No, I'm talking about what people should do... (Reply #308)

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Mon Mar 18, 2013, 09:18 PM

MellowDem (5,018 posts)

308. No, I'm talking about what people should do...

and for one, IMHO nobody should be involved with a bigoted organization that says it's the representative of a perfect, unproven, unproveable being simply BECAUSE. They should question things. They should use critical thinking skills. Otherwise, yes, I'll question why they are still a member of such an organization, and if the reason they give is, "just because", I can criticize the way they come to conclusions. It's a discussion board. Religion doesn't get a free pass.

I mean really, what a horribly dangerous set up. You're indoctrinated from birth into an organization that you can never leave? I can criticize this way of thinking, and it's not bigotry.

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329 replies	Author	Time	Post
This is hard... [View all]	Drunken Irishman	Mar 2013	OP
Here:	snappyturtle	Mar 2013	#1
But will anyone hold the door for you on the way out?	Leslie Valley	Mar 2013	#2
lol	2pooped2pop	Mar 2013	#83
I don't see it as the best but as very sad.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#152
Unrec...He's a valued DUer and I'm sad to see him go. When did you get here?	monmouth3	Mar 2013	#99
SHAME ON YOU!	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#151
Do you think you're funny?	Avalux	Mar 2013	#195
You are REALLY a horrible person. We don't need your snark at	kestrel91316	Mar 2013	#234
rude	mahina	Mar 2013	#270
How sad that you would find humor in this	proud2BlibKansan	Mar 2013	#272
This was a very nasty thing to say	Grateful for Hope	Mar 2013	#296
Here's a thought. Drunken Irishman, STAY, and YOU leave.	Bake	Mar 2013	#325
WTF do you mean?	brush	Mar 2013	#327
I've learned to ignore it, mostly. There are so many Catholic Democrats, a few	TwilightGardener	Mar 2013	#3
Just please know that not everybody are bigots	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#4
Please don't leave ,I'm an atheist and please don't leave .	olddots	Mar 2013	#5
I rec everything you say except the goodbye part.	Union Scribe	Mar 2013	#6
I agree with you here	steve2470	Mar 2013	#13
+1	TDale313	Mar 2013	#94
+1	CAG	Mar 2013	#138
Happy St. Patrick's Day	hfojvt	Mar 2013	#7
"47 star members who have me on ignore and 49 blocking PM"	arely staircase	Mar 2013	#220
not an accomplishment I am proud of or happy about	hfojvt	Mar 2013	#225
holy crap	arely staircase	Mar 2013	#229
This is hilarious!	meadowlark5	Mar 2013	#251
I'll see you on	DevonRex	Mar 2013	#8
I will miss your posts. I'll miss you. . . .	Journeyman	Mar 2013	#9
As a sixtysomething white male Southerner I don't feel at all welcome on DU	Fumesucker	Mar 2013	#10
yes but how many people on DU have told you because you don't leave the south	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#14
I've heard that sort of thing quite a few times on DU	Fumesucker	Mar 2013	#17
I have seen some of the southern bashing	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#19
Yeah, I've seen the bashing of southerners too........	socialist_n_TN	Mar 2013	#108
Pisses me off every time I read a South-bashing post....	OldDem2012	Mar 2013	#130
DU pisses off each one of us at some point.	LuvNewcastle	Mar 2013	#78
+1	Sherman A1	Mar 2013	#154
Really, really glad you're not a blind, idiotic, vulgar, petulant caricature.	LanternWaste	Mar 2013	#283
When someone has a genuine tragedy in their life I'm supportive and sensitive	Fumesucker	Mar 2013	#286
I have never agreed with you	Prism	Mar 2013	#11
I hear you. There are many I disagree with here, but I know hate when I read it	freshwest	Mar 2013	#211
+1. n/t	pnwmom	Mar 2013	#295
Oh my, this is so sad!	Sadiedog	Mar 2013	#12
Dear OP,	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#15
so, are you one of the ones who think if he doesn't leave the church	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#16
The criminals who committed these crimes are responsible for them....	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#29
The OP doesn't live in a vacuum	Summer Hathaway	Mar 2013	#41
Now wait a minute.......	socialist_n_TN	Mar 2013	#111
Actually, no. You don't get to make the rules, either.	kwassa	Mar 2013	#119
So are you saying the Pope or you local priest would still consider you.....	socialist_n_TN	Mar 2013	#122
I don't think they keep track of people at all	jsr	Mar 2013	#143
We're heretics in our house.	hunter	Mar 2013	#136
