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Entry: Absinthe and the Apocalyse Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/absinthe_and_the_apocalypse#7398 Post contents: Peter, have you been reading Jack Chick tracts? To cite Wesley's screed as an exemplar of "classic Protestantism" does a disservice to classic Protestants. Most of them got over the late-Gothic rhetoric of identifying the Pope as the "antichrist" long ago. Even the Archbishop of Canterbury now has good relations with the Pope, although he won't turn over the deed to Canterbury Cathedral to Rome anytime soon. And if I had any absinthe (which I've never tried, sorry to say) I'd be happy to knock back a few with Pope Benedict, or in lieu of that a dozen or so German beers, and any Protestant with a lick of sense would join us. In fact, I'm friends with a Methodist Minister who is bosom buddies with a Catholic Priest and often attends his masses, although he properly refrains from taking the sacrament. Sent at: 2008 10 13