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To: maine-iac7
I'll give you a hint - he was Opus, his kids were in Opus schools, he was and did despicable, traitorous acts and, according to reports, had less morals than an alley cat.

Ever heard of the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy?

Do you have the slightest evidence that Opus Dei encouraged Hanssen's spying or excused it in the slightest?

How is it that O.D. is at fault for Hanssen, but gets no credit for the thousands of productive, happy people who get a lot out of the Work?

One bad Jew means all Jews are bad; one bad Opus Deista means all Opus Deistas are bad. That's the logic of bigotry, calumny and stereotype, not of reasonable discussion.

As for "fleecing the flock," that's also a calumnious accusation. Care to specify who has been "fleeced," and by whom? Care to provide evidence that that is Opus Dei's "function"?

Of course not. If someone said, "What is the Southern Baptist Conference's function?" and someone else answered "Promoting dishonest televangelists and providing treasonous Bible-toting presidents like Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton" would that be calumny, in your view?

Because it would be in mine, and the two comments are exactly the same as far as their accuracy is concerned.

107 posted on 05/22/2006 6:53:26 PM PDT by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
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To: Campion
Do you have the slightest evidence that Opus Dei encouraged Hanssen's spying or excused it in the slightest?

In a review of the book: Spy : The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America , a reviewer comments: "Opus Dei's prelature even stepped in to urge Hanssen's wife not to make no statements about her husband since that might delay its founder's elevation to sainthood by John Paul II."

138 posted on 05/23/2006 8:20:52 PM PDT by Full Court (¶Let no man deceive you by any means)
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