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I came across a passage in a Washington Post article today that contains one of the most stunning, sublime and accurate comparisons between any two things I've ever encountered in my life! I gasped -- then howled -- then gasped again -- when I read it!!

The article itself is awesome. It is about how Pope Francis, for all his supposedly modernizing tendencies, is the most old school Pope in a long time when it comes to the Devil. He has been preaching incessantly about Satan, and has granted far greater recognition to the proponents of exorcism in the Church than they've enjoyed in decades.

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The passage I'm talking about has one of these exorcists, a Swiss gentleman named Rev. Cesar Truqui, recount an experience he recently had on a Swissair flight. Here it is in all its glory:

Quote:During the conference, the Rev. Cesar Truqui, an exorcist based in Switzerland, recounted one experience he had aboard a Swissair flight. “Two lesbians,” he said, had sat behind him on the plane. Soon afterward, he said, he felt Satan’s presence. As he silently sought to repel the evil spirit through prayer, one of the women, he said, began growling demonically and threw chocolates at his head.

Asked how he knew the woman was possessed, he said that “once you hear a Satanic growl, you never forget it. It’s like smelling Margherita pizza for the first time. It’s something you never forget.”

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I most be the only guy who clicked on this thread thinking 'ooooohh - pizza!'

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I think a lot of Catholics don't realise that every Catholic priest is still trained and required to perform Exorcisms - and that the official dogma of the Catholic church is to take it very seriously.

I love winding up my Catholic dad about this.

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The thread title made me jealous when I first saw it.

Beyond All Seas

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling

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Incidentally, I have no problems with the Church and I'm not trying to make any political or religious point whatsoever.

I just wanted to appreciate the beauty and excellence of that story and its crowning comparison!

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I expected 2 girls 1 pizza!

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I thought this was going to be the title of some lame SPWL comedy sketch.

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