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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-17-09 08:02 AM
Response to Reply #27
32. I'm glad you're apologizing, friend
I know you wouldn't want to hurt people's feelings :)

Religion is always a touchy thing.
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  -Hmm, a bit uncomfortable with the Catholic-bashing re Notre Dame.... Jackeens  May-16-09 09:43 PM   #0 
  - Unless you voted for the pope, it's not personal. n/t  Ian David   May-16-09 09:47 PM   #1 
  - I don't take it personally because I'm no longer a Catholic! But I DO feel for decent Catholics....  Jackeens   May-16-09 09:52 PM   #4 
  - It doesn't matter if it's personal or not - it's not appropriate.  AZBlue   May-17-09 09:51 PM   #72 
  - Catholic church is like a lot of other institutions  tularetom   May-16-09 09:49 PM   #2 
  - Rec'd. n/t  firedupdem   May-16-09 09:50 PM   #3 
  - Wing nuts of any group get all the attention. Same with Catholics. nt  Captain Hilts   May-16-09 09:58 PM   #5 
  - That's true, but would similar comments about Muslims and Jews be allowed on DU?? Hopefully not n/t  Jackeens   May-16-09 09:59 PM   #6 
     - No, just as racist comments are not tolerated, but sexist and anti-military  Captain Hilts   May-16-09 10:04 PM   #7 
     - "Who the hell asked him?" Love it!  Jackeens   May-16-09 10:08 PM   #9 
        - It was something about...  Captain Hilts   May-16-09 10:18 PM   #11 
           - If Alice was Pope I'd sign up again - a gem of a story. n/t  Jackeens   May-16-09 10:22 PM   #12 
              - Ain't that the truth....but generalizing is dangerous...  Captain Hilts   May-16-09 10:29 PM   #13 
     - About Muslims? Of course  Chulanowa   May-17-09 09:50 PM   #71 
  - The only people "bashing" Catholics are those who are protesting Obama.  baldguy   May-16-09 10:04 PM   #8 
  - Not exactly true, some angry DUers have posted pretty sweeping anti-Catholic comments  Jackeens   May-16-09 10:11 PM   #10 
  - Not true  emilyg   May-16-09 10:39 PM   #15 
     - No, you responded to a post that called the people causing the goings on at Notre Dame crazy  Stinky The Clown   May-16-09 10:57 PM   #17 
        - And what? They're not Catholic?  emilyg   May-16-09 11:10 PM   #21 
  - I thought when I was young that that Catholic meant universal  rwheeler31   May-16-09 10:38 PM   #14 
  - posts like that  mopinko   May-16-09 10:47 PM   #16 
  - The majority of Catholics voted for Obama  rufus dog   May-16-09 10:59 PM   #18 
  - The sad thing about the Catholic Church is that they still cite their dogma  dalaigh lllama   May-16-09 11:01 PM   #19 
  - What's your basis for stating threre were women priests and bishops in 7th century Ireland?  rug   May-17-09 08:20 AM   #34 
     - St. Brigid of Kildare and her successor Abbesses were bishops until the 1100's  dalaigh lllama   May-17-09 09:22 AM   #41 
     - Sorry, that's not very persuasive. Wikipedia cites a legend.  rug   May-17-09 09:31 AM   #42 
        - You're right, I can't back this up with other sources  dalaigh lllama   May-17-09 10:39 AM   #45 
           - It is interesting, the role of women in the church over the past 2,000 years.  rug   May-17-09 11:48 AM   #52 
              - Looks like my duck-shooting ammo here  dalaigh lllama   May-17-09 12:37 PM   #53 
     - University of San Diego Theologian Gary Macy  quiller4   May-17-09 03:55 PM   #62 
        - Fantastic! Thank you  dalaigh lllama   May-17-09 04:23 PM   #65 
        - Most church historians? Can you name a few?  rug   May-17-09 06:17 PM   #69 
