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Bluenorthwest

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32. If you ignore the putrid teachings as you call them, how are you religious and not

Mon Jan 30, 2012, 06:34 PM

Jan 2012

just in a sort of social group that is opposed to the rights of my community? I mean pick one. Either you are of that faith or not. If you don't like the teachings, stop defending them, supporting them, lending your personal energies to them.
Your faith opposes my rights. I'm going to criticize the hell out of anyone holding to such ancient prejudices or to the institutions that promote those prejudices. What should I fear, that the RCC is going to get more anti gay if I'm not nice to them? Get real.

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Excuse me for interrupting . . . [View all] TomClash Jan 2012 OP

Have not been following those threads. randome Jan 2012 #1

I don't know what the recent comments are that upset you but surfdog Jan 2012 #2

Excuse me, but whathehell Jan 2012 #6

It's not just the number of priests who molested JFN1 Jan 2012 #10

Exactly surfdog Jan 2012 #16

The cover-up happens at the very top surfdog Jan 2012 #15

lol....only 6% of our priests like to fuck children enough to actually do it and get caught DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2012 #27

lol...What percentage of MEN "like to fuck children enough to actually do it and get caught"? whathehell Jan 2012 #51

Sure thing. Just let me know when the incarceration rate for all American men DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2012 #57

If we go with your figure of 6%, Dash Riprock Jan 2012 #37

It's not "my" figure whathehell Jan 2012 #52

The USA is pretty damned vile too. hunter Jan 2012 #67

It's time for the US Catholic Church to seceed gopiscrap Jan 2012 #3

Religion is a choice, therefore if you continue to go and support and claim it Lionessa Jan 2012 #4

Who says everyone should be "slammed" because they support a particular religion? whathehell Jan 2012 #13

For me, yes, I get to make that judgement. Feel free to make a different one for yourself. Lionessa Jan 2012 #17

Then you also get to identify it as your personal judgement, rather than stating it as fact, whathehell Jan 2012 #21

All of our opiniions are personal judgements .... oldhippie Jan 2012 #28

Did you then intentionally miss the capital JMO, just my opinion, so you could get righteous? Gee, Lionessa Jan 2012 #36

Gee, no. whathehell Jan 2012 #44

Exactly 1/2 of the way through the post is an "afterthought?" You need help with Lionessa Jan 2012 #47

No dear, you need help whathehell Jan 2012 #50

I repeat, religion is a choice, and thereby I will judge both individual and groups Lionessa Jan 2012 #61

Stop the spin already surfdog Jan 2012 #18

You are quoting a book from the Torah, and trying to indict Christians whathehell Jan 2012 #26

Funny, that book is in my copy of the Vulgate. msanthrope Jan 2012 #30

That's nice whathehell Jan 2012 #41

What credit are you trying to give to Judaism? Be precise. nt msanthrope Jan 2012 #46

Um yeah Aerows Jan 2012 #54

Excuse me! Dash Riprock Jan 2012 #40

In what way whathehell Jan 2012 #42

I also have some level of equal distaste loyalsister Jan 2012 #33

If you ignore the putrid sermons sharp_stick Jan 2012 #5

Do you really want to know? whathehell Jan 2012 #8

He's the one who said putrid sharp_stick Jan 2012 #19

Catholics are no more or less dogmatic than any other religious people. redqueen Jan 2012 #23

Sane people of all religions do that Aerows Jan 2012 #55

In that case, the world's largest social club owes a shitload in back taxes DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2012 #58

Um...You're confused about some things whathehell Jan 2012 #38

No thanks I was lucky enough to dump them sharp_stick Jan 2012 #60

Can you worship a God without.... surfdog Jan 2012 #22

I don't think you can still be a Catholic if you deny that your god created msanthrope Jan 2012 #34

First of all, could you bag the "your god" stuff? whathehell Jan 2012 #48

Are you denying that you think that your god started life on this planet? msanthrope Jan 2012 #53

Catholicism doesn't deny evolution and preach "creationism" either. whathehell Jan 2012 #7

Thank you for your posts on this topic. redqueen Jan 2012 #11

Thanks, redqueen! whathehell Jan 2012 #14

They dance around the issue of evolution surfdog Jan 2012 #25

Um, no they don't. whathehell Jan 2012 #31

The Church does preach 'creationism'--it's a basic tenet of the faith that your god created the msanthrope Jan 2012 #39

Yes and it only took the Catholic Church 400 years Dash Riprock Jan 2012 #43

Sorry, you're opposing an acceptable prejudice gratuitous Jan 2012 #9

LOL! whathehell Jan 2012 #35

Religion should not be Dash Riprock Jan 2012 #45

that's because it's hard to take people seriously... mike_c Jan 2012 #62

Indeed TomClash Jan 2012 #68

At what point does a religion... Bigmack Jan 2012 #12

It used to be that a much higher percentage of Catholics... arbusto_baboso Jan 2012 #20

Catholic Here unionworks Jan 2012 #24

That big tent we used to brag about gets smaller every day here The Straight Story Jan 2012 #29

If you ignore the putrid teachings as you call them, how are you religious and not Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #32

You make quite a few assumptions TomClash Jan 2012 #66

Religions are basically like clubs in the US. ZombieHorde Jan 2012 #49

Whu-happen? Taverner Jan 2012 #56

Where does the hierarchy get their influence in our culture? MNBrewer Jan 2012 #59

If "Many if not most Catholics ignore the putrid sermons dictated by right-wing bishops "... SidDithers Jan 2012 #63

I did not say all sermons are putrid did I? TomClash Jan 2012 #64

Shouldn't this be in the Religion group? trumad Jan 2012 #65