{"id":402,"date":"2022-02-11T14:03:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T21:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/?p=402"},"modified":"2025-01-26T06:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T13:32:25","slug":"claatu-verata-nicto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/2022\/02\/11\/claatu-verata-nicto\/","title":{"rendered":"Claatu, Verata, Nicto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0523-1-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0523-1-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0523-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0523-1-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0523-1-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A solemn phrase, only to be uttered just prior to removing the Necronomicon in order to avert the release of the Army of Darkness. And you better know what you\u2019re saying. No coughing while saying any syllable because you\u2019ve forgotten the magic words. Apparently the Army of Darkness can sense whether you\u2019re saying \u201cNicto\u201d or \u201cNeck tie.\u201d \u201cBasically said it,\u201d doesn\u2019t count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you\u2019re a Priest uttering magic incantations for baptism, the rules still apply. Or so two decades\u2019 worth of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/parish-pastor-resigns-after-two-decades-performing-invalid-baptisms-1677661?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1644433758\" target=\"_blank\">parishioners learned recently<\/a> &#8211; including the Dioceses of Phoenix when they realized the shepherd had been baptizing his flock in the first person plural \u201cwe,\u201d as opposed to the singular vernacular, \u201cI,\u201d when incanting \u201cI baptize you in the names of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.\u201d Their baptisms have been ruled invalid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0524.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0524.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0524-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Claatu\u2026 Veratu\u2026. *cough* Neck tie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A solemn phrase, only to be uttered just prior to removing the Necronomicon in order to avert the release of the Army of Darkness. And you better know what you\u2019re saying. No coughing while saying any syllable because you\u2019ve forgotten the magic words. Apparently the Army of Darkness can sense whether you\u2019re saying \u201cNicto\u201d or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0523-1-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1085,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/1085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.basilweb.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}