Poland ponders giving Jesus an earthly realm

[muriel_volestrangler]

A move is underway to make Jesus Christ the honorary king of Poland, the country's influential Rzeczpospolita newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The paper said the idea already has the backing of 10 per cent of the members in the 460-seat lower house of parliament.

More deputies in parliament would likely join in championing the cause if the country's clergy give their backing to the idea, Rzeczpospolita said.

One deputy, Artur Gorski, said some of his colleagues "were praying in the parliamentary chapel for (Jesus's) coronation," the paper reported.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/12/20/jesus-poland.html

Can 46 people, supposedly rational enough to get elected, really think this is a good idea?

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Don't give * any ideas . . . . n/t

[Javaman]

29. Naaa, that's not going to happen, moron* already thinks he's* king..

I don't think he would like having to defend his throne.

[rodeodance]

2. just when I think I have heard it all----along comes this. ho ho ho

[damntexdem]

3. Well, we saw how it turned out the last time they tried to ...

make Jesus king of an earthly realm. ;-)

[valerief]

4. I hear the Polish Holy Spirit is pissed beyond belief. He thought he

had that seat nailed.

:hide:

[Ian David]

5. Does that mean Jesus gets a parking spot and an office budget? n/t

[hatrack]

8. Also, will He still be eligible for Employee of the Month?

:eyes:

[Javaman]

27. I would love to see that photo on the wall...

more over who would be the following employee of the month??? talk about a hard act to follow.

[KamaAina]

6. Well, at least Someone didn't forget Poland!

Okay, I'll bite. How, precisely, do these Poles propose to carry out a coronation? :eyes:

[Javaman]

31. See that's the problem, they put in a call to the J man and his

schedule is just completely booked until the end of eternity or until march, which ever comes first. Whoa, I already said to much.

[Matariki]

7. I appreciate the reaction of the Catholic clergy though...

Backing from the church in this strongly Catholic country would be crucial for building support for the proposal, but on Wednesday several bishops criticized it, and said parliament should stay out of religious affairs.

"Let parliament deal with passing better laws that we need," Gdansk Archbishop Tadeusz Goclowski said.

"This kind of action, although it may stem from good will, sounds a bit like propaganda," said bishop Tadeusz Pieronk.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Good to hear - sensible clerics, if not lawmakers (n/t)

[Javaman]

28. Wow, separation of church and state, so that's what it's like...

dang maybe we should try it over here.

[lovuian]

9. Does his descendants become princes and princesses

I hope they have thought of that

[Tesha]

10. I wonder if Bethany Sloane is available?

[gratuitous]

11. They let five-year-olds into Poland's parliament?

I'm just waiting for Bill O'Reilly to hump on this.

[FrankieBud]

12. Curious that Poland is still so anti-Semitic. n/t

[Fenris]

13. His Kingdom was not of this world.

He made that very clear.

[anotherdrew]

17. so what? these brain damaged fundies don't give a shit, this is about them not HIM n/t

[VegasWolf]

14. I thought Jesus' earthly realm was already in Texas somewhere. nt

[Javaman]

32. It is, there is this great BBQ place on west 5th that heaven sent. nt

[VegasWolf]

40. Austin is not really Texas though! nt

[kineneb]

15. Has anyone told them

that Jesus wanted to be "King of the Jews" and that is what got him convicted of crimes against the (Roman) Empire?

[Zhade]

16. If they're pushing for this, they're not rational.

NT!

[Javaman]

33. Since when does rational thinking apply to this sort of thing?

Making a dead profit the king of a living nation makes all the sense in the world to me.

:crazy:

[bleedingheart]

18. My mother has always told me that the Polish people were very religious

and I thought she was just exaggerating

She is Lithuanian and is somewhat of an agnostic, but she told me that most Polish people she knew took the Roman faith to extremes...and she called me today to tell me that this is proof that she wasn't crazy when she told me that...

[saigon68]

19. Maybe we can pay the Poles to kill all the Islamics in a Crusade

It would be cheaper

</sarcasm>

[VegasWolf]

20. What exactly does this mean? Are they going to build houses for invisible sky people? nt

[Javaman]

34. Sounds like a great racket for some politico to graft some money...

"I hear-by propose that the pie in the sky deli for our king jesus be publicly funded and with me in charge!"

[msongs]

22. about time the Poles did something nice for Jews :-) nt

[Orrin_73]

30. Before WW2 Jews made some 10% of Polands

population.

"Poles suck in anti-Semitism with their mothers' milk. This is something that is deeply imbued in their tradition, their mentality. Like their loathing of Russia. The two things are not connected, of course. But that, too, is something very deep, like their hatred of Am Yisrael. Today, though, there are elements that are cleansed of this anti-Semitism." Former Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir in an interview on September 8, 1989, Friday Jerusalem Post.

[IndianaGreen]

23. I long for the days of Communism in Poland

When abortion was legal and free. When LGBTs were not persecuted. When Polish troops were not dying in Iraq.

[Javaman]

35. Baaaa, you know only communism works on paper!!!

What's the matter with you????





:sarcasm:

[SemperEadem]

24. Didn't Jesus already pass it up once for a heavenly one?

What do the Poles think would be different this time around? The internet?

[Javaman]

36. Jesus mulls a new offer...

In a cloud lined office somewhere up there, Jesus in his three piece business robe goes over paper work...

Jesus: hmmm, what's this? And offer from Poland to be their king?

Jesus briefs over the letter...

Jesus: free benefits? 1 month vacation with expenses paid? free wifi?

Jesus gazes out the window...

Jesus: wifi...That would be bitchin'...

[Tellurian]

25. "Poliscolypto"

The next Mel Gibson movie.
If he doesn't get picked up first for flinging Perogis at a Polish cop!
And arrested for making anti-kielbasa remarks against the Polaks.

[Javaman]

26. So does that mean his first royal order would be to feed can cloth the poor?

Oh sorry, that's right, he's only a ceremonial one.

Whooooooops!!! just what was I thinking...

[treestar]

37. What if Jesus can't pronounce the name of the influential newspaper?

Or refuses to learn Polish?

[northzax]

38. what about Good King Wenceslas?

huh?

[muriel_volestrangler]

39. From Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic (n/t)

[northzax]

41. pathetic excuse

I am an American, I want no truck with geography.

[POAS]

42. Geez, I forgot Poland!

[Critters2]

43. LOL!!! Don't forget Poland!! nt

[Critters2]

44. What a stupid idea! I'm surprised W didn't think of it first! nt