Oh I recognize that fer sure........	socialist_n_TN	Mar 2013	#142
Catholicism is based on	Summer Hathaway	Mar 2013	#203
...	Summer Hathaway	Mar 2013	#183
Arguably true, but then why take offense at criticism of the Church? n/t	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#188
From what I've seen	Summer Hathaway	Mar 2013	#192
I am not responsible for the things other people post, but I will respond to the idea... (cont)	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#287
I have explained to you	Summer Hathaway	Mar 2013	#299
Some who was a Catholic but rejected the Catholic church would have no complaint	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#309
Yes, perhaps it's best if you do.	Summer Hathaway	Mar 2013	#310
The Church is arguably cleaner and more respectable now	sir pball	Mar 2013	#126
The OP is addressing bigoted attitudes of fellow DU'ers not	mulsh	Mar 2013	#124
You are no doubt aware that the two are related n/t	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#179
There are a lot of assumptions there.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2013	#139
Which assumptions to you challenge, and on what grounds?	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#159
Yes, I am aware of all of that and other stories you haven't posted.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2013	#162
I too know far worse. But I appreciate you conceding the point n/t	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#180
Of course I concede that crimes have been committed.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2013	#210
Simple: their actions	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#288
The RCC is too monolithic to make those kinds of assumptions.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2013	#293
Nice post. I will let you have the last word my friend n/t	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#298
I imagine our guilt-by-association is relevant not merely to churches, but to nations also.	LanternWaste	Mar 2013	#284
It is not "guilt by association"	skepticscott	Apr 2013	#328
you I wouldn't care about leaving ....	olddots	Mar 2013	#20
What are you doing about it?	BainsBane	Mar 2013	#21
He has the power to choose what organizations he supports n/t	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#32
And he has the power to choose	Summer Hathaway	Mar 2013	#56
He is free to support any organization or faith he prefers	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#165
I think you have very limited rigid notions about what behavior can be & what it can mean, which,	patrice	Mar 2013	#60
Excellent post! "Fascistic" is a bit strong, but I think otherwise you're dead on.	nomorenomore08	Mar 2013	#65
Some people choose to stay and change the church from within.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#155
What organization do you think he supports?	BainsBane	Mar 2013	#157
and he has made that choice	BainsBane	Mar 2013	#314
And he will keep associating with organisation that promotes homophobia, mysoginism and protection	idwiyo	Mar 2013	#316
an organization that is the largest provider	BainsBane	Mar 2013	#317
But of course! Homophobia, mysoginism, and pedophilia is nothing to compare to charity work!	idwiyo	Mar 2013	#318
What evidence do you have	BainsBane	Mar 2013	#319
Charity work doesn't compensate for preaching hatred against members of LGBTQ community.	idwiyo	Mar 2013	#324
God forbid	BainsBane	Mar 2013	#320
Ah, of course. It's either poverty or that other stuff. And charity of course beats that other stuff	idwiyo	Mar 2013	#323
+1	Squinch	Mar 2013	#76
You cannot make such sweeping predictions with statistics.	Gravitycollapse	Mar 2013	#49
Feel free to offer your conclusions.	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#167
My conclusion is that we can't make up such figures...	Gravitycollapse	Mar 2013	#185
Of course we can :)	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#193
Your facts have nothing to do with being a member of a large religion.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2013	#71
That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen in print.	enlightenment	Mar 2013	#112
i have to agree.	Phillip McCleod	Mar 2013	#172
Actually... no. Not exactly.	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#175
My dad was born into a catholic family, raised catholic, went to catholic school	Warren Stupidity	Mar 2013	#259
The US Government has committed atrocities, and still is doing so, beyond belief	sabrina 1	Mar 2013	#100
