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To: Oliver Optic
The only big difference between the RC and the (general) Protestant approach is the ecclesiastical structures. The moral teachings are pretty doggone similar.

Anyway, Fur Shur the Islamofascists would have no difficulty selecting which heads to chop off.

Worthy of note John Smith of Jamestown fame, was a well-known Protestant. He was taken prisoner fighting in an army drawn up to protect Europe from the Turks then trying to expand their domains in the Balkans.

I think that's when Protestants and Catholics in Europe first figured out that they were going to have to defend Christendom even if they didn't like each other. The Treaty of Westphalia had, of course, seen them agree to stay out of each other's hair.

Anyway, John Smith was selected by the Virginia Company to be the Governor of Jamestown colony precisely because he could speak fluent Turkish. In those days it was believed Turkish was commonly spoken along the East Coast. Fact was the Spanish had been running a POW camp for prisoners seized in their wars against the Turks in the Eastern Mediterranean. Many such prisoners were actually Orthodox Christians ~ they regularly escaped from the Spanish POW camp and fled up the coast to live with Indians. Odds are good that Turkish was commonly spoken on the East Coast in those days.

Now, is there some sort of dispute going on between the RCs and the Protestants? One would hope not.

48 posted on 05/16/2008 3:42:20 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

Fascinating facts! Do you have a link or title for the source? I’d like to learn more.


98 posted on 05/16/2008 4:14:57 PM PDT by Tax-chick (I love my parents.)
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