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To: Salvation

Yes, and in a special way, in the northeast, with parish closures and mergers, that will happen more.


6 posted on 11/02/2017 8:39:34 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Biggirl; Salvation
Bravo on a wonderful post and your Msg. Pope efforts.

Interestingly, the noted atheist Ayn Rand had virtually the same opinion on Racism:

Racism...is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic lineage—the notion that a man’s intellectual and characterological traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry.

Racism is a doctrine of, by and for brutes. It is a barnyard or stock-farm version of collectivism, appropriate to a mentality that differentiates between various breeds of animals, but not between animals and men.

And yet, God-fearing men and women of (seemingly) good character and atheists of Antifa-stock devolve into name-calling. In the process, they become two sides of the same sinful coin.

I don't want to make this a political thread, but one of the key and many times unsung elements of Trump and Deplorables, is that the coalition he put together has the potential to unite heretofore un-united individuals. Minorities of all stripes (blacks, hispanics, gays), union guys, and others used by the statists for decades suddenly seem willing to jump on the Trump Train.

While some may chafe at the thought of working alongside some of these masses, commentary like that from Msg. Pope raise my hopes that we see deeper integration, more communion, and less reactionary hostility.

8 posted on 11/02/2017 9:11:03 AM PDT by DoodleBob
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