| -Germany's Ratzinger is new pope |
UCLA Dem |
Apr-19-05 12:00 PM |
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Oh goody. Another neocon in power |
Don Claybrook |
Apr-19-05 12:01 PM |
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surely there are some who will wake up to this |
nashville_brook |
Apr-19-05 12:08 PM |
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This makes me ask ... |
Delphinus |
Apr-19-05 12:24 PM |
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Did you expect a liberal to be elected? |
noonwitch |
Apr-19-05 12:14 PM |
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Didn't expect a pope who supported Hitler and the Holocaust. (nt) |
w4rma |
Apr-19-05 11:12 PM |
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bad as he is.... |
Henny Penny |
Apr-20-05 03:29 AM |
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Bad as he is, he actually did. He was a Nazi Youth while Hitler was in |
w4rma |
Apr-20-05 05:15 AM |
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being compelled to join the Hitler youth does NOT equate |
Henny Penny |
Apr-20-05 08:10 AM |
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That's not really fair |
PaulaFarrell |
Apr-20-05 04:21 PM |
#309 |
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Frankly, I expected it would be Ratzo. |
Voltaire99 |
Apr-20-05 12:31 AM |
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So fitting this is the first response. |
ReadTomPaine |
Apr-19-05 12:14 PM |
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Yes... my very conservative father already emailed me |
LostinVA |
Apr-19-05 12:16 PM |
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My mom just joined the Episcopal Church, she likes it a lot |
Up2Late |
Apr-19-05 12:23 PM |
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Yes, good "Anglo Catholics" |
LostinVA |
Apr-19-05 12:31 PM |
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just out of curiousity..... |
kittycat1164 |
Apr-19-05 01:56 PM |
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The American Catholic Church is not too bad. |
politicat |
Apr-19-05 06:47 PM |
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The American Catholic Church is not too bad. |
politicat |
Apr-19-05 06:47 PM |
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Yeah, how did they get the #1 draft pick, no surprise they spent |
JohnnyBoots |
Apr-19-05 12:18 PM |
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I tell you for sure, this isn't going to bring any back |
Up2Late |
Apr-19-05 12:18 PM |
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I prefer, "Collapsed Catholic." |
JohnnyBoots |
Apr-19-05 12:20 PM |
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I think of myself as a "Renegade Catholic". My wife... |
Seabiscuit |
Apr-19-05 02:58 PM |
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Same here... |
tallahasseedem |
Apr-19-05 04:38 PM |
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Kind of like an ephiphany, huh? |
Seabiscuit |
Apr-19-05 05:31 PM |
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The Da Vinci Code is fiction. |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Apr-21-05 02:53 PM |
#320 |
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I've called myself a "recovering Catholic" |
Laurab |
Apr-19-05 07:37 PM |
#227 |
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I like Recovering Catholic. |
evlbstrd |
Apr-19-05 10:04 PM |
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I took the one-step program. One giant step forward and out of the church |
Seabiscuit |
Apr-20-05 01:36 PM |
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Funny, I just turned to my husband and said "well, looks like I won't be |
calimary |
Apr-19-05 01:10 PM |
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If I could re-leave the Church, I would. :( |
DemItAllAnyway |
Apr-19-05 12:48 PM |
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I wonder if all us un-officially ex-Catholics COULD make it Official |
Up2Late |
Apr-19-05 01:16 PM |
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That's actually an excellent idea. |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 06:01 PM |
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heh - inverse excommunication |
muz |
Apr-20-05 01:58 AM |
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Welcome to DU muz. |
mom cat |
Apr-21-05 07:05 AM |
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Don't worry we'll have another chance for another pope |
HardElection |
Apr-19-05 01:57 PM |
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or 100. Only the good die young. |
mom cat |
Apr-21-05 07:12 AM |
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One thing is for sure |
Scairp |
Apr-19-05 02:21 PM |
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Even worse... |
regnaD kciN |
Apr-19-05 06:31 PM |
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Neo-con is a foreign policy description. Ratzinger is not a neo-con. |
Zynx |
Apr-19-05 03:37 PM |
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tell it to the newspapers. He's a neo-con n/t |
Don Claybrook |
Apr-19-05 07:06 PM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Apr-19-05 07:20 PM |
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Save it for someone else, Jesus |
Don Claybrook |
Apr-19-05 08:29 PM |
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Hey, JC: tell me again how stupid I look |
