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Can you quote the passage, because I have on several threads here on FR to the dismay of others. Maybe that's why Vatican II is such a despised document.. and as for what anathemas are:

331   //  anayema  //  anathema   //  an-ath'-em-ah  //  

from   394  ; TDNT - 1:354,57; n n 

AV - accursed 4, anathema 1, bind under a great curse +   332  1; 6 

1) a thing set up or laid by in order to be kept 
1a) specifically, an offering resulting from a vow, which after being 
consecrated to a god was hung upon the walls or columns of the 
temple, or put in some other conspicuous place 
2) a thing devoted to God without hope of being redeemed, and if an 
animal, to be slain; therefore a person or thing doomed to destruction 
2a) a curse 
2b) a man accursed, devoted to the direst of woes

Primary meaning - Accursed or bound under a great curse. Used once in the entire Bible and by Paul. Just a little trivia to go along with the fact lol. dictionary.com full definition listing Care to try again, or are we stretching the bounds of credulity hoping somebody is that dumb?

Why does it bother you so much that the Church defines what is inside and outside of its acceptable beliefs? Do you believe one can believe anything he wants and still be saved?

Of course there are limits. Of course there are ideas that bring destruction upon those who believe them. Don't be so naive and offended.

As I've said a thousand times, you Catholic-haters should wear our anathemas like a badge. If we're so wrong, and we say you are wrong, that makes you right, right?

In any event, none of this has anything to do with why you think the Church is out to kill everyone it disagrees with.