that time of year again

[zippyknowsbest]

Ha ha, just what the world needed.

'Hava Merry Christas'. *snort* Oy!

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[zippyknowsbest]

It's so we Chosen People can send you Gentiles Christmas cards.

Or maybe just screw with each other, I don't know.

[zippyknowsbest]

You ain't lyin', bubeleh.

[zippyknowsbest]

Pretty much. Oh, and feel guilty all the time.

...your icon.... oh, Jean-Paul.

[zippyknowsbest]

Well, me being me, I think it's hilarious of course. But I can mock Jesus. You're not supposed to.

[zippyknowsbest]

What makes Mary so great? She's a symbol of celibacy.

[zippyknowsbest]

Well, I guess that is pretty nice, if you can buy it.

[zippyknowsbest]

It interests me from a feminist perspective how the Catholic church-- or at least you, as a Catholic-- ascribes judgment to Christ yet infinite benevolence-- and deific status-- to Mary, when there's nothing Scriptural to support the latter at all, even in the so-called New Testament. The Virgin Cult is pretty fascinating from a historical perspective.

What about them?

[zippyknowsbest]

You are, yes. And haha, this would be one of the huge divides between Jews and youse.

Mass psychic manifestations fueled by collective faith? Other supernatural forces working through the statues, including but not limited to either G-d or possible malevolent spirits? Pre-Christian magic co-opted and adopted by the faith, like in the Santeria tradition? Mutants with strong religious bents or upbringings unconsciously using psychokinetic powers to create stigmata?

Just as a few options.