Catholics in space - been done!

This discussion reminded me....

Sometime in the early 80s, there were adds in the back of Dragon(TM) Magazine
for a PBeM RPG. The adds pictured an urban block with skyscrapers, etc. being
torched by a floating SDNesque ship.

The caption read (roughly) "In 2180, Excommunication is a harsh penalty."

I can't recall the game and am FAAAR tooooo laaaazy to look up the add, but
obviously the
idea of the Papacy having a whup-ass fleet was
at least entertaining enough to spin someones imagination engine up to
speed..... and it was compelling imagery....

Tomb

PS - One fundamental difference between
Catholics and Protestants (at least Presbyterians) seems to be that a Catholic
can screw up and then say "Ooops! Sorry!", get his 4000 Hail Mary's and be
absolved. Protestants just seem to get to carry their crimes with them until
they meet St.Peter and then they have to answer for them. Seems to me (from a
strictly recruiting oriented PoV) that the Catholic model is much more
appealing....;)

PPS - My list of friends includes: Atheists,
Agnostics, Pagans (including Wiccans), Southern
Episcopal/Baptist types, Catholics, followers of
the Church of the Sub-Genius,  Presbyterians, I
think a Muslim or two, a Protestant with heavy mystic tradition leanings, and
some Buddhists and possibly a Shinto follower. The diversity is fascinating
and anyone with any sense (IMO) can see there are many potent similarities
between the messages of all of the faiths. Here's an odd thought (it's
late...): Maybe if there is a Supreme Dude, he suffers from
multiple-personality disorder? ...or just has
one wicked sense of humor.....:)

Read James Cabell... and have (depending on your religious proclivities)
either aspirin or beer close at hand.

> Thomas Barclay wrote:

Thomas Barclay schrieb:
> Here's an odd thought (it's late...): Maybe if

Could be worse. Have a look at the cartoon on:
http://www.peterzale.com/comics.html

;-)

G'day,

> PS - One fundamental difference between

I'm Protestant, Derek's Catholic and when we were meeting Derek's priest
before we got married he asked me if I knew the difference between our
religions I said we got to heaven faster (no purgatory to sit
through)....
unfortunately he didn't have a sense of humour;)

> Maybe if there is a Supreme Dude, he suffers from

She has;)

Cheers

> KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:

> Thomas Barclay schrieb:

God is a stand-up comic playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

"Its lonely being a moderate activist, quietly marching down the street
holding a placard that reads 'Reasonable, informed discussion of the