Fair and excellent question!	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#178
Well, millions of people have left their countries and are still doing so throughout	sabrina 1	Mar 2013	#271
Casually multiplying the evidence by ten is ridiculous and contemptible. NT	Donald Ian Rankin	Mar 2013	#169
What number would you prefer, and why?	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#181
I wouldn't.	Donald Ian Rankin	Mar 2013	#236
Nonsense :)	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#246
What am I then, scotch mist?	Donald Ian Rankin	Mar 2013	#262
I have provided numbers and links. I can provide more.	Demo_Chris	Mar 2013	#290
K&R. Terrific post. Thank you. I am afraid though that it will fall on deaf ears. People who	idwiyo	Mar 2013	#265
GBCW	Egalitarian Thug	Mar 2013	#18
Please don't leave. There are jerks everywhere and there are also really good people	Maraya1969	Mar 2013	#22
Beautiful post. Pearls before swine.	jsr	Mar 2013	#23
I'm an atheist too, and I don't want you to leave	LittleBlue	Mar 2013	#24
I agree..	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2013	#128
This place needs a big dose of Troll-B-Gone	struggle4progress	Mar 2013	#25
Nailed it!..	monmouth3	Mar 2013	#102
"Gang Members Intimidate Neighbor"	jsr	Mar 2013	#114
Thugs, etc...	Bobbie Jo	Mar 2013	#121
Waaaay too many thugs.	great white snark	Mar 2013	#131
Thank you	Bobbie Jo	Mar 2013	#133
Amen to that.	DevonRex	Mar 2013	#191
+1000	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#156
Truly. And it's not always ideology, it's behavior.	freshwest	Mar 2013	#212
Yes it does.	Hekate	Mar 2013	#313
I would not leave. I would just look at	okieinpain	Mar 2013	#26
I hope you realize that those saying this are not the majority.	Rhiannon12866	Mar 2013	#27
I want to thank all who are giving accounts of great Catholics that you know	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#31
Thank you and I completely agree.	Rhiannon12866	Mar 2013	#50
You make an excellent point about the lack of tolerance here.	greatauntoftriplets	Mar 2013	#103
It's kind of shocking, to tell you the truth	Rhiannon12866	Mar 2013	#107
It is shocking...	greatauntoftriplets	Mar 2013	#113
It's shameful the way Catholics have been treated on this board for the past couple of years.	bluesbassman	Mar 2013	#28
Well, that sucks. I for one like to read your posts and replies to other posts. Stick around!	world wide wally	Mar 2013	#30
There is a long history of anti-Catholic	BainsBane	Mar 2013	#33
Read this thread.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#158
Wow, that's really bad	BainsBane	Mar 2013	#197
I was in shock that they were really angry about this.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#198
And Will leaving	BainsBane	Mar 2013	#204
Well he reponded to this thread if you scroll down so maybe he may decide to stay.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#205
That's why I have trashed many groups. I don't need that echo chamber.	freshwest	Mar 2013	#214
Thank you for your post. I know it was heartfelt.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#216
Ah, you made me cry. I have a lot of respect for your opinion, sir.	freshwest	Mar 2013	#218
And I yours!	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#219
Please don't leave.	defacto7	Mar 2013	#34
You do realize that there are TENS of THOUSANDS of DUers	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#35
hate is hurtful even if the people doing it are not the majority	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#37
But you have to weigh those accusations	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#42
I have to admit I'm pretty sensitive to it. It is usually best if I put people like that on ignore	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#44
Stay strong, my friend. (Goes for the OP as well.)	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#47
But how then do you deal with the Pope saying gay people are of Satan and such?	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2013	#118
I was asking myself the same question while reading this thread	BrotherIvan	Mar 2013	#275
I am sure the OP does. His point is there are 1.2 Billion catholics, and we focus on a few	The Straight Story	Mar 2013	#77
And by the same token,	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#82
Perhpaps then we should ask ourselves	The Straight Story	Mar 2013	#84
I think we can	Le Taz Hot	Mar 2013	#96
.	patrice	Mar 2013	#36
