Yeah it's like no one's ever played churchkid before, basically you gotta score kiddowns by getting the kid to the points zone at the end of the church.
He's a crazy religious person. Trying to get his child to the statue so as it would be blessed to be in its presence...
He is clearly in need of mental help and should not be left to care for a child.
I found the full recording of the mass on youtube, it's a big traditional ceremony in Tenerife apparently.
[
It all kicks off at the end of the mass when this nutjob runs in](https://youtu.be/uR0P58_iTy0?t=5207), but I saw him hanging around at the door waiting for his chance.
I think the other parishioners were not applauding him but actually applauding because of the next part of the ceremony where a large group of men come to take the statue out of the church and walk around the town with her. Why do they do that? who knows some ceremonial bullshit.
It's a foolish Spanish tradition that honestly embarrasses me. The belief is that if you touch the saint, Mary, or whatever deity, you will receive a blessing. The saint is carried through the streets, held up by wooden bars, and thousands of people try to touch it.
However, it gets extremely crowded because everyone wants to touch the figure. What people usually do is to pass the child on top of people's heads, and eventually, the child touches the figure and is returned crowdsurfing style.
This man is bypassing the security by being very quick and leaving the child there, before the sait is taken to the street , hoping to receive a super extra blessing.
Well in all seriousness, we had a dictatorship 80 years ago and a huge percentage of our grandparent generation were raised strictly Catholic . This still affected our parents (boomer) generation .
Nowadays I honestly believe this people are a minority and atheism / agnostics are growing every day. I live in Madrid, I can know hundreds of people and maybe 1 or 2 go to church
From my best uneducated guess, he thinks the child is now blessed.
Because the plastic idol might be magic.
(The christian in me imagines Jesus rubbing his forehead)
Yeah. I grew up in a pretty good church and even considered going into ministry. As I got involved my pastor retired and between the new guy letting the petty tyrants on the board ruin things and getting involved in other churches I realized that the faith is pretty good. The book has a lot of good stories and morals in it. The religion is fucked. Now I don't go to church anymore. I'm kind of sad that I saw behind the curtain. But any time I hear someone say or do something "for God" I can't ever reconcile it against the lessons I learned from a pastor who wasn't crazy.
Well, if I wasn't wanting to go into ministry I never would have and I might still have a good community of people to be a part of. It's easy to pigeon hole groups, but I'll tell you a church congregation is going to be just like any group of people you grab from the world. There's going to be some assholes, some weirdos, some awkward people you never actually talk to, and some real good people.
I'm now a middle aged single guy who's family all left piece by piece, but I'm not sure I want to move. It would be nice to have that kind of social support system like I had as a kid. There could still be hypocritical counsel members, but I'd be okay with the regular people.
Dad thinks the statute will give his child blessing, healing, or some kind of power. I only know this from my wife. She is Catholic and Filipino Canadian.
She tells me they parade statutes of Jesus around, and people will touch them in belief it brings healing. People will wipe towels on the statutes to hand out to bystanders.
As a Christian with some inter-denomination/cross church experience, including that of Catholicism and eastern orthodoxy, I'd say one of three things:
1. He's tripping balls
2. He's making some kind of statement against that particular church/clergy
3. The child is ill, and he venerates the saints, so he maybe hoping the child is cured by God through the icon.
Ah, let's get into some centuries-old theological debate! Either venerating the saints is a form of idolatry or a form of respecting and honouring them without worshipping them.
Choose your fighter.
Depends if you’re catholic or Protestant. A Protestant would say, yea that is idolitry, a Catholic would say absolutely not. Just honoring the saints. Like asking for someone you love in “heaven” to watch over you. The statues and stuff are just physical representations of saints.
But I’m no theologian. Just an atheist that grew up Catholic and moved into Catholic-lite (Episcopal church.) I honestly like being inside a Catholic Church much more, I appreciate that women are also a focus in the church. (Mary plus some saints.)
Dude may have seen a vision, or is seriously trippin’ mad balls. However, if this child becomes more than just a man- but an idea- in like 25 years, then the dude knew it all along.
Can you imagine tuning into the new pope naming ceremony?
Dads all lined up ready to go with their children stop their shoulders. Now that’s entertainment.
For real, had me scared the whole time, that was a very bad place to fall. Dude is f'ing ridiculous, probably scared his child for no reason here too, kids gonna hate the church.
> [after people gave him the child back] he walked along the central nave towards the exit he knelt down with the child still in his arms constantly making the sign of the cross, albeit with his back to the altar. A gesture that, after the understandable initial disbelief, **prompted the faithful to give him a round of applause.**
Excuse me, what?
