Jesus Christ, King of Poland?
Forty-six Polish MPs have signed a bill hoping to make Jesus Christ the official King of Poland. Full story here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6200539.stm).
That would make Poland the second country in the world to have a dead man as its official leader (North Korea has Kim Il-Sung, who died in 1994, as its President).
They have some strange politicians in Poland! :eek:
ConscribedComradeship
22-12-2006, 19:56
Forty-six Polish MPs have signed a bill hoping to make Jesus Christ the official King of Poland. Full story here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6200539.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6200539.stm).
That would make Poland the second country in the world to have a dead man as its official leader (North Korea has Kim Il-Sung, who died in 1994, as its President).
They have some strange politicians in Poland! :eek:
Psst, you put the URL twice in the link.
South Lizasauria
22-12-2006, 19:58
psst... the links a 404
Sumamba Buwhan
22-12-2006, 20:01
That is kinda kuhl lol
I may go over as a Channeler of Jesus so that I can tell them how he wants their country run.
Poglavnik
22-12-2006, 20:02
That explain rather large number of Polak jokes
Psst, you put the URL twice in the link.
Fixed. ;)
New New Lofeta
22-12-2006, 20:24
Seperation of the State and Church ftw?
New Genoa
22-12-2006, 20:40
Jesus always was into acquiring political power like it says in the good book, amirite?
New Burmesia
22-12-2006, 20:54
Proof of the theory that idiocy trumps common sense.
Congo--Kinshasa
22-12-2006, 20:59
I think ":eek:!" about sums things up nicely.
Iztatepopotla
22-12-2006, 21:02
How's that for a theocracy?
Eltaphilon
22-12-2006, 21:07
All hail zombie Jesus!
Arrkendommer
22-12-2006, 21:13
All hail zombie Jesus!
Yeah! He should totally come back and.....wait......
United Beleriand
22-12-2006, 21:27
Forty-six Polish MPs have signed a bill hoping to make Jesus Christ the official King of Poland. Full story here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6200539.stm).
That would make Poland the second country in the world to have a dead man as its official leader (North Korea has Kim Il-Sung, who died in 1994, as its President).
They have some strange politicians in Poland! :eek:wtf
The Mindset
22-12-2006, 21:40
I don't think it's just the Polish politicians that are strange, the Polish as a whole are strange. Every Pole I've met was a little off. It was creepy.
The Aeson
22-12-2006, 21:50
Technically, they already have a dead person as a ruler.
If the bill becomes law, Jesus will follow the path of the Virgin Mary, who was declared honorary queen of Poland by King John Casimir 350 years ago.
Darknovae
22-12-2006, 21:51
Dubbyew tee eff, mate?
:eek:
Imperial isa
22-12-2006, 21:59
Technically, they already have a dead person as a ruler.
getting told what to do by dead person oh my, what next
The Great Sixth Reich
22-12-2006, 22:10
They have some strange politicians in Poland! :eek:
Jesus Christ as king of a country ruled by two twin brothers...:)
Swilatia
22-12-2006, 22:37
i hope this doesent become a law. kaczynski is trying to turn Poland into a theocracy, and must be stopped at all costs.
Swilatia
22-12-2006, 22:46
Jesus Christ as king of a country ruled by two twin brothers...:)
um... most poles did not vote for those two morons. only 45% of the country's ppl actually voted.
1. How is this a problem? After all, Jesus is not going to be giving anybody orders anytime soon.
2. Swilatia, if you don't vote, your opinion is completely irrelevant. So yeah.
Most of the Poles whose opinion matters voted for Kaczynski (sp?) .
Pepe Dominguez
02-01-2007, 17:54
I like the Poles, but maybe that's just me. Being from Chicago, I've known a few, and they're alright.
Anyway, a symbolic religious statement in some contexts isn't a big thing. It's probably not odd for Poland. After all, don't Greece and the U.K. have state religion? I don't think the local unbelievers are bothered. The Orthodox Church even took over Greece after the War for a while, and things went on as usual.
I like the Poles, but maybe that's just me. Being from Chicago, I've known a few, and they're alright.
