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Before anybody starts falsely accusing anyone else, it was me who hit the abuse button on that damn stupid cereal box, and if it shows up again, I'll hit the abuse button as often as necessary, and I will tell you why.

I'm a Southern Baptist, and anyone who used to post on the "Neverending Chronicles" threads about a year and a half ago will remember that I never ridiculed the Roman Catholic Church, its doctrine, or its practices. I may have had honest differences with it, but I never would have denigrated and ridiculed the honestly held beliefs of Catholics in such a manner as that stupid cereal box that everyone here thought was so clever, and I never will. As a matter of fact, I spent most of my time on those threads defending Catholic beliefs from a few silly-minded Protestants who wilfully misunderstood and ridiculed the meanings behind such concepts as the intercession of saints. I think Pope John Paul II is a wonderful man and leader, and if there was anyone worthy of being called Peter, he would be it. I think he's a great man. I happen to be Baptist, and I think Catholics and Protestants of goodwill are all Christians together. Our differences? Well, only God knows why and He will sort it all out.

Now, I'm not here to defend or excuse any stupid people who are taking the opportunity of the present scandal to ridicule Catholic doctrine and beliefs. I'm not the keeper or defender of stupid or hateful people. I've skimmed over this thread, and it's my impression that you guys have taken on a bunker or siege mentality (quite different from the Catholics I hung out with last year), and instead of (justifiably) telling the buttholes and jerks to take a flying leap, you're taking a giant dump on the whole of Protestant theology...which brings me back to the cereal box. I just happened to be surfing and ran up against that box and, as somebody not involved in this little war between Protestants and Catholics, I was immediately and highly offended, because I could sense the contempt and derision behind it. It wasn't funny at all, because it was intended to flip the bird, so to speak, to ALL Protestants, not just the ones who are attacking you. If I saw one of those Elizabethan era cartoons of priests with little devil tails posted "as a joke", I would have hit the abuse button just as fast.

As to all the other deleted posts on this thread, that wasn't me. But the cereal boxes disappearing, that was my doing. Well, it was the Admin Mod, actually, but he/she/they/obviously agreed that it was offensive enough to pull. (Except for the attempt to post it yet a third time in the Smokey Backroom...that wasn't me.) So now you know, and now you know why.

I'm not interested in debating anyone on doctrinal matters and I don't have the energy or time to look at examples of Protestant hatefulness. I just wanted you (both P and RC) to know that when you start in on, not the dumbasses themselves, but attacking and dragging through the mud deeply and truly held matters of faith (either P or RC), you are offending and hurting those who wish you no ill will at all.

Wimpy - your sentiments are apt, and appreciated, but the post I refer to in #222 is one that I posted that has nothing to do with th cereal box.

I have recieved no explanation as to why my post #12 was pulled - and you can see the contents of the now deleted post 12 at #203.

Perhaps you can agree that the pope's recommendation

that a priest (who plead guilty 2 years previosuly in court to molestation) ought not settle in the same community after he is defrocked

in no way impugns the pope's character or wisdom.

That is what this thread was supposed to be about. Then the haters showed up to claim the pope was caught with a smoking gun.

I created the YOPIOS cereal box featurng Martin Luther. As a former Lutheran myself I see nothering particularly hurtful about the illustration. If you want to blame someone for it, however, please leave Polycarp out of it, because I did it and I stand by it.

B-chan

it was me who hit the abuse button on that damn stupid cereal box, and if it shows up again, I'll hit the abuse button as often as necessary, and I will tell you why.

Your screen name is appropriate.

May god Bless you abundantly

--Still Proud2bRC