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  • Opening Vaults May Anger Deity, Supreme Court Told

    07/17/2011 3:22:06 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    Hindustan Times ^ | July 14, 2011
    The scion of the erstwhile Travancore Royal Family has advised the Supreme Court not to direct opening of the last cellar (vault B) of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala as it could invite the deity's wrath. In an affidavit before SC, Rama Varma said the vault had an insignia of a ‘serpent’ indicating that it would not be advisable to open the treasure trove. Alternatively, he said an appeasement ceremony be held before opening the vault to mollify the deity. “The opening of the last cellar namely 'B' is not advisable because ‘serpent’ sign at the entrance indicates...
  • President Tells Pope How to Reform Church (No, not that president)

    06/16/2010 10:00:21 AM PDT · by IbJensen · 2 replies · 230+ views
    TFP ^ | 6/10/2010 | Luiz Sérgio Solimeo
    A rather unexpected voice just joined the chorus of the liberal media outcry over sex scandals among some Catholic clergymen: none other than Evo Morales, Bolivia’s socialist and neopagan president. A Neopagan Socialist... Indeed, Mr. Morales, leader of the Movement to Socialism, figured he should teach the Pope how things in the Church ought to be run. For those who may not know, he was inaugurated President of Bolivia in 2006 using indigenous pagan rituals.1 The Bolivian newspaper Los Tiempos, of Cochabamba (6/20/2006), described the ceremony: “Evo Morales assumed political power with a spectacular display of religious rituals alluding to...