There's a reason we have "third world" countries

[Yawn]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_on_re_as/nepal_living_goddess

And not because she left the country. I mean, worshiping pre-puberty girls? Amazed that the stars of MSNBC's "To Catch a Predator" aren't buying tickets by the droves to live in this ****ed up country.

Oh wait. They're all in jail.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

You might be the first person to ever call Nepal a ****ed-up country. Are you going to mock Bhutan for tracking the Gross National Happiness of its citizens?

I'm sure the Hindus think we Christians have some screwy customs as well.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Of course, he is.
The people there are brown, and he couldn't find either place on a map if you outlined them in neon.

 

[jgmacg]

Worshipping little girls? Weird!

Saint Bernadette, born Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (January 7, 1844 - April 16, 1879), was a shepherd girl from the town of Lourdes in southern France. From February to July 1858, she reported eighteen apparitions of "a Lady." Despite initial skepticism from the Roman Catholic Church, these claims were eventually declared to be worthy of belief after a canonical investigation. After her death, Bernadette's body remained "incorruptible", and the shrine at Lourdes went on to become a major site for pilgrimage, attracting millions of Catholics each year. In 1933 she was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

 

[alleyallen]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_on_re_as/nepal_living_goddess

And not because she left the country. I mean, worshiping pre-puberty girls? Amazed that the stars of MSNBC's "To Catch a Predator" aren't buying tickets by the droves to live in this ****ed up country.

Oh wait. They're all in jail.

Yeah, because no Christians worship anyone other than God.

There's this, in case your education needed a little beefing up, which apparently it does:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_saints

 

[Eagles1 in London]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070703/ap_on_re_as/nepal_living_goddess

And not because she left the country. I mean, worshiping pre-puberty girls? Amazed that the stars of MSNBC's "To Catch a Predator" aren't buying tickets by the droves to live in this ****ed up country.

Oh wait. They're all in jail.

have you ever been there? have you ever lived among people who viewed you as the foreigner? Try it sometime and maybe you'd be less quick to talk out of your ass when it comes to people who live in the rest of the world.

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

Olson twins?

 

[Songbird]

Olson twins?

Love 'em.

 

[Perry White]

A little more background info, via Wikipedia:

The end of a Kumari's divinity is abrupt and totally unplanned. As soon as she menstruates, Durga 'vacates her body' and she reverts to being a mere mortal. Once a new Kumari has been selected, the former Kumari undergoes a number of rituals that formally divest her of her status. Over four days, the symbols of her divinity are taken away from her. Once this 'unfolding of the plait' is complete, she is left with but a gold coin and a piece of the regal red fabric in which she has been clothed during her years as Kumari.

Former Kumaris receive a pension from the state of 6000 rupees per month ($80). This is around twice the official minimum wage and around four times the average income in this poverty-stricken country. They often continue to be called Kumari rather than by the names given to them at birth. Although they are once again part of the ordinary world, they are often unable to fully shake off the mystique associated with having been a Kumari and often have trouble adjusting to 'normal' life.

Popular superstition says that a man who marries a Kumari is doomed to die within six months by coughing up blood. In reality, however, it seems that most Kumaris do not have trouble eventually finding husbands. All of the living former Kumaris with exception of the youngest ones have married.

Here are some pictures of her visit to Maryland: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andycarvin/sets/72157600376630844/

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

OK, as one of the house papists, I have to point out that, techinically, we don't "worship" saints. They are considered mediators -- and mediatrixes. ooooh! -- on our behalf in heaven.
We do however create creepy little cults out of them, as jmac illustrated.

 

[alleyallen]

OK, as one of the house papists, I have to point out that, techinically, we don't "worship" saints. They are considered mediators -- and mediatrixes. ooooh! -- on our behalf in heaven.
We do however create creepy little cults out of them, as jmac illustrated.

Worship, cults, whatever. When a prayer is directed toward one of them, then I consider that a misdirection of the prayer within the Christian precepts.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Yeah, but Jennifer Jones did a great job in that movie.

 

[spnited]

In the Catholic Church, Alley, it is referred to as the adoration of the saints (not worship). You pray to the saints to intercede with God on your behalf (see, I remember some of the crap I learned in grammar school).
Not saying I buy it, just saying .....

 

[The Big Ragu]

Does anyone else think we should chip in for a plane ticket and send Yawn to a third-world country so he can spread some of his culture?

 

[spnited]

As long as it's one-way Ragu.

 

[Idaho]

 

[Songbird]

Send him to Trench Town for a week, and speaking from experience, he'll appreciate life a little better.

 

[alleyallen]

In the Catholic Church, Alley, it is referred to as the adoration of the saints (not worship). You pray to the saints to intercede with God on your behalf (see, I remember some of the crap I learned in grammar school).
Not saying I buy it, just saying .....

Thanks for the edu-ma-cation, Spnited. Appreciate it. And while I do appreciate the clarification, I was simply trying to make the point with Yawn.

 

[spnited]

Oh, I understand.
But how can you make a point to an idioit?

 

[alleyallen]

Oh, I understand.
But how can you make a point to an idioit?

I like pointless challenges.