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To: Chi-townChief
Many Catholic Brazilians do not find an overlay of pagan religious beliefs and practices inconsistent with their more orthodox beliefs. One need only visit Copacabana on New Year's Eve or Salvador da Bahia on Jan. 6 or the whole country on Shrove Tuesday to observe festivals that are mostly pagan (but not necessarily evil).

Of course not. In Catholicism, only Jewish rituals are evil. Pagan rituals are welcomed with open arms and always have been.

I wonder if Greeley would be as tolerant of six day creationism or Biblical literalism as he is of pagan beliefs???

5 posted on 04/11/2005 10:30:54 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Vayivra' 'Eloqim 'et Ha'Adam betzalmo, betzelem 'Eloqim bara' 'oto; zakhar uneqevah bara' 'otam.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
As a Catholic and a usual fan of yours, I have to say this last post is one of your all-time worst and beneath you.

And don't lump Greeley in with observant, obedient Catholics.

6 posted on 04/11/2005 10:34:17 AM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
I wonder if Greeley would be as tolerant of six day creationism or Biblical literalism as he is of pagan beliefs???

And why, pray tell, should we care what a well-known modernist liberal priest and sociologist who has made millions of dollars from selling steamy novels tolerates, or doesn't tolerate?

10 posted on 04/11/2005 10:40:37 AM PDT by Campion
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To: Zionist Conspirator

So when did you stop eating children? (kidding)


25 posted on 04/11/2005 11:21:55 AM PDT by junta ("Racism" a word invented so as to allow morons access to the political debate.)
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