[UA] The Cult of Revelations

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

--- Nick Wedig <mrteapot at disinfo.net> wrote:
> >> The Last kill will be on a train, and should be
> >> pretty hard for them.
> >> I was also thinking about  St. Cecil, seeing as
> this
> >> cult is a mockery of
> >> the Catholic Bible...
> >
> >
> >As long as they have a monkey, I'm sure this
> mockery
> >won't count as a mortal sin against them.  Everyone
> >loves monkeys.
> 
> I now imagine a cult dressing a monkey up as Christ
> and
> crucifying it.  Some occult purpose perhaps, I
> dunno.
> (God becomes human, human becomes ape, etc down the
> line?)
> 
And again we come full circle to the Scientology
introductory video.  Monkeys and Jesus both play a
major roll in the opening scenes.  It carefully avoids
any mention of Theta beings or the evil space tyrant
who destroyed them, of course, but I suspect he would
happily have crucified a monkey.  (Side note: St.
Wilgeforte, the greatest of the bearded ladies, was
discredited by a group of "saint debunkers" who said
that she was most likely inspired by a
misinterpretation of a crucifix which featured Jesus
in a robe. She left the canon with St. Cristopher, my
other favourite Saint, next to St. Francis. And
crucifying a monkey for magical power reminds me of
the /Leave it to Chance/ comic, which, as has been
mentioned, I'm sure, a great for a UA campaign without
as much of a nasty edge. In one story line, a group up
thugs are taking a stolen monkey along a procession
which recreates some magic hoo-ha or other.  At the
end of the route, they attempt to sacrifice the monkey
to gain otherworldly power. They have a great name, as
a magical celtic gang, "The Beehive.")

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-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
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