Compare and contrast

Posted by Scott on Monday 21 July 2008, 8:07 am
Categories: Corporate stupidity, Religion  Tags: Tags: , , , ,

During last week’s World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney, the Pope repeatedly slapped down the modern world.

The pontiff, who has repeatedly railed against consumerism and greed through the week, again warned the pilgrims to avoid “the shallowness, apathy and self-absorption which deaden our souls and poison our relationships.”

Here are some images from the official World Youth Day guide for pilgrims.

God’s hamburger of choice (some say He invented the recipe for special sauce)

God is in yer bread and yer water

Coins, medallions, giftware and jewelery: no rampant consumerism here

All the essentials for your modern pilgrim

God flies with Qantas and drives with Avis

Don’t know what these are doing here — they’re both Godless companies

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Pope: apostrophe FAIL

Posted by Scott on Tuesday 15 July 2008, 1:07 pm
Categories: Religion  Tags: Tags: , , ,

Remember how I ranted a few months ago about totally un-1337 people and organisations lamely embracing technology to try and sell their message?

Even religion — smarting from the way that younger generations are beginning to turn away in droves — is embarrassing itself by attempting to use technological tools to reconnect with tha kidz. The Catholic Church has well and truly entered the 1990s by discovering the power of mobile phone SMS. They have been sending text messages to worshippers in the false hope that using semi-literacy for Bible passages will bring them instant cred.

Well, now the Pope has sent his first text message. And it’s an apostrophe FAIL.

“Young friend, God and his people expect much from u because u have within you the Fathers (sic) supreme gift: the Spirit of Jesus - BXVI.”

Aaaaargh!!1!

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