Huh? There are always	KT2000	Mar 2013	#38
I hope you choose to stay.	Notafraidtoo	Mar 2013	#39
Don't give up D.I.	King_Klonopin	Mar 2013	#40
self righteousness is one of my pet peeves	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#43
hmm...	chervilant	Mar 2013	#116
+1	CAG	Mar 2013	#150
+1	freshwest	Mar 2013	#227
Sorry D.I.; I take it all back. The nasty is too much. I GIVE UP!!!	King_Klonopin	Mar 2013	#261
Your post made my cry	LeftInTX	Mar 2013	#45
don't go, whensome of us criticize the Catholic church it's more towards the official church and	JI7	Mar 2013	#46
I'm Catholic and I just don't see what you see	Rider3	Mar 2013	#48
Now, I usually don't make 'please don't leave' posts, but in your case I'll make an exception!	LeftishBrit	Mar 2013	#51
If only people could get so upset over racism and misogyny on DU...	Scootaloo	Mar 2013	#52
I hope that you change your mind and stay with us.	TexasTowelie	Mar 2013	#53
Please don't leave.	diane in sf	Mar 2013	#54
We have a problem here, but don't go. You haven't left the church even though	cali	Mar 2013	#55
Hi DIrish.. sorry, you've had to go through this and	Cha	Mar 2013	#57
It seems to me that many on DU and others in the news trash religion of all sorts	daybranch	Mar 2013	#58
And brave to say so here. I was too, but have moved away from it. I respect the heart and empathy.	freshwest	Mar 2013	#230
Please don't leave	Cali_Democrat	Mar 2013	#59
I'm not a significant member here. I post pretty sporadically.	nomorenomore08	Mar 2013	#61
There are some people around who need to review what it means to be a reactionary.	patrice	Mar 2013	#62
Always eloquent. I just call 'em knee jerkers. Dumbassery despite claims of superior intellect.	freshwest	Mar 2013	#217
It's a sad thing, because others agree with them in significant ways, but refuse to support	patrice	Mar 2013	#222
It sounds soft, but I find an examination of the heart is needed at times.	freshwest	Mar 2013	#223
The heart and the mind are much more strongly connected than we pretend they are, so . . .	patrice	Mar 2013	#224
I hope you will reconsider...	ReRe	Mar 2013	#63
Don't leave	steve2470	Mar 2013	#64
The Catholic Church is apart of history and continues on	glowing	Mar 2013	#66
This message was self-deleted by its author	Bonobo	Mar 2013	#67
Hope you reconsider. As a heavy not so young Jewish person I know the feeling	graham4anything	Mar 2013	#68
+1	freshwest	Mar 2013	#228
I understand how you feel, DI	RFKHumphreyObama	Mar 2013	#69
Many here do not feel that way about Catholics. I don't. We voted to hide an anti-Catholic post.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2013	#70
oh, for heaven's sake, don't go just because of nasty posters. then they win. why would you	HiPointDem	Mar 2013	#72
So in this day and age we are still fighting over religion	newfie11	Mar 2013	#73
Ignore their ignorance.	JNelson6563	Mar 2013	#74
Don't you dare leave!	Th1onein	Mar 2013	#75
we've had our differences	bigtree	Mar 2013	#79
Really?!?! Egotistical much? I doubt this was very hard for you...	Humanist_Activist	Mar 2013	#80
Drunken Irishman is a valued member of this community. You can tell by most of the responses.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#161
Bleh, just another religious person who values their god above people. n/t	Humanist_Activist	Mar 2013	#163
I put God before people? Please explain Humanist_Activist.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#164
I don't know if you do, personally, I know your religion(assuming you are Christian) demands it...	Humanist_Activist	Mar 2013	#166
You and i can argue about religion all day and get nowhere. But where I think you are wrong is that	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#168
Even articulated better, this is nothing but projection on your part.	kwassa	Mar 2013	#173
Didn't say I was perfect, now did I? As far as the projection, I don't care, I'm more dismissive...	Humanist_Activist	Mar 2013	#182
You know absolutely NOTHING about DI.	DevonRex	Mar 2013	#322
You do realize that is a small sub-set of DU, right?	kdmorris	Mar 2013	#81
just sit back and read DU for awhile til ur ready to wade back in.	2pooped2pop	Mar 2013	#85
I haven't seen a post yet that directly "attacks" the Catholic	JanMichael	Mar 2013	#86
Here -	Ms. Toad	Mar 2013	#88
Thanks. Interesting-	JanMichael	Mar 2013	#89
I've seen others along that line, as well.	Ms. Toad	Mar 2013	#97
Civility is in short supply these days, on DU as elsewhere	MannyGoldstein	Mar 2013	#87
Please, no	trocar	Mar 2013	#90