Don Claybrook |
Apr-19-05 08:45 PM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Apr-19-05 08:56 PM |
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My wife is right here |
Don Claybrook |
Apr-19-05 09:06 PM |
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Self-edited |
Don Claybrook |
Apr-19-05 09:10 PM |
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No, he's not a neocon |
ekwhite |
Apr-19-05 09:23 PM |
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He Makes Neo-con Sound Liberal |
arnieheff |
Apr-20-05 12:22 AM |
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Catholics Are Fleeing |
arnieheff |
Apr-20-05 12:19 AM |
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I already had been "slipping" from the Church's grasp...now I'm gone. |
Pachamama |
Apr-20-05 12:29 AM |
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He's 78 |
Habibi |
Apr-19-05 12:03 PM |
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Thin broth, this was a setback for progressives everywhere. |
ReadTomPaine |
Apr-19-05 12:16 PM |
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There are no "progressive" Cardinals with a shot of being elected |
Zynx |
Apr-19-05 12:19 PM |
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Good points, but by all accounts he was the worse of the lot. n/t |
ReadTomPaine |
Apr-19-05 12:23 PM |
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So economically far left that |
JoFerret |
Apr-19-05 07:05 PM |
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agree 100% |
Henny Penny |
Apr-20-05 03:40 AM |
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My thoughts exactly. |
SharonRB |
Apr-19-05 12:44 PM |
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It's a sad day when the best aspect of a new pope is that he's likely to |
4_Legs_Good |
Apr-19-05 12:53 PM |
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Huh... |
ClintonTyree |
Apr-19-05 06:37 PM |
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That was my first thought... |
Writer |
Apr-19-05 07:03 PM |
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Former Hitler youth... here's the link |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 12:04 PM |
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Oh c'mon Pope Panzer SS won't be that bad... |
dhinojosa |
Apr-19-05 12:07 PM |
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Very disturbing. The Catholics had a chance to really move forward. |
UCLA Dem |
Apr-19-05 12:12 PM |
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Why? Ratzinger might as well have taken John Paul III as his name |
Zynx |
Apr-19-05 12:16 PM |
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But he didn't. The fact that he took "Benedict" signals he intends.. |
ReadTomPaine |
Apr-19-05 12:20 PM |
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Exactly -- that's the first thing I thought of when I saw what name |
LostinVA |
Apr-19-05 12:23 PM |
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Ridiculous. Benedict XV was very progressive and an 'enemy' to ... |
President Jesus |
Apr-19-05 07:25 PM |
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"made John Paul II look like Abbie Hoffman" |
ReadTomPaine |
Apr-19-05 08:01 PM |
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interesting choice |
Rich Hunt |
Apr-19-05 11:47 PM |
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He practially endorsed GW Bush as the next great president |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 12:40 PM |
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He Bent over and serviced the CHIMPANZEE |
saigon68 |
Apr-19-05 07:19 PM |
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Regular Catholics never had a chance .... |
uncertainty1999 |
Apr-19-05 11:35 PM |
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OK, I'm pissed about this too, but the Nazi thing is thin |
Patiod |
Apr-19-05 12:20 PM |
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German U boat commander |
mountainvue |
Apr-19-05 12:36 PM |
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Interesting....I wonder which version is correct? |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Apr-19-05 02:07 PM |
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Funny, people from his village say he could have easily avoided service |
jsw_81 |
Apr-19-05 12:43 PM |
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He said his anti-aircraft gun, "wasn't even loaded"... |
ClintonTyree |
Apr-19-05 06:53 PM |
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Ok fair enough, but they didn't have to make him Pope but |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 04:03 PM |
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Wasn't Joining the Hitler Youth Thing Voluntary? |
arnieheff |
Apr-20-05 12:26 AM |
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Compulsory by 1936 |
Mondon |
Apr-20-05 11:14 AM |
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John Paul II was in the Polish resistance during WWII; Ratzinger was in |
Vitruvius |
Apr-19-05 12:38 PM |
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Actually JP was not in the resistance |
JVS |
Apr-19-05 10:03 PM |
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he joined when it was made compulsory |
barb162 |
Apr-19-05 01:34 PM |
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nothing in this life is compulsory. man has free will, doesn't he? |