Anyway, a symbolic religious statement in some contexts isn't a big thing. It's probably not odd for Poland. After all, don't Greece and the U.K. have state religion? I don't think the local unbelievers are bothered. The Orthodox Church even took over Greece after the War for a while, and things went on as usual.
Sweden has a state religion too.
The entire thing about 'separation of church and state' is overrated really.
Pepe Dominguez
02-01-2007, 18:00
The entire thing about 'separation of church and state' is overrated really.
I kinda like it, but then again, if it made no practical difference that the country I lived in had a stated historical preferrence, I think I could deal with it.
The Potato Factory
02-01-2007, 18:09
Technically, they already have a dead person as a ruler.
Wouldn't this law make Jesus and Mary MARRIED, then?
...
Eww.
The Potato Factory
02-01-2007, 18:13
I don't think it's just the Polish politicians that are strange, the Polish as a whole are strange. Every Pole I've met was a little off. It was creepy.
Agreed.
Aarindor
02-01-2007, 18:17
Wouldn't this law make Jesus and Mary MARRIED, then?
...
Eww.
Nope, a Queen isn't always the wife of the King...
Also she is "honorary" Queen, that means that she held the title only in name but not in fact... (As well as "honorary" citizen of a country aren't required to pay that country taxes...)
Tirindor
02-01-2007, 18:57
This kinda' stuff is not uncommon. There is some Southeast Asian (or South American, I cannot recall which) nation that had declared the Virgin Mary its honorary Field Marshal. It is basically just a testament to that nation's religiosity.
It certainly doesn't represent theocracy or even an intrusion of church into state (on account of this effecting absolutely no one), which you guys obviously toss around as the new "fascism." Theocracy is clerical rule.
The Alma Mater
02-01-2007, 19:00
Forty-six Polish MPs have signed a bill hoping to make Jesus Christ the official King of Poland.
Suppose we miraculously discover that the reason for the lack of objective historical eviddence for Jesus existence is that he in fact is a mixture of several great men, legends and philosophy. Or, to rephrase, not a real person.
How would Poland solve this ?
New Burmesia
02-01-2007, 19:25
Suppose we miraculously discover that the reason for the lack of objective historical eviddence for Jesus existence is that he in fact is a mixture of several great men, legends and philosophy. Or, to rephrase, not a real person.
How would Poland solve this ?
A collegial monarchy? You know, like Andorra.
The Potato Factory
03-01-2007, 00:59
This kinda' stuff is not uncommon. There is some Southeast Asian (or South American, I cannot recall which) nation that had declared the Virgin Mary its honorary Field Marshal. It is basically just a testament to that nation's religiosity.
"I'm sorry, commander, but I'm ordering you to withdraw your troops from the field. The fucking VIRGIN MARY is commanding there. You're way out of your league here."
"I'm sorry, commander, but I'm ordering you to withdraw your troops from the field. The fucking VIRGIN MARY is commanding there. You're way out of your league here."
I think you'll find the Virgin Mary doesn't have much time for fucking. Suck to be her I guess :)
Rainbowwws
03-01-2007, 01:20
Is the king just a figure head in Poland? It would save money because you wouldn't have to pay him.
Darknovae
03-01-2007, 01:22
I think you'll find the Virgin Mary doesn't have much time for fucking. Suck to be her I guess :)
LAWL. :D
Darknovae
03-01-2007, 01:23
"I'm sorry, commander, but I'm ordering you to withdraw your troops from the field. The fucking VIRGIN MARY is commanding there. You're way out of your league here."
LOL. Irony. :D
The Alma Mater
03-01-2007, 06:56
LOL. Irony. :D
Anal and blowjobs :p ?
Forty-six Polish MPs have signed a bill hoping to make Jesus Christ the official King of Poland. Full story here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6200539.stm).
That would make Poland the second country in the world to have a dead man as its official leader (North Korea has Kim Il-Sung, who died in 1994, as its President).
They have some strange politicians in Poland! :eek:
Nice to see religious idiocy is not confined to the U.S., as it all too often seems.