Question of the Day: Egypt's Christian church chose a new pope by having a blindfolded boy draw a name from a crystal chalice. Do you think this is better or worse than the bureaucracy that normally accompanies appointments of this kind?

Monday, November 19, 2012

Egypt's Christian church chose a new pope by having a blindfolded boy draw a name from a crystal chalice. Do you think this is better or worse than the bureaucracy that normally accompanies appointments of this kind?

Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian church has chosen a new pope in an elaborate ceremony in which a blindfolded boy drew the name of the next patriarch from a crystal chalice

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/egyptian-christians-choose-new-pope-16233742.html#ixzz2CgMAEo3O

Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian church has chosen a new pope in an elaborate ceremony in which a blindfolded boy drew the name of the next patriarch from a crystal chalice

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/egyptian-christians-choose-new-pope-16233742.html#ixzz2CgMAEo3O

1 comment:

K8 said...: I think this is just as effective as our democratic system. Name out of a hat! Also, this reminded me of the movie 'Little Buddha' which i like. Just think! You could be pope some day!; November 19, 2012 at 10:48 AM

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