Shepherd Book's horse by Succatash

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Shepherd Book's horse

POSTED BY: SUCCATASH
UPDATED: Monday, October 25, 2004 08:14
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Sunday, October 24, 2004 5:48 PM

Horse Baptised in South Africa

Oct. 24, 2004
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1503&ncid=1503&e=13&u=
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"A South African preacher baptised a thoroughbred racehorse called "Running Reverend" in front of his congregation in a controversial bid to raise church funds.

Members of St. Peter's Congregational Church watched as Reverend Deric Derbyshire splashed the horse's forehead with water at the Villa Felix stud farm outside the southeastern coast city of Port Elizabeth.

"The Lord's hand is definitively on this horse..."

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

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Sunday, October 24, 2004 5:55 PM

EBONEZER

But did the horse WANT to be baptized is the question. How do they know he's not a pagen?

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Monday, October 25, 2004 5:40 AM

CYBERSNARK

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Originally posted by Succatash:
"A South African preacher baptised a thoroughbred racehorse called "Running Reverend" in front of his congregation in a controversial bid to raise church funds.

Why controversial? The Blessing of the Animals has been a tradition (in the Roman Catholic Church, at least) for hundreds (if not thousands) of years. Started out as a pagan rite to protect the herd from disease/curse/general misfortune, then got usurped by the Church when they grabbed the spiritual monopoly. Eventually, the farmer's "herd" ended up including the chickens, fish in the pond, the mouser in the barn, the hunting hound, and so on (today it usually applies to childrens' pets).

Granted, the usual time to do it is the feast of St. Francis (patron saint of animals and animal lovers), but hey, if you've got a horse, holy water, and a preacher, you're good to go.

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Monday, October 25, 2004 6:26 AM

WYDRAZ

You know that people are obsessed for Serenity when they start making the most remote connections to characters in Firefly.

And then they discuss it.

And here I am posting this obervation, proving my own obsession.

Oh, and play Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. http://digital-eel.com/sais

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Monday, October 25, 2004 7:04 AM

CHANNAIN

i DO aim to misbehave

I'm thinking that if all dogs go to heaven, then all horses would be walking right on in with them. A horse can be every bit as devoted as a dog, but that devotion is more valuable because horses ahve to chooses who they listen to... with the right training, of course

Which means that the OWNER was the one more worried about Running Reverend's soul than the horse. Now if he thought Running Rev needed an extra boost of spirituality, what does that say about the owner's faith Rev's chances to win?

Tash, you find the most entertaining subjects to get us to scratching our heads about, you know that? Bless you!

Fans come and fans go...but zealots are with you until the bitter black end.
I draw...therefore I am.
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Monday, October 25, 2004 8:14 AM

SHINY

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Why controversial?

Because it was a race horse that people were betting on?

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

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