{"id":1932,"date":"2010-11-29T11:27:13","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2010-11-29T11:27:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T16:27:13","slug":"in-enemy-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=1932","title":{"rendered":"In Enemy Territory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the weekend, I attended a family function. It was my Uncle\u2019s 90th surprise birthday party and it was being held at a Knights of Columbus<\/a> Hall. The Knights of Columbus is like the super Catholic Freemasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Outside the Hall was a lawn sign which read, \u201cKeep the Christ in Christmas.\u201d So right away I knew this was going to be fun. Inside, there were crucifixes everywhere all complete with a detailed Jesus being tortured on them. It\u2019s a pretty violent image. While I didn\u2019t really examine it all that much, I am pretty sure Jesus was bloody too.<\/p>\n

In the main room, there were photos of various priests and other Catholic officials. Over the doorway to the main party room (where my Uncle\u2019s party was) there was a photo of the Pope featured prominently.<\/p>\n

Between the gory Jesus and the photos of priests I\u2019m surprised kids don\u2019t get nightmares for life upon entering this place. The whole time I felt like I had infiltrated enemy headquarters. I did make sure I parked close to the front of the parking lot so that every car driving in and out would have to pass my atheist bumper sticker. Other then that, I just quietly snickered to myself and stayed on good behavior. It isn\u2019t every day an uncle turns 90. Besides, he isn\u2019t all hat religious any way. I just hope his 100th birthday will be someplace more festive.
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