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I am not a religious person. But whenever I'm in a church, I can't
help
but notice those ubiquitous boxes of little fake candles that always
seem to pop up in places of Christian worship. You drop a quarter
into the slot, and a little candle lights up as an offering, so you
can
pray.
Prayers,
blah. If I'm going to give the church my hard-earned coin,
I'd
better get more than that. In today's entertainment-craving
culture,
watching candles light up isn't enough to grab people anymore.
Why
not add a pinball machine to the votive display? Now putting in
more
money gets you more prayers *and* more rounds of pinball! High
scorers get more prayers. Best scorer gets absolved! Anyone who
scores more than a million points with one ball is immediately
canonized as a saint. This would generate extra donations for the
church.
As a second option, the coins could activate a mechanical Jesus
that
tells your fortune.
The pray-o-mat
http://www.technove...ntent.asp?Bnum=1378 Prior art by Roger Zelazny [normzone, Nov 10 2009]
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I love the circus/religion idea. This is a very rich vein. |
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I'm rather good at pinball, and I'm an atheist. |
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I like the idea of someone like me being canonized. |
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// the circus/religion idea// tautology. |
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I'm so glad you were here to tell us that 21Q. Please don't hesitate to share your rustic musings in the future. |
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I don't really like pinball but I think this is a great idea. [+] Also, more progressive churches could have video games installed - Grand Theft Auto, or Modern Combat might be cool. You could have a screen and controller installed in every pew space for full-on mass networked gaming instead of dull sermons. -Really- progressive churches might host paintball tournaments (dodging behind tombs, running from gothic pillar to medieval rood-screen...), or mud wrestling bouts, to bring in the faithful and their coin, and to see which of them the God(s) really favour. |
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(Suprisingly?) I am with [21Q] on this one. |
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'Revelation' is singular, [zt]. |
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