But I know how easy it is for people to pile onto the Catholic Church.Particularly for those who simply have to believe in whichever way the wind is blowing.
-- RSRD Originally Posted by RunSilent RunDeep
- Rudyard K
- 09-09-2010, 07:35 PM
- atlcomedy
- 09-09-2010, 07:43 PM
Anybody up for religious services?PJ says this, crosses his fingers & hopes Tudor isn't the only one that says yes....Originally Posted by pjorourke
With an avatar like that post away...Justing be a posting slutt...Never mind me Originally Posted by ICEY_CAKEZ6969
The Catholic Church even recently admitted that there might be aliens or other humans in other solar systems..... Originally Posted by Woody of TX
Who knows? Any day know they might admit that the earth doesn't have four corners and that the earth revolves around the Sun. Originally Posted by Laurentius
Of course, nowadays the CC seldom justifies its positions solely by quoting weirdly-chosen verses from the Bible. Nowadays, that territory is firmly occupied by the fundies.I'm a member of the Roman Catholic faith & I can enjoy a good laugh at some our Church's failings, teachings or even sterotypes.
I'm neither Catholic nor Protestant, so I have no dog in that almost-500-year-old fight. But I know how easy it is for people to pile onto the Catholic Church.
-- RSRD Originally Posted by RunSilent RunDeep
That said if I was to take a shot at say a Jewish sterotype all hell would break loose (figuratively speaking I hope
). But the Catholics seem to be fair game.I hope this doesn't cause this thread to close. In fact I hope it encourages a good discussion. But I did want to point out what seems to be an inconsistency in this forum.
- John Bull
- 09-10-2010, 01:17 PM
by AltComedy:Never! We can't permit politics and not also permit the other forbidden topic; religion.
I hope this doesn't cause this thread to close. In fact I hope it encourages a good discussion. But I did want to point out what seems to be an inconsistency in this forum.
We just enforce, somewhat, the same rules to be civil to one another and try to refrain from namecalling. If we can't abide by those little prohibitions, well then