bettyellen |
Apr-19-05 06:45 PM |
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he was like 12 years old. Do your kids have outright free will? |
President Jesus |
Apr-19-05 07:30 PM |
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you assume i have kids, LOL!!! |
bettyellen |
Apr-20-05 12:11 AM |
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what if they threatened his parents...you know how those Nazis |
barb162 |
Apr-19-05 09:58 PM |
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other people escaped, i don't blame him as much for taking part as i do |
bettyellen |
Apr-20-05 12:14 AM |
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can you post a link to the denial? |
Henny Penny |
Apr-20-05 03:46 AM |
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Ratzinger Hides Behind the Argument |
arnieheff |
Apr-20-05 12:30 AM |
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That's What He Says |
arnieheff |
Apr-20-05 12:28 AM |
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So, what you're saying is, a man can't change? |
ALiberalSailor |
Apr-19-05 04:06 PM |
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That's not the point! Of course people can change.. but they didn't |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 04:34 PM |
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Sure, people can change. |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 06:17 PM |
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You Can't Teach Old Dogs New Tricks |
arnieheff |
Apr-20-05 12:36 AM |
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Careful, Sen. Byrd would disagree |
Mondon |
Apr-20-05 11:15 AM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Apr-19-05 09:18 PM |
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Very witty poem |
Art_from_Ark |
Apr-20-05 09:58 AM |
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HY membership was compulsory by the time he was ten |
Mondon |
Apr-20-05 11:13 AM |
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Leaving the church |
demforever |
Apr-19-05 12:04 PM |
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I think you'll be comfortable there |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-19-05 12:07 PM |
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I no longer attend church or subscribe to a deity, but |
Callous Taoboys |
Apr-19-05 01:08 PM |
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Some are, some aren't |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-19-05 07:55 PM |
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I am so sad for you. |
ronnykmarshall |
Apr-19-05 12:08 PM |
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I am sorry you feel this way |
Tippy |
Apr-19-05 12:08 PM |
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Me either. |
Midlodemocrat |
Apr-19-05 12:10 PM |
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But God chooses the Pope according to Church doctrine.... |
expatriot |
Apr-19-05 12:29 PM |
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No--here's what Ratzinger himself said about that |
Maeve |
Apr-19-05 12:56 PM |
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He must have been referring to himself when he said that. |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Apr-19-05 02:08 PM |
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I agree |
AngryOldDem |
Apr-19-05 12:36 PM |
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And I...am a Vatican II convert who... |
ngGale |
Apr-19-05 07:04 PM |
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Why not?! He's the leader of your church, and if you are unhappy |
renaissanceguy |
Apr-19-05 12:16 PM |
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i don't understand |
Rich Hunt |
Apr-19-05 01:11 PM |
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It's the umbrella Church i'm talking about. |
renaissanceguy |
Apr-19-05 03:19 PM |
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Being true to yourself... |
Stuckinthebush |
Apr-19-05 12:20 PM |
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But it's not one person to us |
LostinVA |
Apr-19-05 12:22 PM |
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Seconded |
catbert836 |
Apr-19-05 01:38 PM |
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I thought you weren't required to believe everything the pope believes... |
youspeakmylanguage |
Apr-19-05 02:34 PM |
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It's not one person it's the system! Look who they choose! |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 04:53 PM |
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If I hadn't already left the Church ... |
elcondor |
Apr-19-05 12:13 PM |
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You might want to try the United Church of Christ. |
renaissanceguy |
Apr-19-05 12:14 PM |
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I envy you. |
Sinistrous |
Apr-19-05 12:18 PM |
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I left long ago after Pius XII's work was reversed |
hecate77 |
Apr-19-05 12:19 PM |
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Er, you mean John XXIII? |
Dave Sund |
Apr-19-05 12:29 PM |
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Beat me to it! |
LostinVA |
Apr-19-05 12:32 PM |
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Been a long time, got things mixed up. |
