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Related: About this forumVatican Policymaking Once Again Manipulated By Powerful Second Commandment Rights Groups
VATICAN CITYLamenting their tremendous impact on Catholic doctrine and their unfettered access to influential clergy, frustrated Vatican insiders told reporters Monday that policymaking decisions for the worlds largest Christian denomination continue to be manipulated by powerful second commandment rights groups. These lobbyists pump so much money into the Holy See that they can just insert their own positions about not taking the Lords name in vain into almost every church edict, said a Vatican official who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal. Other commandment groups simply cant compete with the political muscle these aggressive organizations wield. Its frustrating to see popular and important ethical decrees like Thou shalt not covet and Honor thy mother and father continue to go by the wayside because all the most powerful cardinals are essentially doing the bidding of these special interest pressure groups. At press time, a bishop who had used his sermon to propose a few modest adjustments to the second commandment was being bombarded by attack ads in thousands of church newsletters around the world.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/vatican-policymaking-once-again-manipulated-by-pow,38227/
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Vatican Policymaking Once Again Manipulated By Powerful Second Commandment Rights Groups (Original Post)
hack89
Mar 2015
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Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)1. God damn it! Not again!
ileus
(15,396 posts)2. There's always a Baptist to blame.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)3. We Baptists get the blame for everything.
Here in Oklahoma, all good liquor stores have "Baptist doors" in the back so we can be discrete.
blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)4. Did you hear about the two Baptists at the bar
when they saw the preacher walk in? They quickly peeled the labels off of their beer bottles and stuck them on their foreheads. The preacher walked up and asked why they were drinking? They replied they weren't drinking, pointed to the labels and said "We're on the patch!"
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)5. Good one.
A friend of mine once told me there was two much religious strife in the world. Christians don't recognize Mohammed as a prophet. Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the leader of the Church. Baptists don't recognize one another in bars.