[Torie]

I take it you think Saddam should have stayed in power because his totalitarian regime was good for the Christian minority. If so, you are a walking advertisement for the hypothesis that Christianity, or at least Catholic Christianity, or at least your spin on it, is off the moral rails. In my view, you are too parochial. You need to reach out. Sometimes, I get the vague feeling that you have reduced Catholicism in your mind's eye to a rather cultist endeavor. I hope and trust that you have it all wrong.

[Romulus]

Actually, it's you who has it all wrong.

If you'd troubled yourself to read just this thread you'd have seen my declaration that Saddam was a criminal whom the world needed to call to account.

Those who fancy Catholic Christianity is off the moral rails are typically those who're in a sulk about its refusal to validate their disordered, self-willed choices.

Reaching out is why I'm here. If you're genuinely interested in Catholicism, I hope to see more of you on the Religion threads devoted to matters of interest to us. OTOH, if your only interest in Catholicism is in how its ministers and members can be squared to your political agenda, the most I dare hope for (and more than I expect) is that you'd leave us alone.

Catholic Christianity proclaims Christ as Logos -- the Alpha and Omega who restores meaning to a disordered and alienated world. If this is "a rather cultist endeavor", I plead guilty.