hecate77 |
Apr-19-05 12:50 PM |
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Yep, I'm looking at the Episcopal church too. |
Az_lefty |
Apr-19-05 12:24 PM |
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I left after the election.....after 44 years |
K8-EEE |
Apr-19-05 03:04 PM |
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Where do you live? |
regnaD kciN |
Apr-19-05 06:33 PM |
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Not exactly the guy to sieze the imaginations |
smoogatz |
Apr-19-05 12:05 PM |
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Welcome to Bizarro World |
Broken Acorn |
Apr-19-05 12:06 PM |
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we're almost back in the Middle Ages |
yorkiemommie1 |
Apr-19-05 02:58 PM |
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This is very sad news, indeed, for the Catholic church. |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-19-05 12:06 PM |
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Wikipedia on popes Benedict 14, 15 and 16 (Ratzinger). |
Bleachers7 |
Apr-19-05 12:06 PM |
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It's stuck..... |
dhinojosa |
Apr-19-05 12:07 PM |
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Benedict the XV--not a bad guy. |
bklyncowgirl |
Apr-19-05 12:21 PM |
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Info on the last Pope Benedict... |
MaineDem |
Apr-19-05 12:07 PM |
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This fix was in before JP died. Bush and Cheney are smiling today. eom. |
cyberpj |
Apr-19-05 12:08 PM |
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Since when is Ratzinger a neocon? |
Zynx |
Apr-19-05 12:11 PM |
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Then you'd be suggesting that Hitler was a left-winger. |
renaissanceguy |
Apr-19-05 12:17 PM |
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Will people stop with the Nazi thing? It's basically garbage |
Zynx |
Apr-19-05 12:25 PM |
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it is part of his past |
bpilgrim |
Apr-19-05 12:28 PM |
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This is not true |
LostinVA |
Apr-19-05 12:38 PM |
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thanks, this is exactly where I am coming from. Holding something |
barb162 |
Apr-19-05 01:38 PM |
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Wait, is Ratzinger denying he was a member? |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 06:27 PM |
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Yes very well, but did they have to make that man "the Pope"! |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 12:53 PM |
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Sorry, but no, it's not "basically garbage". If you look closely at the.. |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Apr-19-05 02:14 PM |
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“the enforcer”, “the panzer cardinal” and “God’s rottweiler” |
BrightKnight |
Apr-19-05 04:32 PM |
#180 |
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So tell me about the indoctrination of the KKK |
seriousstan |
Apr-19-05 07:23 PM |
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Joey da Rat |
Kelvin Mace |
Apr-19-05 02:35 PM |
#149 |
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Who says he'd even HAVE to be forced? |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 06:29 PM |
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Right on! |
GemMom |
Apr-19-05 03:12 PM |
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Someone helped . . . |
TeeYiYi |
Apr-19-05 12:18 PM |
#36 |
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Why... |
ananda |
Apr-19-05 12:11 PM |
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If he hates fundie Protestants, that's a GOOD thing |
Zynx |
Apr-19-05 12:13 PM |
#24 |
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No, it's the MAINSTREAM Protestants he despises... |
regnaD kciN |
Apr-19-05 06:40 PM |
#206 |
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I can see this putting chinks |
fishwax |
Apr-20-05 12:04 PM |
#305 |
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He might hate Protestants, but practically endorsed * |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 12:57 PM |
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Fortunately he is a transitional pope who by mortality tables ... |
HamdenRice |
Apr-19-05 12:11 PM |
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So--he'll be enforcing conservative doctrine... |
Bridget Burke |
Apr-19-05 12:33 PM |
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Except that the only people who will be picking his successor... |
regnaD kciN |
Apr-19-05 06:42 PM |
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That's a thin reed to count on. If he lives as long as ol' Strom, we are |
yellowcanine |
Apr-19-05 12:45 PM |
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Did Diebold run this election too? |
Broken Acorn |
Apr-19-05 12:11 PM |
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I'm not the least bit surprised it was Ratzinger |
LostinVA |
Apr-19-05 12:26 PM |
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Diebold |
Charon |
Apr-20-05 07:18 AM |
#293 |
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The Vatican is an instrument of political power. |
Straight Shooter |
Apr-19-05 12:16 PM |
