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Survey Reveals Prevalence of (Protestant) Clergy Sexual Misconduct
Christian Post ^ | September 11, 2009 | Audrey Barrick

Posted on 09/12/2009 6:44:04 AM PDT by NYer

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To: Petronski

“Frankly, you reveal a certain something about yourself merely by coming up with that language, hypothetical or not. “

Really? and what would that be?


61 posted on 09/12/2009 12:11:26 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: Petronski

“Suddenly the anti-Catholic crowd becomes very particular about statistics.”

Suddenly, responsible people of all faiths object to misdirection aimed at increasing inter-religious strife where none exists in the posted article.


62 posted on 09/12/2009 12:13:03 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer
Posters often add comments to titles. Sometimes other posters disagree with those sentiments, as you evidently do on this one.

Make your argument on thread as to why the comment was wrong, misleading, argumentative or whatever.

63 posted on 09/12/2009 12:13:58 PM PDT by Religion Moderator
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To: RFEngineer
Really? and what would that be?

It is apparent on its face.

64 posted on 09/12/2009 12:14:16 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski; ansel12
Parenthetical amplifications of titles are permissible and hardly constitute "changing" the title of the article, which remains intact.

Am I to assume you would have no objection if the parenthetical amplification was "Catholic"?
65 posted on 09/12/2009 12:15:29 PM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: Petronski

“It is apparent on its face.”

No it isn’t. State your case or withdraw the comment.


66 posted on 09/12/2009 12:15:48 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer
State your case or withdraw the comment.

LOL

67 posted on 09/12/2009 12:16:21 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski

“LOL”

State your case or withdraw the comment.


68 posted on 09/12/2009 12:17:29 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

LOLOL


69 posted on 09/12/2009 12:20:42 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski

“LOLOL”

Do you have nothing more substantive to justify a direct personal attack?

I think you should state your case or withdraw the comment.


70 posted on 09/12/2009 12:22:59 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

I made no direct personal attack.


71 posted on 09/12/2009 12:24:15 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski
Suddenly the anti-Catholic crowd becomes very particular about statistics.

Do you have anyone in mind?
72 posted on 09/12/2009 12:30:13 PM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: Petronski

“I made no direct personal attack.”

I’m not trolling for you to get a mod-spanking, I just want you to defend your attack that you said was “apparent on it’s face” and then indicated laughter when I asked you to withdraw it.

If it wasn’t a direct attack, yet is “apparent on it’s face” I’m not sure we’re having an honest dialog.

Since you either cannot defend the aspersion or will not defend it, then we are done, would you not agree?


73 posted on 09/12/2009 1:21:19 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

No aspersion to defend.


74 posted on 09/12/2009 1:23:38 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski

“No aspersion to defend.”

You won’t defend it. It’s there, even you said it was obvious. Now you say it’s not there at all.

Absent honest dialog, we are done, do you agree?


75 posted on 09/12/2009 1:37:07 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

Since I doubt you mean I sprinkled you with water, your claim itself is an aspersion upon myself.

You seem to me to be laboring mightily to make this personal. I will not participate. Such things are not permitted on the Religion Forum.


76 posted on 09/12/2009 1:39:58 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: RFEngineer
It’s there, even you said it was obvious.

I said there was an obvious aspersion? That's just not true.

Absent honest dialog...

Blame yourself for that absence.

77 posted on 09/12/2009 1:41:36 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski

“Blame yourself for that absence.”

As I said, absent honest dialog we are done, right?


78 posted on 09/12/2009 1:44:26 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

If you cannot be honest, where would such a dialog even begin?


79 posted on 09/12/2009 1:45:21 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski

“If you cannot be honest, where would such a dialog even begin?”

Absent honest dialog, we are done, correct?


80 posted on 09/12/2009 1:46:33 PM PDT by RFEngineer
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