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To: wagglebee; Pyro7480
To be serious, for a moment: bigotry (of whatever sort) is an entirely (fallen) human business, and can be explained by reference to the Seven Deadly Sins:

4: Sloth, in so far as the bigot does not bother to learn the truth about the object of his bigotry. Rather, he is quick to believe lurid falsehoods.

5: Anger, in which the bigot lashes out unjustly at the perceived faults of the object of his bigotry, whilst ignoring his own faults.

6: Envy, in which the bigot is motivated by wishing he had some good which the object of his bigotry is perceived to have.

7: Pride, in which the bigot convinces himself that he is better than the object of his bigotry ... often to the point of partially or wholly denying the humanity of said object.

It is also a violation of the Eighth Commandment ... in that almost everything which the bigot says of the object of his bigotry is a half truth, a distortion of the truth, or an outright fabrication. It can lead to violations of the Fifthe Commandment, as well.

14 posted on 02/22/2007 12:04:11 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

Just my opinion, but I think we've started waving the "Catholic-bashing" card way too often on FR. There are some who are legitmately, venemously opposed to the Catholic Church. Others just don't know or understand. I think we would be better off not over-using that phrase because, frankly, we're starting to sound like a bunch of hypersensitive pansies. As anyone who reads my posts knows, I'm committed to earnest debate and countering clearly false claims against our Church, but not everyone who disagrees with our faith is burning the pope in effigy in their backyard. It just seems as soon as someone makes any kind of negative comment, the "Catholic-bashing" responses come out. Sometimes people just don't know any better and it would be better for us to find out before dropping the "C-B" Bomb on them.


15 posted on 02/22/2007 12:32:47 PM PST by Rutles4Ever (Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna)
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