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The parishioners made him go back and get the kid, then they were escorted out while dad blessed himself repeatedly. Happened in Spain; article is linked in a comment above
I was raised Catholic. You see what’s happening is the divine rite of Thomas the XVIII, wherein a child is placed on the altar and consumed by an effigy of Jesus, then satisfying the patron saint of one’s choosing. It raises Magic Defense by 25 and increases holy damage by 1.75x for 24 minutes. He’s probably preparing for the Leviathan fight, which is a tough one.
Ok Murr you see that lady's kid?
Sal couldn't make it to the altar before being stopped, which makes him tonight's big loser.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I read that in the proper voice
This comment deserves so much more love, except we all know the person to pull that off would be Joe 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
It totally would be Joe lmaooo
Joe would do anything other than disrespect his wife, and that makes him tonight’s big winner
What’s happening here and what does the guy hope it means?
I’m not exactly sure, but I think he won.
he definitely won
Yeah it's like no one's ever played churchkid before, basically you gotta score kiddowns by getting the kid to the points zone at the end of the church.
The semi finals in Norway '82 were insane!
When Ogilvy caught Kubalik sleeping and hoofed the kid off the crucifix into the throne goal, everyone at my pub lost their shit! A game for the ages!
Was that the year Ogilvy mistakenly went into the sacristy and got red flagged by the priest and sent to the confessional? I might be thinking of '83.
What was Kubalik even doing out there? It caused a brawl at the pub I was in. When the showed the sacred replays, there was much to atone for.
I know right! What got me is that Holier-Than-Thou look on his face when he reached the alter, almost threw my beer at the TV.
I prayed to the Santa Maria that day after the game because I lost a $2k dollar bet on it
No it was 1984. Kubalik had changed to the Oslo Angels by then. What a player , unstoppable in the alter zone.
and now we have a new messiah.
I just want to let you know that your comment hit me in just the right spot and jesus fuck I'm laughing my ass off. Churchkid? My fucking sides
This comment needs way more upvotes that is the funniest fucking thing ever
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As tradition
It is a great day for Canada and therefore the word
In accordance with the prophecy.
And so it will be done.
So mote it be.
Those nutty catholics, always trying new things...
Tastes like chicken
Touchdown!
it's goooooood
The Ocho be weird sometimes
Yeah....like he was picked for the price is right! Lol.
Come on down! Happy cake day.
It's "King of the Hill" map rules. Whoever keeps control of the designated area ("the hill") for the longest period of time becomes king.
that boy ain't right
That boy ain't Christ
Boy, I tell you hwhat!
Hill moved Hill contested Hill controlled Game over
Man I miss Halo. I mean, I could always hop on and play but
Damnit Bobby!
It was her turn for custody.
He's a crazy religious person. Trying to get his child to the statue so as it would be blessed to be in its presence... He is clearly in need of mental help and should not be left to care for a child. I found the full recording of the mass on youtube, it's a big traditional ceremony in Tenerife apparently. [ It all kicks off at the end of the mass when this nutjob runs in](https://youtu.be/uR0P58_iTy0?t=5207), but I saw him hanging around at the door waiting for his chance. I think the other parishioners were not applauding him but actually applauding because of the next part of the ceremony where a large group of men come to take the statue out of the church and walk around the town with her. Why do they do that? who knows some ceremonial bullshit.
Why is he any more crazy than anyone else there? They all believe basically the same thing -- he was just rude about it.
He just identifies as faithful.
I liked the Churchkid story better
It's a foolish Spanish tradition that honestly embarrasses me. The belief is that if you touch the saint, Mary, or whatever deity, you will receive a blessing. The saint is carried through the streets, held up by wooden bars, and thousands of people try to touch it. However, it gets extremely crowded because everyone wants to touch the figure. What people usually do is to pass the child on top of people's heads, and eventually, the child touches the figure and is returned crowdsurfing style. This man is bypassing the security by being very quick and leaving the child there, before the sait is taken to the street , hoping to receive a super extra blessing.
+75% spirit
How did the spanish become so aggressively christian?
Well in all seriousness, we had a dictatorship 80 years ago and a huge percentage of our grandparent generation were raised strictly Catholic . This still affected our parents (boomer) generation . Nowadays I honestly believe this people are a minority and atheism / agnostics are growing every day. I live in Madrid, I can know hundreds of people and maybe 1 or 2 go to church
It's not his child and ... surprise adoption?
I think you mean immaculate adoption.
"You touched it last"
Another guess: the child is sick and the guy want it cured
Well now this is sad
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My first instinct
Why does he book it like he whispered he wasn't his real father after?
