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Robot priests? 

Posted Tuesday 19th June 2007 09:40 GMT

Robot priests for patrons with the minds of robots.

Surely a much safer proposition than a human priest with bi-curious urges?

Robot Priests 

Posted Tuesday 19th June 2007 10:31 GMT

Well they're the "Brother Caldwell" model... well they would be if they were male

Robot Ushers... Number Sixes.

Robot Guards... Chrome Toasters

Robot Spys... Boomer.

South Korea better be carefull, they've only eight models left to build!

Douglas Adams foresaw this one 

Posted Tuesday 19th June 2007 10:53 GMT

He wrote about the Electric Monk in one of the Dirk Gently Books: "The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it yourself; Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe."

I suppost the next step is that the bride and groom will be represented by some kind of proxy device.

And now.... 

Posted Tuesday 19th June 2007 11:23 GMT

And now....

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Err... 

Posted Tuesday 19th June 2007 12:16 GMT

"If anyone knows of any reason why they may not lawfully marry, let them speak now or forever hold their peace."

<Whirrr, Ker-click!>

"YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS TO COMPLY!"

Next up: Robot Bris! 

Posted Tuesday 19th June 2007 12:36 GMT

Yes, it's the Mohel-tron 250 XT! It slices! It dices! And it can still cut a cherry like this....

cf. Scepticism Inc. by Bo Fowler 

Posted Tuesday 19th June 2007 14:35 GMT

This opens up a whole can of worms - does this robot priest actually believe in God?

Or is it just programmed to? (much like most of the world's religious population).

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