http://thisridiculousworld.com Foreign Commentary on China Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:42:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://thisridiculousworld.com/tap/the-long-lost-vestments-of-american-reason-09022010/ http://thisridiculousworld.com/tap/the-long-lost-vestments-of-american-reason-09022010/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:26:03 +0000 Editors http://thisridiculousworld.com/?p=2831 Totally Awesome Picture of the Week 68 In the dark corner of a far away forlorn church stand these three forgotten souls. Bruised, dirty, chipped and abandoned they doze like wallflowers in the shadows as patrons play hooky for every reason but lack of sin. In their bright vestments creased with dust the saints and saviors of yesteryear dream of the good’ol days when esteem was high and church donations flowed like golden glacier runoffs in the eternal spring of global warming. Now, though. Now there are ten such derelict churches in a 50 kilometer radius. Ten churches to share one imported minister of faith. A foreigner preaching right and wrong to a small audience every tenth Sunday. Some may say: “… Related posts:

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