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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:18 PM Original message |
Why do you stay Catholic? |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cause I don't wanna BURN IN HELL for eternity with the savages! |
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dddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. When you offer toaster ovens like the lesbians, |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Screw Catholic guilt |
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southerntransplant (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. What if you don't like Penn and Teller? |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's how I grew up |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. I remember a much more liberal Catholic Church too |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. As a child, raised Catholic, |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Do you really believe that? |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. As A Catholic School Graduate |
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Is It Fascism Yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
59. Where is hell anyway? Was it in the ovens of the holocaust or is it now |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #59 |
78. Hopefully Clarification |
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calico1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. I was raised Catholic, and went to |
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Tweed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:42 PM Original message |
Because the Son of God founded this religion |
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Kathryn7 (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Amen!!!! |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. The Mormon Church claims the same lineage, |
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Tweed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You are so 'enlightened' |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. God Himself told me to say that, |
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minerva50 (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
62. I think the Catholics have a bit more documentation than the Mormons |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
66. Well, they're nuts, but what about the Middle Eastern and Greek |
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minerva50 (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:09 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. I agree |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. Well, every Christian church |
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Tweed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Yes, the Catholic Church is the church that focuses on what Jesus said |
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Adenoid_Hynkel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. some aspects do, but Pope Ratzi condemns liberation theology |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Actually the |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:16 AM Response to Reply #43 |
75. "And where does the Bible say we should pray to Mary?" |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
69. Jesus said homosexuals are part of an ideology of evil? |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. "No other religion can do that" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Oh give me a break. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Did you just call another religion a "joke"? |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. For those of you out there who didn't believe me |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Damn, I'm an atheist and I don't |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. I hope you realize that most Christians don't agree with you |
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efhmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
46. There is absolutely no proof of that except for a |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
52. If you trace apostolic succession |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
70. Episcopalians are Apostolic and transubstantial too. |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. To me, it's like being German and Polish. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. exactly... |
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thoughtanarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. It won't wash off! |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. "Out! Out! Damn spot!" |
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hippiegranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. my partner is a recovered Catholic... |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. There are no "recovered" Catholics. Only "recovering" |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. I beg to disagree, I am a very free and well "recovered Catholic". |
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Is It Fascism Yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
60. Me! Me! I am fully recovered, I swear it's true, have been off the |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. How did I miss out on the decoder ring? |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Remember. Catholic mass rarely talks about all these issues. |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. The baptists have a strong liberal tradition. But the Southern Baptists... |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Well, yeah, of course the beginnings weren't |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's part of our identity. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. I HAVEN'T!! MY CHURCH AND GOD ARE IN MY HEART..NOT IN MAN!! |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
67. You are my Hero! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. Growing up in the South |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
61. A Southern upbringing does help one appreciate Catholicism. |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. I Broke Away |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. Why did Jesus stay Jewish? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Cause the potato latkes were to die for. Oops, sorry. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. We can always use another |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
32. They ran out of resignation applications. |
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agincourt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. The church of my youth, |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I went during the Sixties too |
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dddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I never personally got a beating |
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Tippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. I went to Catholic School for 12 years |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. One of the Therapists |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
77. My dad is a life-long Catholic, and will be a Catholic until |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. Why does it matter to you? Liberal Catholics are on your side, they're |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. No actually I have wanted to ask that question too. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I didn't stick with the Church. I left mid homily, the day they told me |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Sorry if it's too personal. |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:05 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. "Why do you smoke?" also seems a legitimate question to me. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:20 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I guess what I am trying to say bluntly, is that it's no one's business |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:53 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. I agree. But thank those who volunteered, anyway. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
71. Because liberal catholics are not abandoning an institution |
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Is It Fascism Yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
58. I don't (stay Catholic) anymore. Fully recovered now. N/T |
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bklyncowgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
63. I've been a refugee Catholic for over thirty years. |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
64. Catholic no more |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
68. There is a "aura" about the Church of Rome |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:24 AM Response to Reply #68 |
76. I know loads of Pagan ex-Catholics |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
73. Long Lapsed, and LOVIN' IT! |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
74. Interesting Thread |
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adwon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
79. Why leave? |
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