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In reply to the discussion: The Catholic Church Republican Video [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)37. Indeed! And even if someone makes the case that they would not engage in the same
behaviors now, not institutionally anyway, there's still a case to be made that their past use of those violent behaviors put them in the power position that they now occupy, so the critique is STILL valid.
Thanks for the link!
I will share it.
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So this group in florida is the official spokesperson for the Catholic Church...
Historic NY
Aug 2012
#5
The fire is a scriptural reference: Every mans works will be tried by fire, those that stand will
fasttense
Aug 2012
#38
Doubling-down for selling this country into an immoral & illegal war on an INNOCENT nation, Iraq,
patrice
Aug 2012
#18
They have to save their investments in Wars 'r' Us and to continue to corner the world's OIL supply.
patrice
Aug 2012
#26
Don't forget Eric Prince, founder of Blackwater, now Xe, U.S. expatriot to Bahrain, is a Catholic.
patrice
Aug 2012
#27
Am I the only one who feels threatened by this? Fire! Branding irons! Hammers! Darkness!
patrice
Aug 2012
#19
The Catholic Church has historically used such methods to persecute dissenters.
Dawson Leery
Aug 2012
#36
Indeed! And even if someone makes the case that they would not engage in the same
patrice
Aug 2012
#37
Does the "Catholic" church think our lives are bit-players in some plot of THEIR making???
patrice
Aug 2012
#20
Check into one of their last recipients of the Holy Order of the Golden Spur: the SHAH of Iran,
patrice
Aug 2012
#21
If they're going to be blatantly political they should be taxed to the full extent of the law.
xtraxritical
Aug 2012
#30
Please check out the blog I posted about in #34 below. I also posted about it in my journal. Tks! nt
patrice
Aug 2012
#35
Funny how their Idea of freedom, includes controlling women, gays, and Hell apparently. Glad
Heather MC
Aug 2012
#31