<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/38300d88-9be4-4026-a6aa-7b58e0602147/9D8F5EB1-1388-4AC4-9B43-5DAB2B1F75F8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic.html" href="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ironiccatholic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic.html">20. The chrism oil smells sooooo good. It almost makes you want to get baptized again, but then you'd be Baptist</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic.html">19. Got a social issue? <A href="http://www.osjspm.org/social_teaching_documents.aspx">We've got a statement</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic.html">16. If you ever get stranded on a desert island with a large enough supply of <SPAN><SPAN>unconsecrated</SPAN>*</SPAN> communion wafers, you couldn't exactly live off them, but you could probably glue them together to make a serviceable raft.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic.html">15. ...alternatively, you could take your mind off your impending death by playing unconsecrated host tiddlywinks.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic.html">13. If it weren't for us, the "Filet O' Fish" sandwich would have tanked years ago, placing fishermen out of honest work.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic_25.html" href="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic_25.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ironiccatholic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic_25.html">9. 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We're not emergent: we're eternal.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic_25.html">6. We're not progressive: we're prophetic.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic_25.html">5. We're not old-fashioned: we're rooted.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic_25.html">4. We're not liberal: we love our neighbor.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic_25.html">3. 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We're not entertained: we've received the peace of Christ.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ironiccatholic.com/2007/07/top-100-ironic-reasons-to-be-catholic_25.html"><DIV>1. ...<SPAN>and we're just getting started, baby.</SPAN></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9D8F5EB1-1388-4AC4-9B43-5DAB2B1F75F8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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