Posts Tagged ‘Fireworks’

Letting off fire crackers during religious services a no no

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

A judge in Kerala banned the use of crackers in religious places at odd hours saying there are no commandments in any of the holy books that mandate the bursting of crackers to please God. An order was also made to conduct raids at religious places and seize the “illegally stored crackers”. However, the Kerala Read more

Celebrating Guy Fawkes a bit odd and vaguely anti-catholic

Monday, November 6th, 2017
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As the 21st Century progresses and tensions between Catholics and Protestants fade, we’re left with children asking “Penny for the Guy”. Victoria University historian Grant Morris says that, although the Guy Fawkes celebration is now stripped of its original meaning, “it retains that anti-Catholic title.” He says it is a “bit odd” the celebration of Guy Fawkes continues Read more