  - Don't sweat it, real catholics aren't like those clowns anyway.  billyoc   May-16-09 11:06 PM   #20 
  - I don't think they are clowns.  emilyg   May-16-09 11:12 PM   #22 
     - Ah, I actually meant Bill Donahue, Pat Buchanan, etc.  billyoc   May-16-09 11:35 PM   #24 
     - But we have no right to call them clowns?  Stinky The Clown   May-16-09 11:42 PM   #26 
     - Do you want to call  emilyg   May-16-09 11:53 PM   #29 
        - No .... just the extremists  Stinky The Clown   May-17-09 07:54 PM   #70 
     - Are you on their side?  Colobo   May-17-09 08:30 AM   #35 
        - I'm on the side of people being  emilyg   May-17-09 11:39 AM   #49 
  - Here's the same opinion, couched differently:  babylonsister   May-16-09 11:22 PM   #23 
  - You're right. The Nicean Council was made up of bastards. In any event, as a Catholic  vaberella   May-16-09 11:37 PM   #25 
  - Sorry about that!  FrenchieCat   May-16-09 11:44 PM   #27 
  - I'm glad you're apologizing, friend  Adelante   May-17-09 08:02 AM   #32 
  - Hey FrenchieCat!  Jackeens   May-17-09 09:15 AM   #39 
  - I've seen some "bashing" of Catholicism I've seen on DU tonight.  Hanse   May-16-09 11:49 PM   #28 
  - Catholic here  UrbScotty   May-17-09 12:07 AM   #30 
  - I'm Catholic, and I don't give a rat's ass about Notre Dame or the Vatican  tj2001   May-17-09 12:46 AM   #31 
  - ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ##  DU GrovelBot   May-17-09 08:02 AM   #33 
  - It a double standard on DU - some stereotypes and bashing seem acceptable  stray cat   May-17-09 08:31 AM   #36 
  - So true.  jefferson_dem   May-17-09 12:46 PM   #54 
  - Sadly, I have to agree. n/t  rvablue   May-17-09 04:03 PM   #63 
  - Sadly true.  AZBlue   May-17-09 09:52 PM   #73 
  - The broad brushing of Catholics on this board by some posters is shameful.  snowdays   May-17-09 08:53 AM   #37 
  - Yes, it would be the "same" for "muslim" or "jew" - but the topic at hand is CATHOLICS  TankLV   May-17-09 09:11 AM   #38 
  - Hey, Tank, I'd like to hear more why you think I'm an idiot. Get back to me after Mass.  rug   May-17-09 09:17 AM   #40 
  - We never see muslin or Jew bashing.  emilyg   May-17-09 11:41 AM   #50 
  - Well said and Thank You.  TriMetFan   May-17-09 09:52 AM   #43 
  - As a Catholic-born and raised atheist  freddie mertz   May-17-09 10:14 AM   #44 
  - Well you have pointed out some thing we do.  TriMetFan   May-17-09 10:51 AM   #46 
  - Thanks. These are worth remembering.  freddie mertz   May-17-09 10:56 AM   #47 
  - God Bless. What a day for your family.  emilyg   May-17-09 11:43 AM   #51 
  - Amen. nt  JerseygirlCT   May-17-09 03:43 PM   #61 
  - Well, I'm not bashing all Catholics, just the super-fundie nutty ones.  krabigirl   May-17-09 11:14 AM   #48 
  - I vote that all religions are open season.  walldude   May-17-09 12:55 PM   #55 
  - I'm with your Mom and thanks for the post  goclark   May-17-09 01:00 PM   #56 
  - K&R  Wednesdays   May-17-09 01:12 PM   #57 
  - I'm catholic, but this current ND thing is another in a long line...  OHDEM   May-17-09 02:07 PM   #58 
  - True, Jackeens!  MarianJack   May-17-09 03:33 PM   #59 
  - Yup, yup, yup. Absolutely. nt  JerseygirlCT   May-17-09 03:42 PM   #60 
  - Thank you X 100 for phrasing this so well and diplomatically.  rvablue   May-17-09 04:06 PM   #64 
  - I feel free to "bash" any group  nichomachus   May-17-09 05:30 PM   #66 
  - Many on here trash the Catholics, espcially Irish Catholics  LostinVA   May-17-09 05:45 PM   #67 
  - Well said, Jackeens!  Spazito   May-17-09 06:05 PM   #68 
 

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