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To: miss marmelstein; Mark17
Ever see this going on in your local house of worship?

Mark, ever see this, or something like it, in the Philippines around Mandy Thursday?


35 posted on 09/07/2016 6:45:31 AM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
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To: Gamecock

This photo tells me nothing.


37 posted on 09/07/2016 7:08:17 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: Gamecock
I know they have Maundy Thursday. I have heard of some people whipping themselves, but I have never actually physically seen anyone doing it. I know they crucify 3 guys every year. I think that is in Manila.
On the surface, the Philippines is a Catholic country, but below the surface, they are generally animist. They worship spirits, and have some superstitions. The strangest one, is the one where they tell you to be careful, or you will get pinched by a dwarf.
Freep mail me if you want an explanation of that. I thought it was a big joke, till I saw it on TV, and I knew it was dead serious.
52 posted on 09/07/2016 9:43:56 AM PDT by Mark17 (Calvary's love has never faltered. All it's wonder still remains. Souls still take eternal passage.)
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To: Gamecock

Not a Catholic here but flagellation has its Christian roots in Europe without regard for where it may be practiced today.


464 posted on 09/14/2016 7:18:30 PM PDT by SouthParkRepublican
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