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"The Vatican is an instrument of political power" |
Oregonian |
Apr-19-05 12:25 PM |
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Extremely disappointing. |
Placebo |
Apr-19-05 12:17 PM |
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Damn! This means he will never die! |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 06:33 PM |
#202 |
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Reuters: Cardinal Ratzinger elected Pope |
norml |
Apr-19-05 12:18 PM |
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Ratz |
realFedUp |
Apr-19-05 12:19 PM |
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A choice that may bankrupt the Vatican by alienating liberal Catholics |
despairing optimist |
Apr-19-05 12:19 PM |
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Well, I was afraid this was going to happen. |
Crunchy Frog |
Apr-19-05 12:22 PM |
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Thank God!.... |
Bigmack |
Apr-19-05 12:22 PM |
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Wasn't he a Nazi? |
HEyHEY |
Apr-19-05 12:23 PM |
#52 |
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Hitler Jugend, actually. |
da_chimperor |
Apr-19-05 12:34 PM |
#70 |
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Ah, just a mini-Nazi |
HEyHEY |
Apr-19-05 12:35 PM |
#71 |
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Anyone know whether he actually joined the party? |
Orsino |
Apr-19-05 01:58 PM |
#135 |
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I heard his family was one of the biggest opposers of it |
HEyHEY |
Apr-19-05 02:19 PM |
#140 |
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HJ was compulsory by time he was 10. |
Mondon |
Apr-20-05 11:16 AM |
#302 |
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No |
Stella_Artois |
Apr-19-05 12:37 PM |
#74 |
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Then he was in the German Army |
HEyHEY |
Apr-19-05 12:40 PM |
#79 |
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So was the rest of his class |
Stella_Artois |
Apr-19-05 12:54 PM |
#97 |
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Joined the Hitler Youth in 1941, became part of a flak unit in 1943,.... |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Apr-19-05 02:19 PM |
#141 |
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He was drafted and deserted in April 1944 a year before Hitler shot self. |
Kathryn7 |
Apr-19-05 03:59 PM |
#168 |
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gotta link? |
bpilgrim |
Apr-19-05 11:07 PM |
#258 |
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The Jerusalem Post defended Ratzinger against those charges yesterday |
Phelan |
Apr-19-05 04:10 PM |
#173 |
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Richard Perle is director of the Jerusalem Post. |
NYC |
Apr-19-05 06:26 PM |
#197 |
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While this is true... |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 06:42 PM |
#208 |
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Probably because both are very much Jewish |
Phelan |
Apr-19-05 07:08 PM |
#218 |
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I think he's had 78 years of chances. |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 07:15 PM |
#219 |
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You don't know what I think of the guy. |
NYC |
Apr-19-05 11:16 PM |
#261 |
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Ratzinger = Hitler Youth |
Charles |
Apr-19-05 04:29 PM |
#178 |
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Byrd=KKK |
Charon |
Apr-20-05 07:15 AM |
#292 |
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Pope Needs a Theme Song... |
MrPrax |
Apr-19-05 12:26 PM |
#60 |
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Didn't Mel Brooks take care of that already? |
KamaAina |
Apr-19-05 01:18 PM |
#117 |
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Oh, my name is Torquemada |
eridani |
Apr-20-05 05:51 AM |
#291 |
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no -- to the tune of "Matchmaker" (Ratzinger, Ratzinger zing me a rat) |
cloudythescribbler |
Apr-19-05 04:53 PM |
#184 |
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Article by ousted priest Matthew Fox; re: current catholic affairs |
jeffreyi |
Apr-19-05 12:30 PM |
#65 |
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With Benedict it'll only get worse!! |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 12:41 PM |
#81 |
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Matthew Fox for Pope!!! |
Bryn |
Apr-19-05 05:50 PM |
#190 |
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Don't forget the RCC's LIE that AIDS passes through condoms. |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 06:47 PM |
#210 |
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Never heard that before. Where did you get it? NT/ |
BadNews |
Apr-20-05 12:42 AM |
#280 |
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Here's a couple bits from the BBC... |
Zhade |
Apr-20-05 03:15 AM |
#284 |
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One can call Pope Benedict XVI "the German Shephard" |
StopThePendulum |
Apr-19-05 12:31 PM |
#66 |
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good one |
Rich Hunt |
Apr-19-05 01:16 PM |
#116 |
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Didn't he downplay the sex scandal saying it was just an attack on the |
