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Major Nikon

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12. That dog wont hunt

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 07:42 PM

Feb 2018

The Westboro Baptist Church does evil shit. So does various FLDS congregations. The idea that pointing that out is an insult to all Mormons and Baptists is more than just a bit silly.

Being an atheist requires no affiliation with anyone(neither does being Catholic for that matter), I take no responsibility for anything any other atheist does and pointing out those things certainly is no insult to me. YMMV.

If DT says he’s a Christian, then he’s a Christian. For further reading see...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

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Pope Francis says that an atheist is better than a bad Catholic. [View all] pnwmom Feb 2018 OP

A lot of protestants may not be making it to heaven then. demigoddess Feb 2018 #1

I remember when he said this Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #2

Not better than Pope Francis. He's what a Pope should be. n/t pnwmom Feb 2018 #3

A detailed answer to that would get us waaaaay off topic. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #4

He talks quite a bit, but policy remains the same Major Nikon Feb 2018 #6

Better to be an atheist than any Catholic Major Nikon Feb 2018 #5

There's a joke about Republicans in here somewhere... Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #7

You are insulting thousands of Catholic DUers. pnwmom Feb 2018 #8

Of course it's nothing new Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #11

You're wrong. He said: pnwmom Feb 2018 #13

"Wrong" does not mean what you think it means. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #14

No, it's not a shot at atheists. He's RESPONDING to CATHOLICS who think like that, pnwmom Feb 2018 #16

Right. Bergoglio is telling catholics that atheists are bad, and they can do better. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #17

No, he's not. He's telling Catholics that nobody is inherently better than anyone else. pnwmom Feb 2018 #18

When Bergoglio says, "even the atheists" that's not a compliment. Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #19

How ironic that I'll be allowed into a place that doesn't exist. lindysalsagal Feb 2018 #15

That dog wont hunt Major Nikon Feb 2018 #12

Most of these republican evangelicals believe that they can do anything they want, no matter how smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #9

Il Papa is correct mcar Feb 2018 #10

whoever believes in me will have everlasting life. bad catholics included probably nt msongs Feb 2018 #20

John Lennon said all we need:: "All you need is love." vkkv Feb 2018 #21