[Religion Moderator]

This is an "open" thread on the Religion Forum.

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Open threads are a town square – posters may argue for or against beliefs of any kind. They may tear down other's beliefs. They may ridicule, similar to the Smoky Backroom with the exception that a poster must never “make it personal.” Reading minds and attributing motives are forms of “making it personal.” Thin-skinned posters will be booted from “open” threads because in the town square, they are the disrupters.

If you are easily offended, you must stay off the "open" threads and instead post to the prayer, devotional, caucus or ecumenic threads.

Everyone has a voice on the Religion Forum. The "trick" is for each poster to find the right type of thread for himself and to stay away from the ones that are wrong for him.

[mgist]

This hatred and disdain among fellow Christians makes me want to puke. I can only imagine how offensive it must be to God. My Catholic faith has given me Jesus and love for others. Catholic teachings have given me examples of blessed families. I have NO divorces in my family and I thank God for those gifts, that through my faith, has allowed that. There is nothing that anyone can say that will change my love for the great gift of Catholic teachings that God has given me. Anyone who hates the Pope, hasn’t read John Paul II encyclicals, they are pure love. Pope Benedict has a book called Jesus of Nazareth, which is truly inspired by the Holy Spirit.

[rogator]

In that case I hope that no one is easily offended when I say that this thread has the kind of things on it that I would expect to hear were I a fly on the wall at a Klan meeting. I expect more out of Free Republic.

[pegleg]

If you are easily offended, you must stay off the "open" threads and instead post to the prayer, devotional, caucus or ecumenic threads.

Easily offended? That’s funny. That’s OK, I can deal with these types.