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zipplewrath

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3. Tad insulting actually

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 03:46 PM

Mar 2012

Probably not a whole lot of things more personal that religion. And really, if I didn't leave after the whole child abuse scandals, leaving over the churches position on birth control probably isn't gonna do it.

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Open Letter to 'Liberal' and 'Nominal' Catholics: It's Your Moment Of Truth [View all] cleanhippie Mar 2012 OP

I'd rather see a coup myself...I could live with a couple generations of liberation theology saras Mar 2012 #1

There needs to be a formal, PUBLIC, Petition HockeyMom Mar 2012 #2

I think most statistics on the number of Catholics in the country do account for this though ButterflyBlood Mar 2012 #7

Tad insulting actually zipplewrath Mar 2012 #3

Lol. It's got a cartoon, just like those fundamentalist flyers I keep finding in cbayer Mar 2012 #4

What's wrong with proselytizing? Silent3 Mar 2012 #11

So right. Proselytizing is just peachy as long as you agree with their message. cbayer Mar 2012 #12

No, proselytizing is "just peachy" with me whatever the message. Silent3 Mar 2012 #13

I would respectfully submit that getting out the vote and trying to convert cbayer Mar 2012 #14

If atheists treat religion as an "entirely different" than politics... Silent3 Mar 2012 #15

Would you then agree that it is ok for someone to go door to door to try and convince cbayer Mar 2012 #16

Sure it's OK for people to do that. Silent3 Mar 2012 #17

Good points and I am persuaded to some extent. cbayer Mar 2012 #18

I certainly have my own personal "bothers" too Silent3 Mar 2012 #19

It was thoughtful of them to solicit money while they're at it. rug Mar 2012 #5

Yep, agreed. I have. ButterflyBlood Mar 2012 #6

We may have discussed it before, but just what kind of Evangelical Church is liberal? cleanhippie Mar 2012 #8

It's a Vineyard Movement church, a group with a bit of an interesting background ButterflyBlood Mar 2012 #9

That is really interesting. Thank you for sharing that with me. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #10