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(4,835 posts)178. After I took a 'History of Western Civilizations' course...
I blame the Catholic Church for the 'dark ages'. I mean c'mon; they put Gallileo under house arrest for claiming that the earth rotated around the sun.
My grandmother was a devout catholic (and a very kind and serious person). I would never criticize her, but the Catholic Church is not a force for good in the world. IMHO
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Does the fact that Joe Biden is a practicing Roman Catholic reduce your respect for him? (nt)
Nye Bevan
Mar 2013
#1
Absolutely not. There are no rules here about slamming Joe Biden's religion, AFAIK.
Nye Bevan
Mar 2013
#69
So what are you really trying to say? Why dont you just say it instead of asking a question like
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#92
That's not even a complete question. How about him? Your questions are childish. nm
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#114
I don't recall Joe Biden taking part in the Spanish Inquisition, or enabling the Holocaust,....
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#100
So does the Catholic organization who either took an active role in those events, or....
OldDem2012
Mar 2013
#109
Does it occur to you that there's a difference between Catholics and the Catholic Church?
lunatica
Mar 2013
#122
He's most likely still counted as a Catholic in that number, as am I, an atheist...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2013
#51
"Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2013
#23
Trumad, I have all your qualifications (except alter boy - no girls allowed) plus 12 years of
s-cubed
Mar 2013
#31
In the 50s, I was taught your kind would burn in the flames of Hell for eternity
Submariner
Mar 2013
#39
Are you kidding? The pointy hats and Liberace robes? Now that's radical. :-P
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2013
#84
so you're trying to claim that the Catholic church and the early Christians are the same thing?
RainDog
Mar 2013
#87
The Catholic Church brought about and perpetuated the Dark Ages, you are correct.
Ikonoklast
Mar 2013
#182
What are you shitting me? The contemporary version is the mellow one. Their crimes are
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2013
#62
As an institution the Church has had an atrocious record. I have been fortunate to encounter good
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2013
#67
That's fucked up. I went to an all boys school in the late 80s in Puerto Rico. My mother
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2013
#78
I was either 1, 2, 3 or 4 in that one. Didn't feel like writing an explanation. 6-0 is pretty good
Guy Whitey Corngood
Mar 2013
#80
Couldn't agree more! From another baptised Catholic>slated at one time by my parents for the nunnery
hue
Mar 2013
#60
Let's be honest, all Christian-based religions, including catholicism, have foundations in Paganism
justiceischeap
Mar 2013
#123
Raised/educated Catholic. Non-practicing/agnostic, don't really care either way.
nomorenomore08
Mar 2013
#117
I think you - as well as most other people - are looking at this thing sort of inside-out.
harmonicon
Mar 2013
#121
Just wait for the next election when this Pope sends his letter out to the bishops...
Walk away
Mar 2013
#136
Don't forget the election season press releases announcing which pro-choice Democrats will be denied
smokey nj
Mar 2013
#138
Shouldn't you have the SAME contempt for the USA? on the same grounds, that is, unless bookkeeping
patrice
Mar 2013
#154
Whether you agree with them or not, Christians believe that it is Baptism that makes them Christian,
patrice
Mar 2013
#162
The only problem with your version of MY version is that you are an authoritarian thinker, i.e.
patrice
Mar 2013
#173
Basically the "faith" Catholics talk about refers to their own church and not in a deity.
SleeplessinSoCal
Mar 2013
#163
As a Catholic-Atheist, I don't disagree, but propose that you consider the following context:
Texas Lawyer
Mar 2013
#165