Catholic Church gives D.C. ultimatum
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/11/AR2009111116943.html?hpid=to...
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lu7cky
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s0uthc0ast:
Congrats you made this about Obama in less than 10 posts!! You win at the internet.
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lu7cky
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etienna
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s0uthc0ast:
Hello?? Anybody home?? Please enlighten us about how these two things correlate.
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etienna
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Tao_D
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s0uthc0ast:
What is this guy talking about?
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Tao_D
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cmdinc
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s0uthc0ast:
the others may not get it South, but i understand and your right on.
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cmdinc
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ocanada
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"Do unto others as thou wouldest have them do unto thee." "Ye who is without sin, may cast the first stone." "All men have fallen short of the glory of God." "Love thy neighbor as you love thineself."
You know what, in the life and example of Jesus Christ passed down in the bible I see no mention of sodomy, and see that Jesus supped with prostitutes and so called sexual deviants, and those who were the outcasts of society, those persecuted by the current religous order and told them they were beautiful and had a place in the kingdom of God. He told them not to despair and that he had come not as the cure for those at peace, for those who were well off in this world but as a cure for those who were sick, who were downtrodden or full of sin.
He preached a gospel of acceptance to gentiles and jews alike and in the gospels of the passion in his most trying time, he healed the Roman soldier who had come to lead him to his execution when one of his disciples moved to strike him down. And rebuked those who try to judge others instead of reflecting on themselves and showing compassion.
These disciples of Christ who are so selfless, I grew up near a rectory myself, and had the bennefit of a catholic education as a child, should not deny their services to people they consider "unclean" all they do is make themselves into pharisees and philistines and none among us even the best among us are fit to judge. The work of clothing, feeding, and aiding the poor and downtrodden is a sacred and human duty and to deny love to anyone in a time of need bespeaks no human or christian decency I have ever been taught.
Jesus would point in shame at this action.
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ocanada
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etienna
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ocanada:
You hit the nail on the head!
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etienna
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Nettle
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ocanada:
Poignant as always.
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Nettle
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ocanada:
what truthful words
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pandaman2105
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Nocturnus
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ocanada:
Perfectly stated
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Nocturnus
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ocanada
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ocanada:
The Christian gospel is full of love, compassion, and an emphasis against the rush to judgement. It does not ask but demands love for ones neighbor, does not ask but demands caring for the sick and poor, and says that it is more difficult for a rich man to enter the house of the lord than it is to thread the eye of a needle. The clear meaning and intent of these words is still revolutionary today and complications and dogma need not be applied to something as fundamental as the gospel of peace, afterall blessed are the peacemakers not the lovers of war.
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ocanada
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ocanada:
Everything you mentioned, ocanada, is something Im sorry to say many Christians have forgotten.
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nkeg87
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isnamthere
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Why is that priest playing find the pea on the pope's head?
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isnamthere
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dsidney
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isnamthere:
LMAO!!
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dsidney
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Glock_Gurl
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isnamthere:
LOLOL!
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Glock_Gurl
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CalPal
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isnamthere:
Finding the pea?! As if!
No, he's just the tech-maintenance guy... he has to take the protective cover off, make sure all his wiring is still working properly, and then put on a new protective covering... it's terribly hard work.
:P
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CalPal
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isnamthere:
I thought he was changing out Popeye's rechargeable battery.
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SleepDirt
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LadybugLady [removed]
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They need to get the money from Rome. This is bullshit,tax exempt and funding forget it!
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SleepDirt
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LadybugLady:
There's an idea. Yank their tax exempt status in retaliation and perhaps they'll change their tune.
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SleepDirt
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LowShred
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Wasn't the Pope a Nazi at some point?
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LowShred
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LowShred:
it was his father that was a Natzi. But you know the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
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samthesixth
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LowShred:
He was part of the Hitler Youth Corps.
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samthesixth
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bailey78
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LowShred:
Yes he is a nazi. He is just hiding out in front of every one. Sometimes that's the best place to hide.
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bailey78
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Tyrannous
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Ah, threats, the best way to deal with any situation....
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neocongo
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Hmmm. Must be time to step up prosecution of child molestation by clergy of the Catholic Church.
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neocongo
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neocongo:
They tried that, and they made the chief enforcer for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith for 24 years ...Pope. Oh, and there were no prosecutions (where there?). Figure that one.
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twohawks
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unimatrix0
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Mighty Christian of the Pope and his merry band of pedophiles. No doubt Jesus would approve of this attempted black mail. \sarcasm off
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unimatrix0
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masterzip
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an ultimatum??? I say we go arrest this guy for attempting to extort the government.
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masterzip
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KSirys
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How nice, the church demanding and pushing their views onto others... hummmm I wonder why would people hate that???
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KSirys
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snarly
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KSirys:
as a "unbeliever", I have to say, read the article before you make a judgement
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snarly
