Oh, I almost forgot!

[conuly]

In the comments to this article (which I already linked to) there is this line:

Second- as others have noted, there does seem to be a strain in most religions to spend a great deal of money on meaningless stuff. The vatican is a virtual mecca of conspicuous spending. There lots of garish mega churches in poor neighborhoods.

I'm not sure if the poster intended to mix that metaphor or not, but I LOL'd.

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[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

There was nothing unintentional about it. The Vatican is *literally* a virtual Mecca!!!!