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Of course I am opposed to the US Constitution and freedom of religion. I have stated this before and make no secret of it. Why do you think I'm being dishonest?
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Originally Posted by phetaroi
I don't think you're being dishonest. But I don't think you're an American.
I do think he exaggerates to get a rise out of people, and to his credit it obviously works. But I also think his genuine beliefs—whatever they may be—are plenty deranged on their own merits and would make even Bill Donohue blush.
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Originally Posted by Michael Way
Thank God the RCC will never again have political power. Separation of church and state is the way to go.
It’s ironic because many anti-Catholic bigots feared JFK would do exactly what Mike advocates for here.
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Originally Posted by EscAlaMike
I'd be interested to hear any responses to the actual article or to my questions posed in the OP, as opposed to personal quips.
Too much to ask?
You keep running around the mulberry bush in the same way. Frankly, this Roman Catholic shock jock stuff is getting rather boring.
Here’s a somewhat serious question: why live in Alabama, which is one of the least (and possibly the least) Catholic states in the union? Do you just enjoy a challenge?
I do think he exaggerates to get a rise out of people, and to his credit it obviously works. But I also think his genuine beliefs—whatever they may be—are plenty deranged on their own merits and would make even Bill Donohue blush.
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The bold is not remotely overstated. That anyone can think that what they believe about God should become what everyone believes about God . . . OR ELSE! is definitively deranged. That is the epitome of disordered thinking, IMO!
In the Spanish Inquisition (which you have already said you approve of), Catholics were killing others, specifically Jews, who didn't want to convert to Catholicism.
So, here's the simple Yes or No question.
Do you advocate inquisition style killing of people who do not practice Catholicism? Yes or No.
Educate yourself and stop mindlessly buying into Black Legend propaganda nonsense, as convenient as it may be to do so.
The progressive priests who dominated the U.S. church in the years after Vatican II are now in their 70s and 80s. Many are retired. Some are dead. Younger priests, surveys show, are far more conservative.
“They say they’re trying to restore what us old guys ruined,” said the Rev. John Forliti, 87, a retired Twin Cities priest who fought for civil rights and reforms in Catholic school sex education.
Doug Koesel, an outspoken 72-year-old priest at Blessed Trinity Parish in Cleveland, was blunter: “They’re just waiting for us to die.”
As anyone here familiar with my posts knows, I'm unabashedly a member of the 'younger' generation looking to bring back moral rigidity, monarchies, inquisitions, and the like. I just hope my generation does a better job of 'passing on the torch', so to speak, to create some real staying power.
Magical 60's and 70's is no more.
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