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- To NavyRetired2;
Well said!
I grew up Catholic, until I was 14 years old and graduated from Catholice school. That is why I never returned to church until 10 years later!
It took me that long to realize that being a christian or being religious or being catholic or believing in the Bible were all completely different! - Reply to this comment
- My question has always been, why hasn't the various Catholic Diocese been prosecuted under the RICO act?
Posted by ajax52151 at 12:02 PM : Jul 16, 2007
5 of the 9 current US Supreme Court Justices, including the Chief Justice, are Catholics.
The latest additions thanks to George Bush, giving the Roman Emperor solid control of the US "justice" system. - Reply to this comment
- If the Omnipotent, Ominiscient Deity wanted us to follow the words of the bible literally without any interprtation he no dobt is smart enough to not have depended on human scribes to write it all down.
Posted by JEGibbons at 11:30 AM : Jul 16, 2007
If any such entity existed, he would not be so stupid as to require his story or rules be written down in the first place.
Literacy is a fairly recent invention amongst the common population. - Reply to this comment
- My question has always been, why hasn't the various Catholic Diocese been prosecuted under the RICCO act? The Cardinals and Bishops were aware of the crimes being committed by these priests and they not only failed to report the crimes but moved the priests to other parishes to commit more crimes. Unconscionable at the least and very arguably a criminal conspiracy. What is even more disturbing is the Pope being so detached from this horrendous situation.
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- tuckermdfw - you may be correct
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- ...make that "conscription in cults"....
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- The problem with being a Christian is that one must surrender all independent thought and believe that the bible is 100% true, or they are not %u201Ctrue%u201D believers. Which makes them susceptible to manipulation by the corrupt.
Posted by jn122736 at 11:09 AM : Jul 16, 2007
Precisely why I consider inscription in cults as intellectual enslavement...... - Reply to this comment
- The Christian religion is based on love,. . .
Posted by tucanofulano at 09:55 AM : Jul 16, 2007
The Christian religion is based on delusions, as is the entire bible.
www.godisimaginary.com - Reply to this comment
- "Possibly explaining to Catholics who obviously don't "get it" is that a normal man does not wish to have "sleep-overs" with other people's children." Posted by formrusmcsgt
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This requires getting past generations of blind faith that a priest is your conduit to God. This is the generation that told their parents what was happening and the parents refused to believe it. A priest was there to protect you. Who would ever believe you weren't safe in his presence?
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- If the Omnipotent, Ominiscient Deity wanted us to follow the words of the bible literally without any interprtation he no dobt is smart enough to not have depended on human scribes to write it all down.
He had to know we would screw it up. Literal interpretations are dangerous whether the subject be religion, politics, war planning, parenting or law making.
That's why we have judges, mothers, philosophers, reporters, bureaucrats and statesman. - Reply to this comment
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