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To: Mrs. Don-o
I guess there are people who can't learn, and people who won't.

In one sentence you have clearly and unambiguously described 100% of the anti-Catholics and the majority of non-Catholics that we encounter.

220 posted on 05/22/2016 12:36:46 PM PDT by verga (In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.)
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To: verga

You just described catholicism.


221 posted on 05/22/2016 12:52:42 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: verga; daniel1212
"100% of the anti-Catholics and the majority of non-Catholics..."

Dear verga, that is exactly the kind of global generalization I would urge us all to avoid.

For one thing, there are any number of fine Protestant brethren, not to mention many Orthodox brethren, and even one Hindu (of the sistren variety), who when they agree with us, agree guilelessly, and when they disagree, do so in a firm but amicable manner, trying to be accurate and not dealing in stereotypes and moral libels.

For another thing, some of our "sedes" --- a few, not all --- count with the worst of the anti-papist pugilists, and are admonished for it by honest Protestants.

A recent example: a sede-who-shall-not-be-named asserted that Pope Benedict XVI didn't believe in the Resurrection of Our Lord. FReeper Daniel1212 called him on it, and said "Asserting something like Pope Benedict didn't believe in the Resurrection seems pretty absurd to me. "

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3431022/posts?page=132#132 Daniel1212 certainly opposes distinctive Catholic doctrines, but endeavors to do so, I think, without misrepresentation and without snide-issimus personalis.

:o)

231 posted on 05/22/2016 2:40:15 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, since God is love." Edith Stein)
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