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To: Religion Moderator

>>The posters here – both by what they say and how they say it – are living testimonies of their own confessions. I would that all posters, when suffering ridicule and contempt for what or Whom they believe, would approach the town square as an opportunity.<<

I don't mean to seem contrary here but when posters come onto a thread with the words Mary, Pope or Rosary in the title and are slamming Catholic beliefs in the first few posts, that is insult. The people who continually do this are not looking for a discussion, they are looking to condemn.

If it happened on a thread with the words Tallit, Shiva or Moses in the title, it would be call Anti-Semitic.


43 posted on 03/26/2006 10:32:04 AM PST by netmilsmom (To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
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To: netmilsmom
Of course such conduct is an "insult" and of course the intent is to "condemn".

And evangelicals might likewise say your profile page moniker "Official Anti-Catholic troll hunter" is likewise condemning and insulting to them.

I will not protect a thread just because it has "Joseph Smith" or "Pope" or "Mary" or "L. Ron Hubbard" in the header. It must be clearly a church thread, a chapel or devotional for the assembly to be protected on my watch.

If witnessing is the intent of a thread, IMHO the posters should realize that seekers are drawn to open discussions and rigorous debates - not choir rooms - and they will pay as much attention to the demeanor of the poster as they will to the substance of the post.

47 posted on 03/26/2006 10:48:59 AM PST by Religion Moderator
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To: netmilsmom; Religion Moderator

It is not my intent at all to bash/insult the Catholic Church.

Bash/insult is such a subjective term, anyway.

How have you (netmilsmom) been able to objectively quanitfy the term insult in this case and determine that the title is unsulting Catholics?

One should remember that the film producers themselves (of the film: "Rape of the Soul") are Catholics.

I seriously doubt that they are anti-Catholic. They themselves say that there is satanic stuff within the art inside the Catholic Church.

And WND gave what I believe is an appropriate title based upon all of this.


71 posted on 03/26/2006 12:08:13 PM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist (Keep working! Welfare cases and their liberal enablers are counting on you!)
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