yellowcanine |
Apr-19-05 12:40 PM |
#78 |
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Yep, the church thumbs its nose to the victims. They just really |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 12:51 PM |
#91 |
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I liked the cardinal of Brussels |
ps1074 |
Apr-19-05 12:41 PM |
#80 |
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Tip Your Hats for Ratz! |
MrBenchley |
Apr-19-05 12:44 PM |
#83 |
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Amazing that anyone would expect different from the RCC |
slackmaster |
Apr-19-05 12:45 PM |
#85 |
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Bingo....... |
GemMom |
Apr-19-05 03:16 PM |
#158 |
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yikes |
minkyboodle |
Apr-19-05 12:47 PM |
#87 |
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it could have been worse...could have been Cardinal Law..... |
Gin |
Apr-19-05 12:52 PM |
#92 |
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I miss Jaime Cardinal Sin of the Philippines |
slackmaster |
Apr-19-05 12:56 PM |
#99 |
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He if this one has a short life Law may be the next pope, that's pretty |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 12:58 PM |
#102 |
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recovering Catholic |
quarbis |
Apr-19-05 01:50 PM |
#130 |
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Sign of the End Times .... |
earthside |
Apr-19-05 12:50 PM |
#89 |
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They've pretty much made themselves irrelevant with this choice |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 12:59 PM |
#103 |
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yes |
Rich Hunt |
Apr-19-05 01:13 PM |
#113 |
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The poster is obviously not hoping for that. |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 07:22 PM |
#222 |
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okay, I see |
Rich Hunt |
Apr-20-05 11:32 PM |
#312 |
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Again with the persecution complex. |
Zhade |
Apr-21-05 02:45 PM |
#319 |
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"But the truth is... |
Henny Penny |
Apr-20-05 04:18 AM |
#289 |
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Pope #111 on St. Malachy's list -- Pope Benedict XVI...Is this weird or... |
Up2Late |
Apr-19-05 12:54 PM |
#95 |
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Looks like it was last modified today. |
MaineDem |
Apr-19-05 01:06 PM |
#107 |
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It appears to have been there prior to John Paul II's death |
goobergunch |
Apr-19-05 05:49 PM |
#189 |
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What do you have to do to check the Google cache like that? |
Up2Late |
Apr-20-05 03:13 AM |
#283 |
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He'll definitely accelerate the 'down-sizing' of the RCC (nt) |
understandinglife |
Apr-19-05 12:54 PM |
#96 |
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No, it'll be outsourcing. |
calimary |
Apr-19-05 01:31 PM |
#120 |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Apr-19-05 12:55 PM |
#98 |
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Zatzinger was head of the Dept. of Inquisition (that's what it |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 01:03 PM |
#106 |
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This is not surprising |
dusty64 |
Apr-19-05 01:02 PM |
#104 |
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I agree, remember Martin Luther! I think it's about time |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 01:06 PM |
#108 |
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Hey, you leave Wittenberg's church alone |
JVS |
Apr-19-05 03:14 PM |
#157 |
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Symbolically spoken of course. It's really time to nail a thesis |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 03:56 PM |
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That's what I think too. |
Dulcinea |
Apr-19-05 03:39 PM |
#166 |
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Look on the bright side... |
KamaAina |
Apr-19-05 01:02 PM |
#105 |
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This should wake up all you non Catholics and the fundies too |
Catt03 |
Apr-19-05 01:07 PM |
#109 |
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“Only in the Catholic church is there eternal salvation” |
tedzbear |
Apr-19-05 01:19 PM |
#118 |
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How quaint. How simplistic. |
kineneb |
Apr-19-05 09:36 PM |
#253 |
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What a surprise! NOT |
goclark |
Apr-19-05 01:15 PM |
#114 |
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IF there is a god- I'm sure he'll be calling benedict 16 home very soon... |
LiberallyInclined |
Apr-19-05 01:24 PM |
#119 |
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Oh great. They picked a Nazi. |
catbert836 |
Apr-19-05 01:32 PM |
#121 |
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if you're catholic- he's the man. the holy infallible man. |
LiberallyInclined |
Apr-19-05 01:36 PM |
#123 |
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Well, I'll have to see just how bad it gets then. |
