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To: Blzbba

And contrary to any ignorant misconceptions you may have, Catholics do not worship statues.


240 posted on 12/30/2005 1:38:12 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee
And contrary to any ignorant misconceptions you may have, Catholics do not worship statues.

DING DING DING!

We know that! But a few fringy elements ~do~ flock to such things as bleeding statues or other apparitions and pray to them. ~they~ and only ~they~ are what was mocked here. Not Catholism. At the end of the show the pope said, basically "Go home. This isn't real".

242 posted on 12/30/2005 1:42:03 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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