A Patron Saint for the Internet ???

In Between

Click the link:
[url="http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=373908"]http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=373908[/url]

Your Thoughts ??

Argone

[b]OH GOD![/b]

*walks away shaking head* [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/confused.gif[/img]

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JackN

oh please!

[img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/rolleyes.gif[/img]

AnlaShok

Saint DieSeL of the Sacred Broadband Connection?

Does he act as a pr0n filter?

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Talon Mistsong

If there's a patron saint, does that mean Bill Gates is the devil? [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]

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David of Mac

Well, if the shoe fits....

I mean, there's already a patron saint of television I don't remember the name, but the reason she was chosen was that when she was locked in prison for some reason, a live broadcast (for want of a better term) of the Church services appeared on her cell's wall, so she could still worship even when locked in the slammer.

shadow boxer

what a load of bollocks... it takes years of scholarly application and a small army of catholic persons to beatify and the saint someone....

the internet hasnt been around long enough for someone to even go through the prliminary stages of sainthood... silly...

even given that, you're still stuffed because patron saints are flat out silly...

(where's my St Christopher's medal I have to make it all the way to the kitchen for breakfast.)

David of Mac

[quote]Originally posted by shadow boxer:
[b]what a load of bollocks... it takes years of scholarly application and a small army of catholic persons to beatify and the saint someone....

the internet hasnt been around long enough for someone to even go through the prliminary stages of sainthood... silly...[/b][/quote]

Typically, when a patron saint is picked for something, it's someone who is already a saint (and maybe even the patron of something else; St. John the Evangalist is patron saint of something like eight different things). They don't make a new saint whenever they need someone to patron something.

[This message has been edited by David of Mac (edited 01-30-2003).]

Mr_Bungle

Ah, and whilst they're looking for a Patron for the internet, they might want to start looking for one for the image of the church as well; I can't imagine it's credibility being furthered in any rational circles by the above article.

Still, wasn't it nice to see a shortlist of people with such an obvious connection to the online world?

Eternity

I rekon it should be Shipwreck from American Pie.

Or whoever it was that said:

"God Bless the Internet"

that is my 2 cents