catbert836 |
Apr-19-05 01:40 PM |
#127 |
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THAT's the spririt -- now Catholic progs need to organize effectively |
cloudythescribbler |
Apr-19-05 05:07 PM |
#185 |
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Not a Nazi |
Mondon |
Apr-20-05 11:19 AM |
#303 |
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Pope Benedict XVI Predicted |
norml |
Apr-19-05 01:38 PM |
#126 |
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Ratzinger a member of the Benedictine Order 16th century |
dumtacetclamat |
Apr-19-05 01:58 PM |
#136 |
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I wonder if he will save Berlusconi. |
barbaraann |
Apr-19-05 01:46 PM |
#128 |
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Name removed |
Apr-19-05 01:50 PM |
#129 |
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Why, you ask? |
theHandpuppet |
Apr-19-05 01:55 PM |
#131 |
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So instead |
DoYouEverWonder |
Apr-19-05 01:57 PM |
#134 |
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Business as usually |
goclark |
Apr-19-05 02:25 PM |
#145 |
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And no control over your own crotch. |
renaissanceguy |
Apr-19-05 03:20 PM |
#160 |
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They would say the problem is that people don't exercise control. NT/ |
BadNews |
Apr-19-05 06:10 PM |
#195 |
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Only self-righteous assholes who want to control others would say that. |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 07:38 PM |
#228 |
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Luckily, the only ones they can control is themselves. |
BadNews |
Apr-19-05 08:12 PM |
#242 |
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The real "spineless wimps" are the folks that follow the conservative.... |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Apr-19-05 02:22 PM |
#143 |
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There is a moral order more rational than that spun from biblical myth. |
Merlin |
Apr-19-05 02:23 PM |
#144 |
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Well said! |
pnutchuck |
Apr-19-05 03:32 PM |
#163 |
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My invertebrate self is calling me back home to the slime pit |
nolabels |
Apr-19-05 02:31 PM |
#147 |
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So "real religious" people |
Puglover |
Apr-19-05 02:52 PM |
#150 |
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Worse yet, in Africa millions die of aids and the church |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 04:15 PM |
#176 |
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And it continues to grow. NT/ |
BadNews |
Apr-19-05 05:58 PM |
#192 |
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What, the RCC or the deaths on its hands for lying about AIDS? |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 07:41 PM |
#229 |
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Both actually |
BadNews |
Apr-19-05 07:47 PM |
#231 |
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How about some evidence to back up your claims? |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 07:50 PM |
#233 |
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Is NPR good enough? |
BadNews |
Apr-19-05 08:07 PM |
#239 |
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National Petroluem Radio? Yeah, they're objective and great journalists. |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 08:17 PM |
#244 |
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I am not the least bit religious but see the importance of the Church |
cloudythescribbler |
Apr-19-05 05:16 PM |
#186 |
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The church and capitalism |
BadNews |
Apr-19-05 06:08 PM |
#194 |
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Vain desire? |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 07:34 PM |
#226 |
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In this church it is. |
BadNews |
Apr-19-05 07:51 PM |
#234 |
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Well, it can be considered that by backwards-looking idiots... |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 07:54 PM |
#235 |
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People make laws and people run the churches. |
BadNews |
Apr-19-05 08:10 PM |
#241 |
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On this we can agree. |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 08:15 PM |
#243 |
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How strange! |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-19-05 08:08 PM |
#240 |
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Very well-said! |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 11:45 PM |
#264 |
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Don't expect any changes |
davhill |
Apr-19-05 02:27 PM |
#146 |
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The only change will be more Papal traveling. |
BadNews |
Apr-19-05 03:12 PM |
#155 |
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He may not be any more or less conservative |
DoYouEverWonder |
Apr-19-05 03:56 PM |
#167 |
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Corrupt?? Please expound and explain. |
BadNews |
Apr-19-05 05:56 PM |
