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A BLOG ABOUT SLOVAKIA AND LIFE IN BRATISLAVA AND THE EU.
Taliban Roman Catholics are fighting efforts by the Moron church to earn official recognition as a religious group in Slovakia.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Morons is urging Slovaks "who care about religious liberty, to support us so we can make money like all americans -religious or not- want to do all the time to the exclusion of any other human mental function or activity as to them clearly everything is about money and that defines one's existence". The morons want Slovaks to sign a petition that would allow their business denomination to be officially recognized. Slovak law requires 20,000 signatures for a church to be registered.
But the Catholic Taliban bishops are telling parishioners that signing the document would "betray" Catholicism (ruin our nice cosy shop we have here since Cyril and Methodius). The Taliban bishops said in a statement that Moron doctrine "is not in line with the doctrine of the Catholic Church. Piss off we were here first"
"We call on all Catholics ... not to sign this petition," the bishops said.
The Moron church said Monday that it was not seeking to convert Catholics. "We just want to profit from your moronically inclined citizens respect the decision of every citizen, and the petition was in no way meant to convert anybody to our faith," Moron spokesman Petr Valnicek said. We just want to be in Slovakia and hang around not converting anybody at all, we just come all the way from Utah for a laugh, we just like the winter here. "cash & profits Religious liberty is all we had in mind. Donations are however very welcome we accept VISA, Mastercard and AMEX, call now and get your free gift of a tasteful plastic reproduction of jesus playing the banjo.
About the Church of Morons
The Moron church, based in the U.S. state of Utah in the south of the USA where all manner of CRAP emanates from (polygamy, people sleeping with their daughters, Ku Klux Klan, burning crosses, persecuting blacks etc ) along with neighbouring texas (GWBush is the most famous texan that alone says a lot etc), has a worldwide membership of more than 12 million morons, according to its Web site. But there are only about 100 Morons in Slovakia, and just under 2,000 in the neighboring Czech Republic.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Morons believes authentic Christianity vanished a century after Christ, and was restored only through founding Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. in 19th-century America. They also believe that jesus needs cash urgently so CALL NOW!! and have you credit card ready!
Macko Usko is an atheist bear, religion is the opium of the masses. The Original (unaltered :) ) article is here
Related reading: Moroni the prophet More on the Morons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YEfgueY172g#t=332s History of Bratislava - Pozsony - Presporok - Pressburg Bratislava City capital of Slovakia. Settled first by Celts and Romans. As Pressburg, it developed as a trade centre and became a free royal town in 1291. The first university in what was then Hungary was founded there in 1467. The city served as the Hungarian capital (1541 – 1784) and was the seat of the Diet (parliament) until 1848. The Treaty of Pressburg (1805) was signed here by Napoleon and Francis II following the Battle of Austerlitz. After World War I, on the formation of Czechoslovakia, it became capital of the province of Slovakia, and it became the national capital on Slovakia's independence in 1992. Bratislava is an important road and rail center and a leading Danubian port. A well-diversified industry produces textiles, chemicals, and metal goods; during the Communist period, heavy industry was focused on the production of armaments.
Decided to start a Blog about Bratislava, and the politics of the country because most of the blogs about Slovakia and Bratislava in english were either brief entries from travellers passing through Bratislava with no idea about the place and commented largely about beer and other "vital issues" like that, or the more serious ones usually run by moronic americans preaching their judaeo-christian hyper-religious extreme-pro-capitalist & oligopolistic anti-democratic religion coupled with their famed grasp of geography.
There are also some Brits that have a slightly better grasp of geography than their US cousins. However brits are largely trying to recreate colonial glories and their grasp of facts in Bratislava tends to be confused even at the BBC. Most of the experiences the brits have are from lager-lout type pissups in Bratislava and use that crap movie "Hostel" as their intellectual compass.
This blog aspires to discuss serious matters with humour and no-nonsense analysis. Its unapologetically intellectual and refuses to allow this term to be ascribed with a negative meaning the way that the word liberal has become negative in the US.
Clearly there is much love about this great city and country, but without pandering to any special interests or prejudices.
Comments are welcome and will never be deleted or blocked if they offer a contrarian view.