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ACA SNARF/SNARF BY THE BUSSY OF THUNDARA  4mo ago (text post) 237 thread views #246053

I went to the store today and every single Mexican there had way more dirt on their face than usual. It turns out it's some r-slurred Catholic ritual where they smear burnt leaves on your face.

I thought Mormonism was weird but at least you get extra kitty if you play by 1830s Core Rules.

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Yeah and the ashes are supposed to be from the burnt palm fronds from palm sunday the year prior

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So do they have a special storage room full of leaves and ashes lmao

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Idk it's the weirdest thing because they kept telling us it's from the fronds but I never saw anyone return them.

Likely the church wholesaler burns the leftovers and then supplies holy ashes or smth

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That's probably it, a centralized grower and burner and then they distribute the ashes

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Everything in the church comes from a catalog. It's incredibly sacrilegious imo but what a niche market to be in

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didn't Jesus get pissed off at dudes selling stuff by the church

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Yeah

Mammon won. Back in the olden days monks or nuns would make a lot of church goods like candles, wine, Eucharist. Artisans (themselves believers) would make the rest.

As monasteries and convents collapsed private enterprise bought out the market. I think there is one convent left where they bake Eucharist still.

Megachurches even have tithing ATMs in the lobbies

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Oh yeah, that's why in the 700-800s the Vikings targeted monasteries as easy scores, they were absolute centers of industry.

So basically danish pirates gave rise to capitalism?

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In some strange, roundabout way yeah.

What really tanked the monastery enrollment was not making it mandatory

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