#191 |
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Bwahahahahaha. Classic man. Into the conclave a pope and right back... |
JVS |
Apr-19-05 03:11 PM |
#154 |
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I don't get it. This is a church with a set doctrine. Like it, or don't. |
Kimber Scott |
Apr-19-05 03:21 PM |
#161 |
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So you're saying all Catholics are the same? |
Zhade |
Apr-19-05 07:48 PM |
#232 |
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The real test: |
daleo |
Apr-19-05 03:23 PM |
#162 |
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I agree. I think he will not oppose the invasion. |
pie |
Apr-19-05 04:02 PM |
#169 |
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Is the fact that he choose "Benedict" "the sign on the wall"? |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 04:12 PM |
#175 |
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Pope Benedict XVI will be an emissary of peace. |
norml |
Apr-19-05 04:32 PM |
#179 |
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I want the old Pope back. |
cat_girl25 |
Apr-19-05 03:36 PM |
#164 |
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Me too! Ratzinger looks like death warmed over, creepy perv |
femme.democratique |
Apr-19-05 06:32 PM |
#201 |
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So, who's going to be the new Pope? |
ALiberalSailor |
Apr-19-05 04:08 PM |
#172 |
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Listen it would be nice to praise the guy, but his record doesn't |
demo dutch |
Apr-19-05 04:11 PM |
#174 |
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I am Catholic |
kittycat1164 |
Apr-19-05 04:20 PM |
#177 |
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So non-catholics can voice no opinions? |
donheld |
Apr-19-05 06:34 PM |
#204 |
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You can, absolutely, but don't expect a Catholic to take you seriously. |
ALiberalSailor |
Apr-20-05 12:35 AM |
#278 |
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deleted |
BrightKnight |
Apr-19-05 05:23 PM |
#187 |
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jesus loves you, yes its true |
tinanator |
Apr-19-05 07:08 PM |
#217 |
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Enough with the doom and gloom |
artfan |
Apr-19-05 07:42 PM |
#230 |
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So perhaps since this guy's days are numbered and he's |
Chalco |
Apr-19-05 08:00 PM |
#237 |
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So we have an ex-Hitler Youth as Pope? |
ekwhite |
Apr-19-05 09:10 PM |
#250 |
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Thank GOD I'm Agnostic |
leeman67 |
Apr-19-05 10:05 PM |
#257 |
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Oh hooray! Now I can go back to the church, give them my money and |
buddysmellgood |
Apr-19-05 11:14 PM |
#260 |
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I could care less about this pope crap. |
gauguin57 |
Apr-19-05 11:26 PM |
#262 |
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Responsible for Presidential Election Memo to US Cardinals |
arnieheff |
Apr-20-05 12:16 AM |
#268 |
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Hey Catholics, Ashton Kutcher is behind all this |
gort |
Apr-20-05 12:18 AM |
#269 |
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As a Catholic who grew up in Germany, this is the absolute WORST choice! I |
Pachamama |
Apr-20-05 12:24 AM |
#272 |
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I don't know how long it's been since you left Germany, but, is it... |
Up2Late |
Apr-20-05 03:25 AM |
#285 |
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I read yesterday that Catholicism in Europe is sharply declining. |
UCLA Dem |
Apr-20-05 10:52 AM |
#298 |
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I haven't lived there since 1994, but I got back regularly & have lots of |
Pachamama |
Apr-21-05 01:50 AM |
#313 |
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Rabbi Michael Lerner: Ratzo sides with "the anti-humane and repressive" |
Voltaire99 |
Apr-20-05 12:47 AM |
#281 |
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Ratzinger looks like Pat Robertson & Tom DeLay's love-child n/t |
Montanan |
Apr-20-05 07:50 AM |
#294 |
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wow. thats a disturbing mental picture. i shutter. |
UCLA Dem |
Apr-20-05 10:50 AM |
#297 |
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Here is a disturbing picture. |
BrightKnight |
Apr-20-05 02:04 PM |
#308 |
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SpewsMax is pimping Ratzinger's book |
Roland99 |
Apr-20-05 11:55 AM |
#304 |
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Uh oh...... |
Megahurtz |
Apr-20-05 12:37 PM |
#306 |
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All hail der Popenfuhrer |
ekwhite |
Apr-20-05 11:03 PM |
#310 |
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Does the law of karma apply to all religions ? Just asking.... |
Karma |
Apr-20-05 11:25 PM |
#311 |
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No. |
Bridget Burke |
Apr-21-05 07:05 AM |
#315 |
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Perhaps my satire was not clear... |
Karma |
Apr-21-05 11:19 AM |
#317 |
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If able to read-- |
oneold1-4u |
Apr-21-05 11:52 AM |
#318 |