Bless you! 555

Excellent and very clever...5's

Glad to see Amirighter's doing current events. Atleast I know TOS on this one. I would vote XVI but you'll have to settle for V, V, V.

Ahh, wonderful parody of an old classic from St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. Mary!

This is great! Hilarious title, and "You can lose them popeless blues" made me LOL. Also, "Came from the See" is very clever. Outstanding, Royce.

popeless blues...lol..5s

You have it right - religious trappings are superseded by the spirit. But may the spirit be with the new pope. Well done, Royce.

Smokin'! 5s

thanks for the comments, I appreciate them

Puff the Magic Dragon - Puffs of magic Pope Smoke. Good adaptation.

And you Catholics need all the help you can get! ( I know-- my wife was raised one.) Great job, Royce! 555.

Receive now the Benedict-ion: May the Lord shine his fives upon you.

Hallelujah!! 555

555 years in purgatory!

Irreverent and reverent at the same time, quite an accomplishment. 555

Oh so many religious songs from your keyboard praising Jesus and His love, and now this, a theme worthy of the Aryan Nation! The Man said love one another. RC "trappings" are symbols and images of the Spirit, Protestant "trappings" are "crapping" on everyone else. Did Christ say "Love one another as I have loved you." only to the Protestants? When we substitute "like" for "love" we are taking dangerous liberties, for although there is no question that Jesus loves us, and commanded us to love each other, nothing in the Bible says He has to like US or we each other. Likes are accidental and transitory but love is eternal. Catholics are Christians, too, but the Protestant clergy choses to divide the flock by teaching that Catholicism and Christianity are two very different things. There is only one God, Royce, and we all worship Him. Mankind is one. All the world religions teach exactly the same personal lessons and differ only in their social/administrative aspects. We are one soul. Be kind. I think maybe you just watched too much TV last week.

Pomfret--I noticed your comment today. I'm not a Protestant, I'm not a Catholic--you're right when you point out that I've written some about Jesus--and he's not protestant or catholic, either. Hey, what's wrong with TV?

"There is not a vacancy" is wonderful in it's simplicity, good one Royce!

Amazing! Perhaps the best parody I have ever read. 5's.

Mitch O-thanks for your comment; I hope you continue to enjoy the parodies; it's like going through a gauntlet, sometimes, writing them--never know what's going to be thrown at ya, but it's rewarding to know that someone has read and thought about the lines, sometimes.

Fantastic! It started off quite sweet then I was surprised with a little political comment for a finale! 555 of course!

Program on the emergence of civilization. "14 species of large animals capable of domesitcation in the history of mankind. 13 from Europe, Asia and northern Africa. None from the sub-Saharan African continent. " Favor. And disfavor. They point out Africans’ failed attempts to domesticate the elephant and zebra, the latter being an animal they illustrate that had utmost importance for it's applicability in transformation from a hunting/gathering to agrarian-based civilization. The roots of racism are not of this earth. Austrailia, aboriginals:::No domesticable animals. The North American continent had none. Now 99% of that population is gone. AIDS in Africa. Organizational Heirarchy Heirarchical order, from top to bottom: 1. MUCK - perhaps have experienced multiple universal contractions (have seen multiple big bangs), creator of the artificial intelligence humans ignorantly refer to as "god" 2. Perhaps some mid-level alien management 3. Mafia (evil) aliens - runs day-to-day operations here and perhaps elsewhere (On planets where they approved evil.) Terrestrial management: 4. Chinese/egyptians - this may be separated into the eastern and western worlds 5. Romans - they answer to the egyptians 6. Mafia - the real-world interface that constantly turns over generationally so as to reinforce the widely-held notion of mortality 7. Jews, corporation, women, politician - Evidence exisits to suggest mafia management over all these groups. Survival of the favored. Movies foreshadowing catastrophy 1985 James Bond View to a Kill 1989 San Francisco Loma Prieta earthquake. Many Muslims are being used like the Germans and Japanese of wwii::being used to hurt others and envoke condemnation upon their people. I wish I could find a source to educate many Muslim fundamentalists. Muhammad is alive. He is a man chosen like Jesus Christ and, due to his historical status, will live forever.