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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi
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To: Crocodile who wrote (65823)11/13/2004 10:29:05 AM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) of 71178
 
I love rituals. I think they are extremely important for families and communities. Being raised in the pre-Vatican II Catholic Church, my childhood revolved around ritual, and it is actually very comforting. Maybe that is why I retain affection for the traditional.

But their purpose is to bring together and bond a group and so anything that is divisive by its nature makes a lousy bonding agent, imo.

But we ARE in the Bible belt here.

A friend of mine who sings in the Dallas Opera Chorus tells of how this most elegant diva-- someone like Scotto or Sutherland-- performed the traditional opera ritual just before she went onstage (you say "toy, toy, toy", and spit) and much to my friend's somewhat horrified amazement, let loose a real loogie.

I know this has nothing to do with religion, but I love the story.
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