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gladium et scutum

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30. The Black Churches

Reply to The Magistrate (Reply #29)

Tue Mar 24, 2020, 07:46 PM

Mar 2020

I have had occasion to attended preach the end of time as fervently as the white ones. They preach the wages of sin, they preach the second coming. Would that qualify them for your childish prank. They also, for the most part, vote a straight Democratic ticket at election times.

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If I Had A Grand Excess Of Money [View all] The Magistrate Mar 2020 OP

Some will run into the street thinking it's the rapture. Snarkoleptic Mar 2020 #1

That Would Be The Entertainment, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #2

I would gladly donate to a gofundme for your project. Snarkoleptic Mar 2020 #5

I'm pretty 2naSalit Mar 2020 #20

Perhaps there's a grant available for Harker Mar 2020 #3

That Had Never Occured To Me, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #4

I believe the cultural value should prove at least equal Harker Mar 2020 #6

Has That Been Done, Sir? The Magistrate Mar 2020 #11

In the 1970s, if I recall correctly. Harker Mar 2020 #16

Excellent, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #17

Or... Harker Mar 2020 #18

I Certainly Would, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #19

Seeing me on a tricycle Harker Mar 2020 #21

I would just love to see that. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #7

It Seems A Common Belief, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2020 #8

But naked sex dolls are... different. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #10

At The Distance, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2020 #15

Nah, Bible-Thumpers tend to be secretly more pervy than the general public Just_Vote_Dem Mar 2020 #24

Data On Searches For Pornography, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #27

a box of cheap dweller Mar 2020 #9

Perhaps, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #13

be sure to include dweller Mar 2020 #12

A Good Idea, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #14

What a wonderful idea! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #22

Doubtless It Would Catch Many, Sir, For At Least A Few Moments The Magistrate Mar 2020 #23

A few moments to savor forever! 2naSalit Mar 2020 #31

You May Not Credit This, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #32

To be honest, I haven't played in quite some time. 2naSalit Mar 2020 #35

Set up a gofundme thing Midnightwalk Mar 2020 #25

You Know, It Does Seem To Be Catching Fire, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #26

Would You Choose gladium et scutum Mar 2020 #28

Choice Would Depend, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #29

The Black Churches gladium et scutum Mar 2020 #30

Any Among The 'Rapture Ready' Would Be My Lawful Prey The Magistrate Mar 2020 #33

So you would have no problem gladium et scutum Mar 2020 #34

You're Serious, Aren't You, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #36

Sorry gladium et scutum Mar 2020 #37

Well, You Ought To Be, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #38

kick for visibility lamp_shade Mar 2020 #39

Congregations would be OK with it so long as the dolls fill their collection plate. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #40

It would be interpreted by some as a sign from above DFW Mar 2020 #41

There Might Be A Moment Of Horrid Doubt, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #42

They do have a tendency to let the cat out of the bag DFW Mar 2020 #43

In A Well Regulated Polity, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #44

"Well regulated"--and there lies the rub DFW Mar 2020 #45

True Enough, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2020 #46

I give the founding fathers a pass on that one DFW Mar 2020 #47

I Agree, Sir, It Was A Mistake Made With The Best Intentions The Magistrate Mar 2020 #48