Now that my Religion final is completed, we can now turn to more fun things! :)
Now what this first thing is...is...GIANT ROBOTS!!!!!!!!!!!! Specifically books about giant robots. To get to the point, I'll be reviewing the Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam mangas here on this blog, most likely starting tomorrow.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Different Strokes...of corruption!
And now for a song!
The scene is set in a large open field. A man dressed up in jeans and a t-shirt that reads, "You can save 15 relatives or more from purgatory by switching to SaintCo" walks up to a podium that is set on a large stage. A crowd of around 100,000 clusters around the stage. From the ground emerges St. Joan of Arc, wearing leather pants and a tank top with a pink mohawk and carrying a guitar that breathes fire. To her far left, coming from the sky is Hildebrand on a large drumset, She's wearing a business suit and short shorts. Behind all of them emerges Francis of Assisi on a large electric organ with glowing neon pipes that read "Holy Crashers". Dante grabs the mic as the tune of Rebecca Black's "Friday" plays in the background. Behind the stage, the Kool-Aid man dressed as a pope watches and waits...
*Dante begins to sing
Oh-oh-oh-oh x 7
Oh oh Oh oh yeahh-yeah
Yeah-Yeah-Yeah x 7
5 in the morning
Gotta get the kids up
Must eat stale bread and drink wine
Gotta get up to beat the line
At the church yard on the right side (right side)
When I get ouside, I see some Moors!
Kickin' out heretics
Setting up idols
Make sure the monks are prayin'
'Cause its the Lord's Day
It's Sunday (Sunday),
Everybody pray on Sunday
Everyone in the village can't wait to pray, to pray
It's Sunday (Sunday)
Gotta pay the church on Sunday
Otherwise I can't get my son out of purgatory
Hail Mary, Hail Mary
Full of Grace, Full of (Joan-shut yo mouth!)
Cool, Awesome, Tubular, Spectacular
Everyone's lovin' the Lord's Day
Trotting on the road towards Munich
See a bunch of nuns, movin' their hips
Catch a big cart with alot of "heretics"
My 12 year old wife to the right (*winks to crowd)
My 50 year old wife on the left (*pulls out a finger)
I didn't hit either of them, I so did not
Oh, hi Saint Mark!
My feet are so bloody
I see people running to the end of the world
Don't they know anything about geography?
(a merchant pulls out a tuft of hair)
Look at that, it's the back hair of St. Foix!
Sunday (Sunday)
Everybody pray on Sunday
Otherwise Satan will roast your soul in hell
Sunday (Sunday)
Remember to pay on Sunday
Because our Pope says that it's the will of God
(Joan takes mic)
Praying, Praying, sweet
So, here's ma story
I got a bright flash in my face (light shines on Joan only)
And a big booming voice says (Kool Aid Man tells Joan to go to Orleans)
Then he tells me to "Be a Man! Just as swift as the Seine River!"
So I take a helmet, and kick English (censored)
(music changes to a soft piano solo)
I was taken, by the church, they dared not to believe my tale
And thus, they want me at the staaaaaaaaakeee.
(Kool-Aid Man bursts through a wall)
Oh yeah! Pope Alexander is in da housee
(Dante grabs mic, in background random women start touching the KAM)
Now you see, now you see, why we love the church
Look over there, I see some monks (they're worshipping a statue of St. Francis)
Look over there, is that an orgy!?
Yesterday, the day before that , we did the Lord's work
We did our Hail Mary's (what)
And our penances, devotions
Just to forgive our sins
But Jesus still loves us, because the Pope says so (he's #1)
Even though half my village is totally gone
Oh well, it's Sunday (Sunday)
Everybody pay on Sunday
Because the Lord says your money will
Wipe out evil (evil)
Sunday (Sunday)
Everybody pay on Sunday
Look at those pimped out monks (gold monks walk across stage)
And those pimpin' Popes (groups of popes surrounded by women walk across)
Praying Praying yeah yeah
We'll be doin the Lord's work (His work)
Every day but Sunday.
There's the song called Sunday.
