed that incense smoke had a prophylactic effect in the time of plagues and epidemics. Of course, incense burning is also an important part of the liturgy, being an "oration to God", or form of prayer.
Picture of pulley the Botafumeiro hangs on:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/SantCompostela51.jpg
Some Lutheran pastors, those who call themselves Fathers, are so touched by this, they weep in utter joy, hoping one day they can introduce the same to their congregations.
LPC
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