Get over yourself.	xfundy	Mar 2013	#91
Please, please, do not leave. Just a break, maybe for a week. Please do not leave. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2013	#92
I don't get it.	LAGC	Mar 2013	#93
My impression exactly.	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2013	#125
Normally I don't respond to GBCW op's.	Puglover	Mar 2013	#149
Exactly....	MellowDem	Mar 2013	#201
this place has almost had me out the door several times....if you leave, best wishes.	spanone	Mar 2013	#95
i'm sorry	undeterred	Mar 2013	#98
I feel like we are turning the clock back some 80 years.	Norbert	Mar 2013	#101
Well said	BainsBane	Mar 2013	#207
Fuck them !! I'm Wiccan but was raised Catholic grew up aground Catholics	Dragonfli	Mar 2013	#104
I'm sorry this happened to you.	MadrasT	Mar 2013	#105
I hope that you come back, DI.	greatauntoftriplets	Mar 2013	#106
The vast majority of DU wants you here, values you here, respects you here	Tom Rinaldo	Mar 2013	#109
DI, I will miss you very, very much.	a kennedy	Mar 2013	#110
Do what you've got to do.	99Forever	Mar 2013	#115
Sorry, DI. If You Don't Reconsider, Best Wishes To You. (nt)	Paladin	Mar 2013	#117
Ignore the assholes, and stick around. We need your viewpoint.	kwassa	Mar 2013	#120
For comparison, here is the shit gay people endure here, under the guise of 'faith':	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2013	#123
Ok. See ya.	Bluzmann57	Mar 2013	#127
I'm an agnostic/atheist and I fully agree with everything you said.	lumberjack_jeff	Mar 2013	#129
Please recosider, we need your voice and posts.	mulsh	Mar 2013	#132
I would like to offer a heartfelt "Go Fuck Yourself"	WilliamPitt	Mar 2013	#134
++++++ And, I hope every DU Catholic knows they have support here...	hlthe2b	Mar 2013	#206
+ 10^10^100 nt	stevenleser	Mar 2013	#243
+1	Union Scribe	Mar 2013	#264
Kind of interesting: Go read what you wrote about	JanMichael	Mar 2013	#267
Seconded, Will	Hekate	Mar 2013	#315
Yours is a very impassioned post, but I am one of those who question embracing a religion	rustydog	Mar 2013	#135
I would be sad to see you go.	Denzil_DC	Mar 2013	#137
I would never continue to support an organization if I found out	Apophis	Mar 2013	#140
That you choose the word "organisation" makes it obvious that you haven't thought this through, N.T.	Donald Ian Rankin	Mar 2013	#177
It's an organization...	MellowDem	Mar 2013	#202
+1	Apophis	Mar 2013	#209
Yes, and no, respectively.	Donald Ian Rankin	Mar 2013	#237
No, I'm talking about what people should do...	MellowDem	Mar 2013	#308
I'm Eastern Orthodox and have almost quit several times.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2013	#141
Things have changed around here.	jsr	Mar 2013	#144
Apt metaphor.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2013	#145
people have become completely intolerant of anyone different than they are	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#146
We are intolerant of racism, homophobia, sexism, etc. I see nothing wrong with that. n/t	Humanist_Activist	Mar 2013	#186
I'm not getting in an argument with you. I've seen some of your posts. I think I'm just going	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#213
things in general have changed in people attitudes towards the Catholic Church	bettyellen	Mar 2013	#196
Most are up in arms.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2013	#300
so why the missive?	datasuspect	Mar 2013	#147
And in 100,000 years no one will even remember	siligut	Mar 2013	#279
Just ignore the fuckhead bigots, DI.	slackmaster	Mar 2013	#148
Hey buddy, I'm Catholic as well and I've been appalled by this board lately	BeyondGeography	Mar 2013	#153
Check out the new Interfaith group - a sanctuary for the discussion of religious issues.	cbayer	Mar 2013	#160
No no no...you fail to understand what is going on	Rex	Mar 2013	#170
Please do not go!	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#171
Well, if you been here that long then you know we have our fair share of assholes too	Demonaut	Mar 2013	#174
"I've been a member here, in a couple incarnations, since it opened in 2001."	JVS	Mar 2013	#176
I know I was, during the great LGBT purge, wait, are we supposed to talk about that yet?	Humanist_Activist	Mar 2013	#184
I'm glad you're back! - and glad I missed that bit of ugly.	bettyellen	Mar 2013	#187
The thing that sucked was becoming a noob again.	Humanist_Activist	Mar 2013	#189
I bet I liked you just as much back then, as I do now.	bettyellen	Mar 2013	#190
LOL, I'm not here to make friends, that's just a bonus side effect.	Humanist_Activist	Mar 2013	#194
