Hello good friends.
In Joseph Lewis book, Voltaire, he has a few quotes from the works of the man. On absolution, we learn the church had the following price list
- absolution for one who has carnally known his mother, his sister cost five drachmas
- absolution for one who has deflowered a virgin 6 drachmas
- for one who has revealed another’s confession 7 drachmas
- for one who has killed his father, mother 5 drachmas.
And in another area where I have constantly asked the same questions, that of prohibitions
Voltaire asks
were the Jewish ladies intimate with goats? You assert that your mothers had no commerce with he-goats nor your fathers with she-goats. But pray, gentlemen, why are you the only people upon this earth whose laws have forbidden such commerce? Would any legislator ever have thought of promulgating this extraordinary law if the offence had not been common?
Voltaire’s biggest undoing was to suppress the work of Jean Messlier. To make our atheist a deist.
Random thoughts 
“ladies intimate with goats” – this sounds rather like the West of England where I live, though I do believe it may be legal for consenting parties.
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I want to be there when someone seeks consent from a goat 🙂
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Good to see you back. Was going to send you an email this morning to make sure you were alive 🙂
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Been around, reading what others write.
How are you
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No complaints
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“absolution for one who has carnally known his mother, his sister cost five drachmas” What an outrage! This should cost 8 drachmas and not a drachma less!
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Alright 7 drachmas and I’ll throw in this gourd.
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It’s a deal. *Spits on hand in preparation of handshake.*
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Hahaha
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Drachmas are no longer recognized as legal tender. Will three French hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree suffice?
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Toss in 4 mocking birds and you’ve got a deal.
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I’m afraid I’m fresh out of mocking birds. However I do have a Norwegian Blue parrot. It’s a remarkable bird with beautiful plumage.
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That’ll do.
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You crack me up
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You need to rephrase that, Mak.
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Which one, good friend?
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“crank me up” – this is close to being a euphemism for self-abuse. The expression I believe you were intending to use is “crack me up”.
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Oh yes, you are right
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That the church could see this as a way to make money is beyond me, whatever the drachmas
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>>> “2. absolution for one who has deflowered a virgin 6 drachmas”
I believe inflation has seriously impacted this price in recent years, at least in some parts of the world.
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I believe so too. The Vatican should send revised rates adjusted for inflation
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Actually Wales and New Zealand are the countries to worry about for sheepshagging. Or used to be. Maybe they have reformed. The sheep I mean, or do I mean the men? Too complicated.
The price of prostitution/rape of animals and women doesn’t bear thinking about because no one wants to.
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I guess the sheep reformed. They were getting a raw deal.
On rape of women, the thought alone makes my stomach turn.
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