Olympic pagan torch ritual

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I suggest that they put the Olympic flame in the hands of the Dalai Llama sitting on a throne and then they can wisk him around the world for all to worship. Perhaps he can alternate with the Pope and the leading Guru’s of other religions.

Perils of Olympic torch running

The arrival of the Olympic torch is, to the happy denizens of the Global Village, a combination of St Patrick’s Day and Fourth of July. The Olympic torch is ignited several months before the opening celebration of the Olympic Games at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece.

Eleven women, representing the roles of priestesses, perform a ceremony in which the torch is kindled by the light of the sun, its rays concentrated by a parabolic mirror. It is then symbolically carried by relay around the world, so its arrival in San Francisco was a very big day, indeed. Priestesses, the light of the sun, torches and “parabolic mirrors” – it sounds like a ritual invented in San Francisco.

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Date posted: Friday, April 11th, 2008 2:01 pm | Under category: Man playing God, demented, irrational, looney, paganism
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