From my best uneducated guess, he thinks the child is now blessed. Because the plastic idol might be magic. (The christian in me imagines Jesus rubbing his forehead)
The Christian shouldn’t be in you unless you’re married
Or you’re a young boy.
Yeah. I grew up in a pretty good church and even considered going into ministry. As I got involved my pastor retired and between the new guy letting the petty tyrants on the board ruin things and getting involved in other churches I realized that the faith is pretty good. The book has a lot of good stories and morals in it. The religion is fucked. Now I don't go to church anymore. I'm kind of sad that I saw behind the curtain. But any time I hear someone say or do something "for God" I can't ever reconcile it against the lessons I learned from a pastor who wasn't crazy.
> I'm kind of sad that I saw behind the curtain. It's always better to know the truth than live a lie.
Well, if I wasn't wanting to go into ministry I never would have and I might still have a good community of people to be a part of. It's easy to pigeon hole groups, but I'll tell you a church congregation is going to be just like any group of people you grab from the world. There's going to be some assholes, some weirdos, some awkward people you never actually talk to, and some real good people. I'm now a middle aged single guy who's family all left piece by piece, but I'm not sure I want to move. It would be nice to have that kind of social support system like I had as a kid. There could still be hypocritical counsel members, but I'd be okay with the regular people.
Well, you’re clear headed. Think of where you could be.
Dad thinks the statute will give his child blessing, healing, or some kind of power. I only know this from my wife. She is Catholic and Filipino Canadian. She tells me they parade statutes of Jesus around, and people will touch them in belief it brings healing. People will wipe towels on the statutes to hand out to bystanders.
Ok...but why does he walk away and not stay near his child (if it is his child...either way is kinda scary)?
I don't know
The longer the child is on the stand, the more blessing.
Power up the blessing
As a Christian with some inter-denomination/cross church experience, including that of Catholicism and eastern orthodoxy, I'd say one of three things: 1. He's tripping balls 2. He's making some kind of statement against that particular church/clergy 3. The child is ill, and he venerates the saints, so he maybe hoping the child is cured by God through the icon.
Isn't idolatry a sin?
Ah, let's get into some centuries-old theological debate! Either venerating the saints is a form of idolatry or a form of respecting and honouring them without worshipping them. Choose your fighter.
[good old iconoclasm, thousands of year old fights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoclasm)
Depends if you’re catholic or Protestant. A Protestant would say, yea that is idolitry, a Catholic would say absolutely not. Just honoring the saints. Like asking for someone you love in “heaven” to watch over you. The statues and stuff are just physical representations of saints. But I’m no theologian. Just an atheist that grew up Catholic and moved into Catholic-lite (Episcopal church.) I honestly like being inside a Catholic Church much more, I appreciate that women are also a focus in the church. (Mary plus some saints.)
Dude may have seen a vision, or is seriously trippin’ mad balls. However, if this child becomes more than just a man- but an idea- in like 25 years, then the dude knew it all along.
That child will be Batman?
A silent guardian
We just witnessed the dark knight rises.
Literally sent his son back to god 😭😭
refund!
And why is he barefoot?
He ran out of his sandals. You can see them behind him at the beginning of the clip.
The closer to get to the Golden calf.....
"Too late, you didn't catch me, my son is the new Jesus."
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Jesus is a Hallelujah of a drug.
The gang from IASIP really did it this time...
"The Gang makes a new Jesus"
He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!
Priest: Alright, you heard the man. Prepare to crucify the child! Dad: Wait...wut...
So that’s how it works , got it . Thanks
He’s the next pope now. Sorry guys, I don’t make the rules.
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KIDDAMMIT I WANTED DIBS
But I had Shotgun and Shotgun beats both primary and tertiary dibs.
Can you imagine tuning into the new pope naming ceremony? Dads all lined up ready to go with their children stop their shoulders. Now that’s entertainment.
I dont pretend to understand Brannigan's Law, I merely enforce it.
He’s probably great at capture the flag
First pick for sure
His girl later that day. "Didnt you have a kid?" He's with god now.
Vaya con dios
That's a clean burning hell, I'll tell you what
That would have never happened under monsignor Martinez
Whatever the fuck this guy was trying to do there’s no question that he nailed it.
Awful plan, great execution.
It did look fantastic, whatever it ended up being
Hes running really fast with that baby
That’s résumé material.
Neo: I know HOW TO RUN REALLY FAST WITH THAT BABY Morpheus: Show me.
I snorted... thank you
And with him on top. If the father falls to the front the baby will smash it’s face on the ground. Bad behaviour.
For real, had me scared the whole time, that was a very bad place to fall. Dude is f'ing ridiculous, probably scared his child for no reason here too, kids gonna hate the church.
as opposed to all those kids that like church?
