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Grex > Agora47 > #75: Help! Is there a Catholic in the house? | |
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remmers
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response 57 of 66:
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Oct 18 19:40 UTC 2003 |
At least we know what flem's generalization (if any) is based on,
so folks can decide on their own how much weight to give it. Can't
say that about everybody's generalizations. :)
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gull
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response 58 of 66:
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Oct 21 13:51 UTC 2003 |
Where *do* you go if you want to find out what Official Catholic Policy
is on a particular issue? We've already established that asking a local
parish isn't reliable.
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cross
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response 59 of 66:
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Oct 21 15:05 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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krj
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response 60 of 66:
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Oct 21 23:15 UTC 2003 |
For those who reject my formulation in resp:14, how do *you* characterize
the difference between Catholic and Protestant ideology?
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krj
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response 61 of 66:
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Oct 21 23:52 UTC 2003 |
I'm also somewhat puzzled by jep's resp:41
"I guess there's a lot of anti-religious bigotry on Grex."
since what I see here is a fairly neutral attempt to discuss
doctrines and ideologies, in a fairly non-attacking way.
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flem
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response 62 of 66:
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Oct 22 18:26 UTC 2003 |
re #58: In 2000 or so the church put out a big fat book that was the "revised
catholic catechism" or something like that. I would bet that would be a good
spot to start looking for official answers. I spent 5 mins googling yesterday
about this, but all the relevant stuff I found was too deeply buried in
theological jargon and official doublethink, and I got bored.
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senna
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response 63 of 66:
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Oct 22 21:12 UTC 2003 |
In fairness, while I think that a larger-than-normal proportion of grexers
are somewhat condescending or hostile toward organized religion, this has been
a pretty balanced discussion.
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vidar
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response 64 of 66:
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Nov 2 19:43 UTC 2003 |
I generally stay out of religious discussions, but my time for being
silent is over.
In general, I don't like organized religion because of the verbal
masturbation of the qualities of the deities that any one with the holy
book of the religion can think about for themselves. Also, I have had
my share of intolerance - generally against Christianity - because when
I tried Christianity I was physically abused in my church at Sunday
School, and after I had left Christianity I had to go to a
Fundamentalist Christian Missionary school for my last semester of High
School.
I have calmed down since then and only aim my hate at
particular "religious" individuals or groups. Also, I was ordained in
the Church of Spiritual Humanism in September. I joined because I saw
the lack of reason that had erupted since 9/11. Do I agree with
everything I read in my Officiate's Manual? No. In fact I think one
of the contributors is a major asshole.
Am I a counter-missionary? In a way, I guess. Personally, I don't buy
the "only one right way" mentality, I instead believe in the "everybody
is right, in their own way" view. I have friends and relatives of many
beliefs, and we generally get on just fine, sometimes with a bit of
bickering, but generally that gets resolved with out hurt feelings.
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dcat
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response 65 of 66:
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Nov 27 06:27 UTC 2003 |
re resp:31 --- I have seen sheepskin condoms for sale. No, I don't
remember
where or when, although for some reason I think the package was black.
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willcome
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response 66 of 66:
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Nov 27 08:07 UTC 2003 |
just don't use them with veg. whores. disrespectful. they'll still do you,
though.
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