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Atheists & Agnostics

onager

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5. And a Blessed Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus upon you!

Reply to uriel1972 (Original post)

Thu Dec 31, 2015, 06:28 PM

Dec 2015

Yes, that feast is a real thing. Invented by Pope Pius XII, a/k/a "Hitler's Pope."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII

Don't know if any of Jesus' other body parts rate a Holy Feast. I do remember reading somewhere that in the Middle Ages, no fewer than 42 cathedrals claimed to possess the One and Only Gen=u-wine Foreskin of Jesus.

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A Blessed Feast of the Athiest Pig upon you... [View all] uriel1972 Dec 2015 OP

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This is one I could support. DavidDvorkin Dec 2015 #3

Naming all these obscure days that nobody celebrates edhopper Dec 2015 #4

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Those things edhopper Jan 2016 #10

And a Blessed Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus upon you! onager Dec 2015 #5

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And Abraham's Troublesome Hemorrhoid? Arugula Latte Jan 2016 #11

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... Arugula Latte Jan 2016 #13

I had the annual Feast of Sauerkraut and Kielbasa for New Years awoke_in_2003 Jan 2016 #15