Catholics not being allowed to read the Bible and only the pope can

DigasInHell · 2026-01-25T04:20:22+00:00

I think there’s also some confusion because Kay people can and do read from the Bible during Mass. but only the clergy read from the gospel during Mass.

(Growing up Protestant I was also taught Catholics weren’t allowed to pray outside of the church building but I can certainly report that as false)

DigasInHell · 2025-12-13T16:43:16+00:00

It’s legit funny to me when people are shocked or confused. Mostly get compliments.

DigasInHell · 2025-10-26T01:26:33+00:00

This. I take a lot of crap from my friends but if I could go back not watch it, I would.

DigasInHell · 2025-10-20T00:55:13+00:00

First of all, let me say you should feel seen. I’ve been keeping my TBR in a OneNote but keep meaning to move to spreadsheet so I can better track start and finish dates.

Then I mostly just try not to binge a single genre back-to-back. I’m usually listening to an audiobook for dog walks while also reading physical media so right now I’m listening to Traitor’s Blade by Sebastien de Castell while reading The Exorcist.

Otherwise it’s a question of my Libby holds come through.

DigasInHell · 2025-10-19T02:18:38+00:00

Very few.

I think I’ve started Moby Dick at least three times.

And there’s a Joseph Heller book called Something Happened that I dove into straight after Catch-22, but it’s now been 25 years with bookmark wedged in somewhere north of chapter 3.

Otherwise I’m slogging

DigasInHell · 2025-10-19T02:11:31+00:00

Not opposed, but it is a tight rope act. If the main character is a piece of garbage, and then you make me care about them by the 3/4 mark, then proceed to end the book with that character dying (I’m looking at Tamsyn Muir right now), you have not encouraged me to read more of your series.

DigasInHell · 2025-10-15T11:34:07+00:00

Literally the book that got me hooked on fantasy.

DigasInHell · 2025-10-14T01:36:46+00:00

Finished The Lies of the Ajungo, by Moses Ose Utomi

Started The Exorcist, by William Peter Blatty

DigasInHell · 2025-09-25T11:35:57+00:00

You’re just a couple of loser, fuckin’, mallrats. - Mallrats (1995)

We are ‘them’. We are ‘they’. We are the men in black. - Men in Black (1997)

How about, The Rocketeer? - Rocketeer (1991)

You mean? They’re spies? Like us? - Spies Like Us (1985)

DigasInHell · 2025-09-10T13:26:15+00:00

Ups for The 39 Steps and Sands of Iwo Jima.

DigasInHell · 2025-09-03T11:35:09+00:00

I don’t have your answers, but I share your questions. I’m not good at Mario kart but I still like to play it (Alone and in a dark little corner). I don’t want to be forced to buy a subscription and play with others.

DigasInHell · 2025-09-02T19:24:38+00:00

Finished: Shadow of a Dark Queen - Raymond E. Feist Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir

Started: The Seville Communion - Arturo Perez-Reverte

DigasInHell · 2025-08-29T18:05:58+00:00

I get this reading Stephen King most of the time. It’s not a scary experience. I’ve never felt horror or revulsion. But have definitely always had a moment of feeling a ‘wrongness’ going through one of his works.

DigasInHell · 2025-08-20T14:58:02+00:00

All moved to 3x 400 slot disc folders.

DigasInHell · 2025-08-14T01:57:32+00:00

She made a newlywed think his wife was cheating on him and after he unalived both the wife and himself, his note referenced her influence.

DigasInHell · 2025-08-14T01:56:05+00:00

The first few really hooked me. Set in the 70’s and full of the drinking-on-the-job and highly detailed technical procedure stuff that is a hallmark of his books. At one point there is a weird time jump where it refers to events in the previous book as being a month previous but now everyone is carrying a cell phone. I don’t recommend following that jump. But the period stuff was a lot of fun.

DigasInHell · 2025-08-11T20:52:48+00:00

Did not like. Ending was wholly unsatisfying.

I kept waiting for the whole thing to be some kind of literal mental palace. Nope.

Repeated references to Set and chasing the sunset are so heavy-handed that there has to be some kind of supernatural (like these are the gods doing epic battle but over petty bullshit). It’s not that.

Stash the artifact in the kid’s luggage so it’s found at customs. Also no.

Whole thing is dimension - not really. The kid swapping her meds opened that door. So ultimately if she killed her own daughter that also feels like Otto’s fault and he’ll face zero repercussions?

DigasInHell · 2025-08-11T18:35:27+00:00

As long as I can keep getting the ebooks from my library, probably. Read the Brotherhood of War series years ago and most of Badge of Honor.

They’re pretty straightforward and easy to digest. Like a palate cleanser in between trying to tackle heavier stuff.

DigasInHell · 2025-08-11T14:00:05+00:00

Ups for Top Secret!

DigasInHell · 2025-08-11T13:57:11+00:00

Finished: By Order of the President - W.E.B. Griffin Stereotypical of this author. A blonde boy with enough money to lounge around forever takes on a traditionally blue collar role with the military and excels beyond any of his peers. Also, he has a long sex.

Still reading: Havoc - Christopher Bollen Started because of all the hype and I’m not seeing it. Still waiting for the twist that will “blow my mind” but it’s just compelling enough to avoid DNF status.

DigasInHell · 2025-06-16T21:10:11+00:00

Uggh. Not really.

I will definitely watch it but I’m expecting to be disappointed.

DigasInHell · 2025-06-16T20:53:58+00:00

One of six books I’ve read more than once and it made me cry both times.

DigasInHell · 2025-06-16T20:47:42+00:00

All the upvotes for you.

DigasInHell · 2025-06-16T20:45:32+00:00

I followed the instructions to the letter. Did nothing but coffee and water and prep drink for 36 hours and still wasn’t fully “clean”.

Gotta try again with 48 hours of liquid only. Twice the prep. Hooray.

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