...i'll make sure to let the aliens know, if i see any

[rivendellrose]

Don't worry, the Vatican is ready to baptize aliens if they ask!

It's... good to know that all other, more pressing moral dilemmas have already been solved, I guess?

Is there some kind of contest at the Vatican right now for "most befuddling press release?" or what? I'm guessing this is one of those "any PR (that isn't talking about sex scandals) is good PR" kind of things...

Edited to Add: So... I've been thinking. The Vatican astronomer said:

Any entity – no matter how many tentacles it has – has a soul.

Any entity. Any... entity. So either there's a missing adjective there (like, say, 'sentient' or 'self-aware' or something like that), or this is a major change in theology, isn't it? I could have sworn the existing doctrine stated that animals don't have souls. I'm not going to complain, but isn't that going to be a tad bit problematic for them?

Also, I forgot to say that I snagged this link from deborah_judge, and that it's her fault that I'm now picturing the Pope attempting to baptize Londo. It was the "tentacles" remark.

Comments

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

You know it would not go well. ...For the pope, at least. I'm sure Londo would have a blast with it.

[alto2.livejournal.com]

I kinda doubt either of them would be terribly happy!

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I dunno - Londo seems to think that all religious ceremonies are about drinking and having fun, and he's just determined enough that I think that if he walked into it with that in mind he might well accomplish it despite what everyone else thought. ;)

[alto2.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I can just see it:

"What is this? I have to stand here, yes, and then what? This white contraption does what, exactly? It holds water? That's all? On my world, we would have something so fancy only for the finest wine, or the best liquor. And we would use both in any religious--why are you--WATCH THE HAIR! Also, you did not tell me to bring a towel!" ::wipes holy water away, as priest cringes and reaches for more:: "I'm sorry, Father. I was not told that I was coming to be bathed, and if that is what I want, I will find six beautiful Centauri women to do it for me. Thank you, eh, very much for your time, but I believe I will be going now." ::walks off, pauses at the door:: "Did G'Kar put you up to this???"

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

.....Okay, you win. I know when I've been bested. XD

And now I kind of want G'Kar to be there, too... ♥

[alto2.livejournal.com]

:) Sometimes my brain is just the right kind of twisted...

(And I STILL don't have a Londo icon!!)