Fun Fact Friday!

This week's Fun Fact comes from our old buds across the pond in France. The place is known as Rennes-le-Chateau (there should be a little cap on the first "a" but I don't know how to do that) which is located in the South-West corner of France. The chateau is on top of a hill in a very small town that draws thousands of tourists every year because of the chateau. The chateau draws thousands every year because of rumors, and beliefs that it holds secrets to the truth about some of Christianity's biggest secrets.

The area is no stranger to religious controversy. The Languedoc region was known for being the home of the 13th century Cathars, who held a dualism belief since they felt that power and love were incompatible traits. But Rennes-le-Chateau is what this area is currently visited for, because it is believed, by some, that in the late 1800's Father Bérenger Saunière uncovered secrets that the Catholic church did not want in circulation. The reason for this belief is because Father Sauniere amassed a large wealth out of no where, renovated the church, and added certain relics to celebrate Mary Magdalene. While there was always debate amongst the small town how Father Sauniere came up with the money, it wasn't well known until a restaurant owner in the 1950's started spreading rumors in attempts to bring in more business. Plain and simple, the restaurant owner's plan worked. Rennes-le-Chateau is a center piece for the bloodline of Christ theory that has been documented in "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" and "The Da Vinci Code," to name a few. However the truth about the so-called secrets that Father Sauniere found are highly unlikely. The Priory of Sion, which in theory is an order that was made to protect the bloodline of Christ and also what some believe Father Sauniere found documents supporting their existence, is a complete farce. The Priory was made up in the middle 1900's and was admitted to be by those who wrote about it, to be a figment of Pierre Plantard's mind.

Well I'm going to have to stop there, I've got to go back to work (Poop). But have an amazing weekend, and hopefully the Pac-10 can do a little better this week. I take 100% of the blame due to my overboard, homer of a college football review about a month ago. Karma, you got me good.