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Well, here goes the Religion 209 final I should have done awhile ago -_-
Now, by looking at that title, you might be thinking, "Did you just go all Dragonball Z on us?" Yes, I just did. But for a good reason. Now when you think of the Middle Ages (excluding all Middle Ages scholars), what do you think of? Is it
During the Middle Ages, the spread of Christianity was in full swing. With the spread in Christianity there was an established gap between the papacy and the people. While the papacy's clergymen read the word of the Bible to the masses, an illiterate public was unable to fully understand the meanings behind the sermons. To that end, these people created different fraternities for them to understand the Bible for their own personal lives instead of relying on the often misunderstood clergy.
One of the more notable orders established was that of the Franciscans. Created by the controversial Francis of Assisi in 1221, his order was comprised of those who wished to be humble, poor, simplistic, and dedicated to the faith. The Franciscan order maintained humility, and also founded its own branch of female monks, which became the Beguins. (from Medieval Popular Religion) The Franciscans and later the Dominicans attempted to eliminate the class structure that had been established within the papacy and had been extended to monasteries around Europe.
The different monasteries were attempting to escape the human element of hypocrisy. In other words, orders such as the Benedictine and the Cluniacs (unrelated to the actor) had founders who established rules to end the cyclical corruption within the church, and in theory their rules would work. Those orders strayed away from common medieval societies and eliminated all differences, including sex/gender, class, social rank, and employment to create a uniform flow of dedicated monks. The concept of uniformity in all aspects sounds familiar...hmmmm. Nope. doesn't sound familiar at all. However, like most things in life, something that in theory sounds perfect won't always end up perfect. That was the case with the Cluniacs and the Benedictines. The monks who were indoctrinated into these orders didn't follow the rules of their order to the nth degree, and the corruption of these "holy" orders extended into the secular world as well.
Over the course of 100 or more years, the papacy entered deals with the leaders of the Holy Roman Empire. In exchange for the support of the kings of the HRE, the papacy was allowed influence within the secular world. The papacy went so far as to decide on what days battles between warring nation-states should be fought.
Enough with the information, let's get on to something exciting!
Now, by looking at that title, you might be thinking, "Did you just go all Dragonball Z on us?" Yes, I just did. But for a good reason. Now when you think of the Middle Ages (excluding all Middle Ages scholars), what do you think of? Is it
- Someone going "all medieval" on you?
- Old people
- If its not the 1990s, therefore it must suck
- All of the above
- None of the above
- Some of the above
During the Middle Ages, the spread of Christianity was in full swing. With the spread in Christianity there was an established gap between the papacy and the people. While the papacy's clergymen read the word of the Bible to the masses, an illiterate public was unable to fully understand the meanings behind the sermons. To that end, these people created different fraternities for them to understand the Bible for their own personal lives instead of relying on the often misunderstood clergy.
One of the more notable orders established was that of the Franciscans. Created by the controversial Francis of Assisi in 1221, his order was comprised of those who wished to be humble, poor, simplistic, and dedicated to the faith. The Franciscan order maintained humility, and also founded its own branch of female monks, which became the Beguins. (from Medieval Popular Religion) The Franciscans and later the Dominicans attempted to eliminate the class structure that had been established within the papacy and had been extended to monasteries around Europe.
The different monasteries were attempting to escape the human element of hypocrisy. In other words, orders such as the Benedictine and the Cluniacs (unrelated to the actor) had founders who established rules to end the cyclical corruption within the church, and in theory their rules would work. Those orders strayed away from common medieval societies and eliminated all differences, including sex/gender, class, social rank, and employment to create a uniform flow of dedicated monks. The concept of uniformity in all aspects sounds familiar...hmmmm. Nope. doesn't sound familiar at all. However, like most things in life, something that in theory sounds perfect won't always end up perfect. That was the case with the Cluniacs and the Benedictines. The monks who were indoctrinated into these orders didn't follow the rules of their order to the nth degree, and the corruption of these "holy" orders extended into the secular world as well.
Over the course of 100 or more years, the papacy entered deals with the leaders of the Holy Roman Empire. In exchange for the support of the kings of the HRE, the papacy was allowed influence within the secular world. The papacy went so far as to decide on what days battles between warring nation-states should be fought.
Enough with the information, let's get on to something exciting!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Hello Blogging World
This is my first blog. This will mainly end up being entirely pointless ranting about...stuff. So, I'm your average college student, living, thinking, existing, all that good stuff. Now, what will this blog cover. Lots of stuff
- Movies
- School
- Anime (esp. ones w/ giant robots)
- Video Games
- Life
- Stuff in the News
- And more...stuff
Signed,
The Creator of this Blog
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