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Holy Smoke: Burning incense, candles pollute air in churches
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| 8/19/06
| Ben Harder
Posted on 08/23/2006 7:21:50 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: elkfersupper
The even thicker clouds of incense we Easterners use don't seem to have much ill effect on the longevity of our monks and bishops, who breath lots more of the sweet smelling incense than laymen or even priest, deacons or those of us in minor orders.
Of course, maybe it's the parafin candles the Latins use. . .we make a point of using beeswax.
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posted on
08/23/2006 8:31:04 PM PDT
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: The_Reader_David
Of course, maybe it's the parafin candles the Latins use. . .we make a point of using beeswax. Candles in the Latin Rite are supposed to be at least 51% beeswax. Beeswax smokes a LOT more than paraffin, BTW.
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posted on
08/23/2006 8:43:05 PM PDT
by
Campion
("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
To: elkfersupper
I was wondering when the anti-smoking lobby would target the churches.
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posted on
08/23/2006 8:49:38 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
To: elkfersupper
Right away I notice the lack of absolute numbers. "Seven times more" than when no candles were lit.
If they gave numbers in particles/m3 or mg/m3, you could compare the results to years of industrial hygiene studies from industry.
Apparently,, when we have our "sustainable economy" to stop global warming, it will not include candles or, heaven forbid, fire (the dioxin emission alone would raise the global cancer risk .0015). Or religion, other than Gaia.
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posted on
08/23/2006 8:50:28 PM PDT
by
DBrow
To: Campion
Of course it does. (Beeswax smoking more, that is.)
Is the rubric calling for 51% beeswax followed? Candles on Latin altars always look so white!
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posted on
08/23/2006 8:52:50 PM PDT
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: BigSkyFreeper
I was wondering when the anti-smoking lobby would target the churches.They have been going after every little thing that lends a tiny bit of joy to life.
Now, they're going after the very meaning.
I'm still convinced it's going to take a shooting war to straighten all of this out.
To: narses
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:00:59 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- "if" only 10% are radical, that's 100 Million who want to kill us.)
To: elkfersupper
What about the last 2000 years in churches? What about the pioneers who only had candles and lanterns? What about ...? What about this nitwit?? Honestly, spare us.
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:14:34 PM PDT
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: elkfersupper
Come on in and get the candles, buddy.
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:15:24 PM PDT
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: elkfersupper
Nothing is sacred anymore.
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:18:19 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
To: bboop
I wonder what will happen when they start going after the electric grid. They expect us to live in dark caves?
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:19:46 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
I was wondering when the anti-smoking lobby would target the churches. It was only a matter of time.
I'm surprised it took them this long, quite honestly.
/rolling eyes.
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:21:25 PM PDT
by
kstewskis
("Tolerance is what happens when one loses their principles..." Fr. A. Saenz)
To: elkfersupper
Next they will be after my Lampe Berger!
Sheesh, this is getting ridiculous.
To: elkfersupper
Lol...
Talk about the law of unintended consequences!
It was the Vatican that kicked off the second hand smoke crusade in 1995..."Prohibetur Uti Fumo".
.
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:26:20 PM PDT
by
mugs99
(Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
To: elkfersupper
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:28:00 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: Westlander
Next cooking will be banned.
We'll all be eating tofu soon.
We'll all be enjoying our delicious and nutritious Soylent Green!
.
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:29:49 PM PDT
by
mugs99
(Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
To: elkfersupper
Another brain-dead attack on religion by the left.
Last year, I was listening to the radio news, and was amazed to hear another "serious" study that was also attacking the Church. It said that Catholic schoolgirls who wore the typical Catholic schoolgirl uniforms to school were more likely to attract the attention of men who have a fetish for such things. As a result, Catholic schoolgirls at greater risk for potential "trouble". The conclusion of the "study" was that perhaps it would be better if Catholic schoolgirls stopped wearing the uniforms, and simply wore regular clothes to school, like everyone else. Another little incremental step to take away Catholic identity.
I was flabbergasted at the rank stupidity of such assertions. The thing is, the anti-religous idiots who came up with this stuff probably thought they were being subtle.
And now this. We can't have candles and incense in Catholic Masses anymore because of the horrible pollution to which it exposes the faithful. What rubbish!! What will "they" think of next??
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:48:43 PM PDT
by
Zetman
(I believe the children are the next generation.)
To: elkfersupper
They envy the fact that some people find joy in living, and meaning in life.
The goal of some - not all - scientists is to destroy that joy and meaning.
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:50:55 PM PDT
by
satire
(I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
"Nothing is sacred anymore."
Campfires and Bar-b-que are next.
How about the aerosol sized droplets formed when a toilet is flushed?
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posted on
08/23/2006 9:57:44 PM PDT
by
rogator
To: elkfersupper
Finally something the Baptist aren't doing wrong. Except many Baptist do use candles on Christmas, Easter, Weddings and some of the fancy dinners like Mother daughter banquets. I sure some
non-tradional that use, incense.
If I could come up with low emission candles and incense I would be rich!
I have seen candles in many restaurants, but I have never seen them in a restaurant that serves lots of beans like a barbecue place.>
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posted on
08/23/2006 10:12:57 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(I spelled it the way I wanted to.)
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