Remember the name change after the 08 election? nt	DevonRex	Mar 2013	#199
I'm sorry. There's a lot of hysterical nonsense around here these days.	Avalux	Mar 2013	#200
Don't go	blogslut	Mar 2013	#208
Some of the anti catholic postings here have been beyond the pale	nadinbrzezinski	Mar 2013	#215
I love the drunken Irish	libodem	Mar 2013	#221
I am sorry.	shenmue	Mar 2013	#226
I hope you decide to stay. The anti-Catholic bigotry is disgusting.	richmwill	Mar 2013	#231
What is disturbing	jsr	Mar 2013	#233
Yes I could not find the right words. Guilt-by-association is what has been happening here.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#240
I will often click on a post just because I see you have put it up.	AnotherDreamWeaver	Mar 2013	#232
Have not been in the same threads	timdog44	Mar 2013	#235
Hey Irish. Take DU break if you must,	Cleita	Mar 2013	#238
Please don't leave. I'm with you 100%	life long demo	Mar 2013	#239
Is there still room for Catholics among rank-and-file Dems?	klook	Mar 2013	#241
Don't leave, most of us don't see it that way. nt	stevenleser	Mar 2013	#242
i am sorry drunken irish that civility does not have a fore front on du. i do not like the	seabeyond	Mar 2013	#244
I notice that you mention ignore ZERO times.	Festivito	Mar 2013	#245
Don't leave. Just use "Ignore". A lot, if necessary. n/t	harris8	Mar 2013	#247
I seem to spend half my time trashing threads, but hey if it keeps my blood pressure	liberal_at_heart	Mar 2013	#249
Exactly! You think being a Catholic here is difficult? Try being someone who likes his guns!	OffWithTheirHeads	Mar 2013	#258
I don't think you should let anyone run you off -- or any group of people	Samantha	Mar 2013	#248
Hey DI	Bobbie Jo	Mar 2013	#250
Spare us the drama	michigandem58	Mar 2013	#252
I like you and don't want you to leave, but...	Evoman	Mar 2013	#253
Sorry this happened to you.	limpyhobbler	Mar 2013	#254
I think taking a break is a better idea	meadowlark5	Mar 2013	#255
I'm sorry to see you leave, but to be frank...	mike_c	Mar 2013	#256
Classy.	Union Scribe	Mar 2013	#263
Wow, just wow!	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#277
No Need To Leave	Special Prosciuto	Mar 2013	#257
I'm Catholic,	mahina	Mar 2013	#260
Don't leave...	BlueCollar	Mar 2013	#266
Man I'm a southern white Christian male....Some have gunned for me for 11 years now....	Rowdyboy	Mar 2013	#268
Don't paint yourself into a corner, man.	Iggo	Mar 2013	#269
I certainly have been negative toward some Catholic dogma and the upper leadership of the church	AtheistCrusader	Mar 2013	#273
wth	Wait Wut	Mar 2013	#274
We're not saying you are our enemy.	Arugula Latte	Mar 2013	#276
They do get angry and I think they fight to change the church from within.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#278
Fat chance of that happening	ButterflyBlood	Mar 2013	#291
I left at 18 years old but it was more that I found an episcopal parish that I liked.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#292
DI, you and I have been at odds for years	Catherina	Mar 2013	#280
As a fellow Irishman and ex-catholic	amuse bouche	Mar 2013	#281
The only honest way I think not.	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#301
Oh I disagree	amuse bouche	Mar 2013	#302
Are you saying that remaining a Roman Catholic you are not a real democrat or liberal?	hrmjustin	Mar 2013	#303
It's as though we've decided to force a benign host to adapt to the vulgar parasites.	LanternWaste	Mar 2013	#282
Dude, just use your Trash Thread button	demwing	Mar 2013	#285
I hope you don't leave	ButterflyBlood	Mar 2013	#289
Don't Let The Jerks Get You Down... Stay.	WillyT	Mar 2013	#294
Yeah! Listen to WillyT!	David Zephyr	Mar 2013	#307
I'm sorry to see you leave, but I don't blame you.	BlueCheese	Mar 2013	#297
When I mentioned Biden's Catholicism here, one response was:	Nye Bevan	Mar 2013	#304
Anti-religious bigotry is disgusting and unacceptable. n/t	duffyduff	Mar 2013	#305
So are child rape and the enabling of child rape	skepticscott	Apr 2013	#329
What a loss! I'll always be a fan of yours, Drunken Irishman.	David Zephyr	Mar 2013	#306
What a dumb thing to do. Leave because some folks don't like you or your religion. Boo HOO!	merh	Mar 2013	#311
DI, I am so sorry to read this. I keep fighting the bigots, but it's not working.	Hekate	Mar 2013	#312
Get back here now!	Rosa Luxemburg	Mar 2013	#321
This happens every day on every site!	Rider3	Mar 2013	#326

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