The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

  I paint with a broad brush since protestantism is as varied as its adherents and has no unified doctrine or practice. Anglicans will use the title "Saint" although it seems to carry not very much significance for them, a quaint tradition for naming streets and cathedrals. I was never on...

 Barbara Oh - do people do that ? You can tell I don't know anything about internet behavior patterns. What is amusing about this cartoon is that it shows the typical American protestant/evangelical approach to the Savior. These are 100% SURE that they can pick up a phone and dial a number to reach...

Barbara wrote: ↑Thu 9 May 2024 10:58 pm

Funny.
Is that book pictured, "Comfortable Christianity," full of cartoons like this ?

 

I don't know but I don't think so. I suspect someone used it out of context for the meme.

Barbara wrote: ↑Wed 8 May 2024 11:18 pm

The 2nd one, is it supposed to be a bachelor pad > what a MESS !

 

 Precisely.

 
 
 
 
 

Yes, it was Mithra.

Protestants and heathens/Jews don't refer to the saints as saints. This would be normal usage even in their churches.

 
 

All very possible. I wonder if part of it is two fold. First that internet and tech capabilities in general are (and have been) rapidly increasing. This could be part of what is making older and possibly dated websites function worse and worse as they get more and more outdated year by year. Second...