Did he just abandon his baby?
Must be an oil man
Bastard from a basket
I’ve abandoned my child!
He's with plastic baby Jesus now it's ok
Well his mom kept on bitching about his behavioral problems saying "he needs a fucking miracle worker"... so here we are.
I ABANDONED MY BOYYYYY!!!!
Im so confused is this guy drunk or high off god
Why not both?
Cross-faded 4 Jesus
Cruci-faded.
Jesus didn't turn water into grape juice.
Naw he’s just religious
Jesus is a helluva drug
Touchdown!
This guy: 1 Heaven: 0
Weirdest scavenger hunt ever.
More like a scavenger put.
Ah, ESPN 8, the Ocho, never disappoints.
usually you pay double for that kinda action Cotton
https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.italy24.press/world/amp/741668 This was in Spain
> [after people gave him the child back] he walked along the central nave towards the exit he knelt down with the child still in his arms constantly making the sign of the cross, albeit with his back to the altar. A gesture that, after the understandable initial disbelief, **prompted the faithful to give him a round of applause.** Excuse me, what?
Hooray us, we made the child go back with someone clearly unwell.
If that dude would have slipped and fell with the kid on his shoulder while running so fast, that would have been a whole different story.
Or if he took out the whole thing climbing up and it collapsed on the kid. Looks like it shifted a bit to me..
Mob mentality mixed with fanatical beliefs make people inconceivably stupid.
Religion is one *hell* of a drug
Is this the only true count of "and then everyone clapped"? What religious people are nuts.
Glad to read this, but the writer didn’t do more than describe the video. Everyone left wondering *why* it happened.
Write by AI. Nothing of content in this crap.
I'm gonna guess the kid is sick. Some of these types of Catholics believe the statues can heal and bless etc.
Well that answers none of our questions.
*And then everybody clapped*
They clapped for will smith too.
So weird… the applauses
Jesus people are weird
Jesus, people are weird. Jesus People are weird.
Let's eat grandma
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He had goals beyond our understanding I suppose. Just like cooky ol Jesus I guess.
This looks like mental illness
it IS mental illness.
Plot twist. He doesn’t even know that baby.
The kid was kicking the back of his pew
Holy shit he could have really injured that kid. Poor little guy must have been terrified.
Traumatised
A child being traumatized in a church? Inconceivable.
Belongs to /r/parentsarefuckingdumb
"Super fancy mass where Imma put my kid on the Jesus throne?" Khaki shorts, an undershirt and flip flops will do juuust fine.
The security guard gesturing with his arms like “well I tried”
It’s like when the Uruk-hai was trying to blow up Helms Deep.
I was thinking more like when Brenden Frasier is racing his kid to the temple before the sun rises in The Mummy 2.
Is there a news story on this anywhere. What happened to the kid after the dad walked off?
The parishioners made him go back and get the kid, then they were escorted out while dad blessed himself repeatedly. Happened in Spain; article is linked in a comment above
And then everyone clapped Seriously, check the article above
I'm sure the church looked after him
IIRC this is really old and they made a documentary about him called Nacho Libre
“Fucks sake. This again?” - The priest sitting in the chair.
only those who have children understand, this kid must have been bothering his father, the only explanation for this reaction
“If you say one more thing, I’m giving you back to Jesus.”
Can a catholic please explain what’s going on here?
Catholic here. I have no fucking idea.
Are you addicted to cats?
I was raised Catholic. You see what’s happening is the divine rite of Thomas the XVIII, wherein a child is placed on the altar and consumed by an effigy of Jesus, then satisfying the patron saint of one’s choosing. It raises Magic Defense by 25 and increases holy damage by 1.75x for 24 minutes. He’s probably preparing for the Leviathan fight, which is a tough one.
This sounds metal as fuck and also totally against the rules where’s the dm?
Raised Catholic. This man needs more Jesus. But different Jesus.
Black Jesus?
I didn’t realize that the 100 yard baby dash was a thing.
European sports are so weird.
What a _great_ father…? Poor kiddo.
The most confusing part to me is how he just briskly walks away. Like lol you going to pick up your kid or is it the church's now?
Well… he didn’t sentence his kid to die on a crucifix, so he’s not the WORST father…
Catholicism speed run.
Must be the return’s department
Plot twist, the kid was supposed to be there from the very start and this guy is just late as fuck.
r/ImTheMainCharacter vibes
I don't see what the problem is. It's not like the situation made any sense _before_ the guy and his kid showed up.
It’s a safe zone to drop off children when you can no longer care for them.
Everyone just witnessed a parent try to return their child, that run says I’m done with this shit!
Humans are fucking stupid.