tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post4299513340423625998..comments2024-01-17T07:03:57.842+00:00Comments on The Mad Ranter: Papal giftsFlipChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-36018375585659964022010-09-20T11:47:07.332+01:002010-09-20T11:47:07.332+01:00I popped in to Birmingham on saturday (driving in ...I popped in to Birmingham on saturday (driving in past a banner on the Hagley Road which said "all religion is delusional") and went to the museum, where the cross was on display. A fantastic thing it was, and certainly allowed one to understand what the original, now squashed and broken in the same case, would have looked like back in the 8th century.<br /><br /><br /><br />I have never heard so many German accents in Birmingham either - it seemed there were a lot of nuns and priests over from Germany for the trip.walkerno5noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-53492631069512607652010-09-17T17:02:50.918+01:002010-09-17T17:02:50.918+01:00Sorry the image is still vivid in my mind and I ca...Sorry the image is still vivid in my mind and I cannot get my words out. The last sentence should read something like:<br /><br />It made me sick to see so much wealth based on so much talk of goodwill and yet still people are suffering.Tavhttp://www.wfa.org.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-85048890898175152232010-09-17T16:58:43.216+01:002010-09-17T16:58:43.216+01:00I was in the Vatican last week. I can tell you if...I was in the Vatican last week. I can tell you if you are Catholic or religions don't visit the place. I saw an old crippled-over woman begging on the streets as a priest drove past in a top of the range black Mercedes Benz, chauffeur driven of course. It makes you sick to see so much wealth for with some much talk of good and still people suffering.Tavhttp://www.wfa.org.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-80555063167872150512010-09-17T12:32:43.884+01:002010-09-17T12:32:43.884+01:00And there I was thinking that a Qur'an might b...And there I was thinking that a Qur'an might be controversial. Hey I bet they could even Dawkins to sign it for him too.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-68397825003284869742010-09-17T11:35:44.620+01:002010-09-17T11:35:44.620+01:00Mischievously I'd have bought him "The Go...Mischievously I'd have bought him "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins.<br /><br />But then I do enjoy stirring up the religious.walkerno5noreply@blogger.com