Five years ago Pat Oate's dog went missing. The mum-of-three had by now given up all hope of ever seeing T-Bone again, you can only search for a certain amount of time.
T-Bone was a Staffordshire bull terrier and the family's conclusion was that he had been stolen, perhaps to order. What Pat didn't reckon with, however, is her local number 37 bus!
Yes, after five years, T-bone was found on the bus which travels between Birmingham City Centre and Solihull. The driver took the dog to a local vet where they were able to scan him to see if T-bone had been micro-chipped - and he had. The vet phoned Pat with the good news and the family were soon reunited with their lost pet.
But where had T-bone been? Nobody knows or can offer an explanation. Pat said, "No one saw who T-Bone was with on the bus. We will try to see if there's CCTV on the bus, but the trouble is the person could claim they'd only just picked him up"
So a happy ending - and shows the value of having dogs micro-chipped.
The Vatican's chief exorcist, Father Gabriel Amorth, had declared that Yoga is the work of the devil!
To quote Father Amorth: "Yoga is the Devil's work. You think you are doing it for stretching your mind and body, but it leads to Hinduism. All these oriental religions are based on the false belief of reincarnation."
He didn't just leave it there, he added:
"Practising yoga brings evil, as does reading Harry Potter. They may both seem innocuous but they both deal with magic and that leads to evil."
"Satan is always hidden and the thing he desires more than anything is for people to believe he does not exist. He studies each and every one of us and our tendencies towards good and evil, and then he tempts us."
"My advice to young people would be to watch out for nightclubs because the path is always the same: alcohol, sex, drugs and Satanic sects."
There I was thinking that yoga is a spiritual discipline and not a religion - oh well, not the first time I've been wrong!
I'm a bit weary of any feel good microchip story.Maybe it could be used for good with pets...but when it comes to humans...you know where they can shove 'em .-)
ReplyDeleteSorry,I'm am not a fan of microchip implants.They are too Orwellian for my liking.
Father Gabriel may have a point,I think that's what led to my downfall in my last life,if it wasn't for Hinduism I wouldn't have had to reincarnate into this life.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the tip Father Gabriel,I won't be picking up those "wicked" Harry Potter books with all that magic stuff in them.I'll stick to the good old Bible where Jesus performs the loaves and fishes stunt and turns water into alcohol...I mean wine.
And thanks for setting me straight on the alcohol thing too,no more sips for me out of that Communion cup full of wine...who knows,Satan could be hiding in there tempting me on to harder drugs.After all,you do make him out to be a lot smarter than God,so I can't afford to be led inadvertently into Hinduism again and have to come back another time.
Thanks Father Gabriel for your words of wisdom,another lost soul has been saved by heeding your wise words.-)
I'm doomed! I went to a yoga class this week and last w/e went to a nightclub.
ReplyDeleteI remember you writing that even the Bible once mentioned reincarnation - so not much hope for any of us, according to the good Father.
Oh and ahhhh! to the doggy story, of course. (Brizdaz: I don't think Mike was suggesting micro-chips in humans, but it could happen and that would be something to demonstrate about.)
Rob and I are doomed, too, apparently. He teaches yoga and I take his classes. Ah well.
ReplyDeleteLove the dog story.
I'm also doomed as it is so much more fun to be passionate about living that pious to a fire-n-brimstone-zero-tolerance dogma.
ReplyDeleteHow cool that T-Bone returned!