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In reply to the discussion: I am a Catholic, Baptized, First Communion, Confirmed, Altar-Boy... [View all]snooper2
(30,151 posts)145. I think a good number of politicians give religion the lip service it takes
to get elected...
You've got tons of unwashed masses who believe in sky beings...sometimes folks just have to play along to get votes.
hopefully in a couple more hundred years more folks will figure it out...
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Does the fact that Joe Biden is a practicing Roman Catholic reduce your respect for him? (nt)
Nye Bevan
Mar 2013
#1
Absolutely not. There are no rules here about slamming Joe Biden's religion, AFAIK.
Nye Bevan
Mar 2013
#69
So what are you really trying to say? Why dont you just say it instead of asking a question like
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#92
That's not even a complete question. How about him? Your questions are childish. nm
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#114
I don't recall Joe Biden taking part in the Spanish Inquisition, or enabling the Holocaust,....
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#100
So does the Catholic organization who either took an active role in those events, or....
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#109
Does it occur to you that there's a difference between Catholics and the Catholic Church?
lunatica
Mar 2013
#122
He's most likely still counted as a Catholic in that number, as am I, an atheist...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2013
#51
"Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#23
Trumad, I have all your qualifications (except alter boy - no girls allowed) plus 12 years of
s-cubed
Mar 2013
#31
In the 50s, I was taught your kind would burn in the flames of Hell for eternity
Submariner
Mar 2013
#39
Are you kidding? The pointy hats and Liberace robes? Now that's radical. :-P
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2013
#84
so you're trying to claim that the Catholic church and the early Christians are the same thing?
RainDog
Mar 2013
#87
The Catholic Church brought about and perpetuated the Dark Ages, you are correct.
Ikonoklast
Mar 2013
#182
What are you shitting me? The contemporary version is the mellow one. Their crimes are
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2013
#62
As an institution the Church has had an atrocious record. I have been fortunate to encounter good
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2013
#67
That's fucked up. I went to an all boys school in the late 80s in Puerto Rico. My mother
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2013
#78
I was either 1, 2, 3 or 4 in that one. Didn't feel like writing an explanation. 6-0 is pretty good
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2013
#80
Couldn't agree more! From another baptised Catholic>slated at one time by my parents for the nunnery
hue
Mar 2013
#60
Let's be honest, all Christian-based religions, including catholicism, have foundations in Paganism
justiceischeap
Mar 2013
#123
Raised/educated Catholic. Non-practicing/agnostic, don't really care either way.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2013
#117
I think you - as well as most other people - are looking at this thing sort of inside-out.
harmonicon
Mar 2013
#121
Just wait for the next election when this Pope sends his letter out to the bishops...
Walk away
Mar 2013
#136
Don't forget the election season press releases announcing which pro-choice Democrats will be denied
smokey nj
Mar 2013
#138
Shouldn't you have the SAME contempt for the USA? on the same grounds, that is, unless bookkeeping
patrice
Mar 2013
#154
Whether you agree with them or not, Christians believe that it is Baptism that makes them Christian,
patrice
Mar 2013
#162
The only problem with your version of MY version is that you are an authoritarian thinker, i.e.
patrice
Mar 2013
#173
Basically the "faith" Catholics talk about refers to their own church and not in a deity.
SleeplessinSoCal
Mar 2013
#163
As a Catholic-Atheist, I don't disagree, but propose that you consider the following context:
Texas Lawyer
Mar 2013
#165