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- pingpants, on 04/17/2009, -0/+38Razing a Hollywood monastery for a mall has all the plot points of a 1992 Whoopi Goldberg movie.
- bmcnally, on 04/17/2009, -0/+20If someone sets up a website with next day shipping, I'll order a couple of loafs.
- frontaxle, on 04/17/2009, -0/+18Whoa-o Living on Prayer.
Make my bread or condos I swear! - Jaleho, on 04/17/2009, -0/+17THE BAND, ELWOOD! THE BAND!!!
- MayorMcCheapo, on 04/17/2009, -0/+14Retail anything is about trends. Now, a micro-brew-pub offering Pumpkin Ale, pumpkin fries, squash soup and actress-waitresses in Halloween Nun habits... That could be a recession-buster. Oh yeah, and free WiFi!
- inactive, on 04/17/2009, -0/+1220 people living in a $1.2M home isn't that sweet. It's called "an apartment".
- mmittimm, on 04/17/2009, -0/+11I think it's time to put the band back together...
- mmittimm, on 04/17/2009, -0/+11Hey, speak for yourself. I for one can still blame people for not buying pumpkin bread.
- doctechnical, on 04/17/2009, -0/+9That's not at all a bad idea. In fact that's how monks used to raise funds back in the day - they'd brew their own beer and open a pub/inn. There are still some monasteries that brew beer, there's nothing like a Belgian Trappist Ale. Chimay... mmmmmm.... But watch out for Duvel, it's high-alcohol and sneaks up on you.
- inactive, on 04/17/2009, -0/+8Actually the place is probably worth a hell of a lot more than $1.2M, those are just the yearly expenses which I suppose includes food, utilities, health care (nuns don't get medicare or social security) plus all the materials needed to make and ship all their bread. So yeah, $1.2M annually to run a business and house and feed all your employees annually is actually a really really good deal.
- diggB, on 04/17/2009, -2/+10This is the most horrible thing I've ever heard --- bar nun!
- asgardshill, on 04/17/2009, -0/+7Hey, Pope! Flog a couple of those priceless artworks you've got hoarded in the Vatican on EBay and help these ladies out.
- vsaint, on 04/17/2009, -1/+7Last I heard these nuns had plenty of dough.
- gnotDigger, on 04/17/2009, -1/+7See! Good things come from recessions too! Where's my tax free jedi temple? huh?
- danillum, on 04/17/2009, -10/+16I don't see the point in helping these people raise any money. Think about what these people do all day. They work three hours a day and live in a $1.2 million dollar home. They spend the rest of their day praying, instead of doing something useful, and you think this place needs to be saved?
- BossKey, on 04/17/2009, -0/+6You misinterpret the concept of "second coming"
- reeds1999, on 04/17/2009, -1/+7As the richest organization on the face of the earth, the Catholic Church could solve this if they so chose. A wonderful example of the Culture of Greed on both sides.
- mmittimm, on 04/17/2009, -0/+5The Band? The Band...
The Band? THE BAND! - griffinjam, on 04/17/2009, -1/+6OR
A reality show starring Whoopi where she tries wacky schemes to save the convent.
This is pretty much one of the best ideas anyone has ever had. It would fit well with what people would want, would be totally watchable, and would work. I mean, what kind of ***** would tear down a convent when the whole country is watching? - doctechnical, on 04/17/2009, -2/+6OK, as long as we're being all profane, here's an obligatory nun joke: The seven dwarves are granted a visitation by the Pope. Dopes asks him if there are any dwarf nuns in Rome. The pope says no. He asks if there are any dwarf nuns in Europe. Again the pope answers no. Dopey then asks if there were any dwarf nuns anywhere in the world. The pope says "My son, I'm afraid there just aren't any dwarf women who have heard God's call". Then the other six dwarves start chanting "Dopey ***** a penguin, Dopey ***** a penguin..."
- doctechnical, on 04/17/2009, -0/+4Do you SEE the LIGHT!
- doctechnical, on 04/17/2009, -0/+4OK, time for another nun joke. The mother superior calls the nuns to a meeting and announces "Sisters, I have been made aware that we have a case of gonorrhea in the convent." And one of the older nuns says "Oh good, I was getting so tired of that chardonnay!"
- zeebo, on 04/17/2009, -1/+5A study was conducted some years ago, people with heart conditions who knew that they were being prayed for actually had a higher instance of heart attacks, seemingly due to performance anxiety, while the two control groups of people who were being prayed for without knowing it, and people not being prayed for had the same results. Anecdotes really aren't worth that much. The body does have quite incredible healing powers at times and of course many of these are the result of incorrect diagnosis.
