XPost: alt.usage.english, uk.media.tv.sf.drwho   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Your Name explained on 1/2/2026 :   
   > On 2026-01-03 06:14:48 +0000, Snidely said:   
   >   
   >> Your Name presented the following explanation :   
   >>> On 2026-01-03 00:34:25 +0000, Snidely said:   
   >>>> Friday, solar penguin murmurred ...   
   >>>>> Peter Moylan  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> (Why does your surname, 'Moylan', ring a bell with me each time I see   
   >>>>>>> it??)   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I have some grounds for suspecting that one of my ancestors was a   
   >>>>>> priest   
   >>>>>> or a monk. So possibly he could have been a bellringer.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Not a very good priest or monk if he had descendants!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But not a unique failing in European history.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> /dps   
   >>>   
   >>> From history, both ancient and current, it seems to be one of the "rules"   
   >>> of being a priest to screw everybody they can (both literally and   
   >>> figuratively).   
   >>>   
   >>> Of course, the scamming clergy simply "confess their sins" on their death   
   >>> bed and all is suposedly forgiven by their mythical God, so that's why   
   >>> they just do whatever they want until then ... and that's assuming any of   
   >>> them actually believe the pile of complete elephant-poo that they spout to   
   >>> their blinkered congregations in their churches.   
   >>> :-\   
   >>   
   >> And you, of course, are flawless, and never guilty of either scamming or   
   >> succumbing to temptation, so you're in an excellent position to posture   
   >> about other's moral posture.   
   >>   
   >> /dps   
   >   
   > I never claimed to be "flawless" ... but neither am I a hypocrite priest who   
   > goes around doing whatever (including ignore most of the so-called "10   
   > Commandments") I want just because I can supposedly "claim forgiveness" fromm   
   > a mythical God on my death bed.   
      
   I am sure that your analysis is thorough and shows deep understanding.   
      
   /dps   
      
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   I have always been glad we weren't killed that night.  I do not know   
   any particular reason, but I have always been glad.   
     _Roughing It_, Mark Twain   
      
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