Is John Roberts a member of Opus Dei?

[BrotherBuzz]

Inquiring minds want to know...

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. Is he Catholic?

[TahitiNut]

2. Yep.

[BrotherBuzz]

3. Yes...

[candy]

4. God I hope not---that's one strange group.

[rox63]

5. Scalia is an Opus Dei member

And he's pretty scary.

[BrotherBuzz]

6. Thomas is rumored to be a member, too!!!

Double scary!!

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. Of three catholics on the supremes

two are believed to be Opus Dei? An organization of, supposedly, 80,000 members out of a world population of more than a billion catholics?

How likely is that?

[BrotherBuzz]

10. Pretty long odds

Unless you're driving the bus or shuffling the cards. You know what I mean, Vern?

[DemoTex]

21. I know what you mean!

[BrotherBuzz]

22. Believe it or not....

I thought of you when I threw that quote up there. Like minds....

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

[wolframtarant]

17. From the Opus Dei website...

"We would like to dispel once and for all the rumors that Louis Freeh, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Mel Gibson are members."

[toymachines]

7. wait so...

lets get this straight. Is he Catholic? and then is he Opus Dei? and how do we know?

[BrotherBuzz]

9. He is Catholic

But the question I'm raising: Is he in any way connected to Opus Dei, an ultra right wing Chatholic cult organization? How do we find out? Ask Scalia?

[LeftyMom]

12. I don't think we do find out

Unless somebody sees him going in one of thier buildings or a former member outs him, I doubt he'd be dumb enough to admit membership. He needs to fundie base to get through congress and they love a good Catholic conspiracy. Opus Dei seems weirder than anything Jack Chick could come up with in a fever dream and membership would cause a lot of people to him in a more sinister light.

[Swamp Rat]

11. Wouldn't surprise me one bit.

Some of our friends here at DU are in deep denial about the seriousness of the Roberts nomination. I hope they snap out of it soon because we have a lot of concurrent battles to fight.

[ThomWV]

13. What Is So Bad About Opus Dei?

A friend of mine went on a rant about them one time and was suprised I had never heard of that particular brand of evil. He told me to go to their website and see for mysely how diabolical they are.

So I did.

I couldn't find anything wrong with them or what they openly strive to do. Is there more than they admit to? I only ask because it appears anyone can be in it if they want to and nothing that I see as undesirable comes of it.

[MountainLaurel]

15. Off the top of my head

They're striving to take Catholism back to the Middle Ages, and the rest of us with them. Also, they have the most misogynist attitudes toward women -- the ladies have to enter through a separate door in their "facilities."

[ThomWV]

18. There Is Not A Word Of Any Thing Like That

At their website. In fact there is not one single tawdry thing I could find anywhere on their website. Even more than that, it was not at all apparent they were much more than a loosely knit group with similar views on how one should lead their life.

How is that any different than any other religious group?

I really looked, because my friend was so adamat that they were evil personified. I couldn't find jack shit wrong with them, any more than any other zelots. They certainly weren't trying to impose any of their views on anyone.

Basically all they said was that to be a member here is what you had to do: Devote your life to doing as much good as you could and doing all of the good you could, and doing it in the name of Jesus. Sign the pledge to do that, no matter what your activity, and you would be in. As far as I could see you didn't even necessairly have to be a Catholic.

So what's the big deal? What country have they overtrown, which poor have they deprived, who have they burned at the stake?

[JanMichael]

19. That whole Franco thingy back in Spain.

It's where they blossomed. They're Fascists. Or at least heavily identified with Fascism.

That is, or used to be, a "bad" thing.

[proud patriot]

14. Hey Brother Buzz sorry I missed you Saturday

:hi:

[BrotherBuzz]

16. Sorry I missed you, too

I really wanted to peruse the art/literature on your car one more time. ;) I'll catch you and the gang on the rebound. Camping? Interesting ... Perhaps our sons can fianally meet.

[proud patriot]

20. I've changed most of it since the election

Got "Karl Rove is a Traitor" on the front bumper

"Chimpeach Cheney and the Chimp , oh and Karl Rove
is a Traitor" on the back window .

Lot's of bumper stickers quoting our founders,
calling republicans tasty chicken hawks , honoring
vets and the Constitution .....

DU , OpTruth , DFA stickers

Plus my music stickers :headbang:

It's so fun Pissing pukes off :evilgrin:

I look forward to the Next Gathering :hug:
where ever that may be .