The thing to ask isn't why you recovered, but why millions of others given the same situation didn't. Did the gods simply not care in those situations? When something is a million to one miracle, realize that with six billion people on the planet that situation is going to be fairly common.
I don't feel good about old ladies being kicked out onto the street, but if they can't pay and the support for them has dried up in this situation, its the church and not the state that bears responsibility, just as it would be with any club. - UglieJosh, on 04/17/2009, -1/+4Or you were just really lucky?
If you had gone blind, would that mean that God doesn't like you? Crediting good luck to the supernatural is like saying people with bad luck are inherently evil and/or hated by the supernatural for some reason.. - paulvq, on 04/17/2009, -0/+3www.instantrimshot.com
- ell0bo, on 04/17/2009, -1/+4Some people, do find praying useful. Digg however will Digg me down for saying this.
I am not not a zealot or a evangelist, however I do believe in the power of prayer / meditation, organized religion I can see the good and bad of. I once was hit in the eye by a tennis ball, which cause my retina to start detaching in my eye. Doctor told me I was going to go blind, and that day my aunt took me to confession. There the priest blessed my eye, and the next week my eye was amazingly healed. Take from that what you will, but there is no doubt that prayer and faith had something to do with it, although most if it was probably in the mind. - PopcornDave, on 04/18/2009, -0/+3Given the number of tools that seem to congregate at a mall I think I'd opt for the nuns.
- doctechnical, on 04/17/2009, -1/+4Ba-dump-bump.
- Matt88, on 04/17/2009, -0/+3We're on a mission from god.
- dstrizzle69, on 04/17/2009, -1/+4They should start making something else everyone has to adapt to these economic problems
- ASSASSYN360, on 04/18/2009, -0/+2Let them just pray. That should alleviate the situtation...right...right?
- doctechnical, on 04/17/2009, -0/+2I think that's a great idea. I think you should get something on paper and pitch it before someone beats you to it.
- rileyhallwood, on 04/17/2009, -5/+7who cares if they're nuns, there are millions of hard working people with actual jobs that are being evicted, why isnt there a fund to help them?
- punchinelli, on 04/17/2009, -1/+3You are such a disappointing pair. I prayed so hard for you. It saddens and hurts me that the two young boys whom I taught to believe in the Ten Commandments have come back to me as two thieves, with filthy mouths and bad attitudes.
- angusm, on 04/17/2009, -0/+2Please God, NO!
- PopcornDave, on 04/18/2009, -0/+2@ell0bo - they may pray all day but they're not out bugging you about doing the same so what's your problem with it? If they want to, why would you care?
Besides if they're praying all day it keeps them off the streets. :) - nickht, on 04/17/2009, -1/+3Imagine that, the superficial Hollywood locals won't buy the fatty carbohydrates and sweets... Maybe they should catch up with modern times, lace the bread with certain addictive substances (substances that would keep Lindsay Lohan and the Olson Twins coming back for more), and watch their revenues skyrocket.
- fowleryo, on 04/17/2009, -0/+2doubtful that it'd be anything other than condos or more houses. the monestary is off beachwood in a nortoriously "beachy" part of hollywood. i doubt anyone there... or the city would have a mall there... let alone stores.
- plainOldFool, on 04/17/2009, -0/+2Man ***** you. Now I have a massive need to watch that movie again.
- nepidae, on 04/18/2009, -1/+2You praying is fine, whether you pray to a god, to a bottle of beer or w/e. But I don't give a *****, its not a public matter.
- JohnnySoftware, on 04/28/2009, -0/+1Invest funds donated to a non-profit religious organization in a shopping center. Hmmm....
Sounds familiar. Isn't that how Jim Bakker got himself into trouble? - monkeyrun, on 04/17/2009, -2/+3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_the_multitude
About time they figure out how Jesus did it.
Pray harder. - linagee, on 04/18/2009, -0/+1They need a better product or a better accountant. Their cashflow sucks!
- linagee, on 04/18/2009, -0/+1How would this be any different than the shopping mall that wants to open in their place? Maybe they should just invest in the shopping mall instead?
- nepidae, on 04/18/2009, -0/+1Imagine if they had been scientologist (similar economic policies to the catholic church), digg would have been raking them over the coals.
Sure if there neighbors want to help, thats fine but how is this any sort of news? - nepalikakro, on 04/18/2009, -0/+1Telling too many bad jokes is not a good habit.
- seltaeb4, on 04/18/2009, -0/+1I thought Dopey didn't speak.
- linagee, on 04/18/2009, -0/+1Is being a nun recession proof?
- PopcornDave, on 04/18/2009, -0/+1Pumpkin bread with Dexatrim or cocaine?
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