[YHAOS]

“Balducci was an official in the Vatican. That is not false.”

Not a Cardinal then, but a prelate of some significant standing in the Vatican sufficient to rate the title “Monsignor.” Perhaps boop is mistaken as to the prelate’s station in the Church, or perhaps she has a different official in mind.

You’ve expended an enormous amount of bandwidth and a not insignificant amount of energy to bring me this information. It is interesting; it is worthy of attention; and I thank you for your efforts.

Monsignor Balducci has also gone to some lengths to emphasize that his research is “personal” and not “official.” That puts his hypothesis in its proper perspective and we should all appreciate Monsignor’s candid revelation. He has made an assertion of material fact and, given the intellectual rigor for which the Church is renown, we must expect that Monsignor Balducci is aware that his task now is to produce material evidence. We must think that he stands as good a chance as do the Scientists who speculate that life exists elsewhere in the Universe besides here on Earth.

It is immaterial who first finds life elsewhere in the Universe (the Scientist or the Churchman). The acquisition of knowledge is a pursuit; not a race.

Thank you for your diligence and for the sharing of what you’ve learned.

[Quix]

Thanks for your kind, wise and perceptive words.

There are decreasing numbers of people

for whom

NO AMOUNT OF currently commonly available proof will suffice. It does not matter to them that such levels of proof and expert testimony would be FAR MORE THAN SUFFICIENT to sentence someone to be executed in most of our States.

Such folks—CONSERVATIVE FREEPERS—no less!!!!—evidently await the

IMPRIMATUR OF THE

[drum roll]

oligarchically controlled

MAIN STREAM MEDIA

before they’ll believe anything . . .

or, worse, they will refuse to believe until a small orb from a UFO is observed by them to descend to their laps and castrate them without anesthetic. Even then, some would probably blame it on their pet Terrier.

I think this is one of the few topics that so many FREEPERS refuse to consider evidence fairly on

AND INSTEAD INSIST ON SWALLOWING THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA’S PARTY LINE ON.

ABSOLUTELY IRRATIONAL TO THE MAX.

Mystifying.

[betty boop]

Perhaps boop is mistaken as to the prelate’s station in the Church, or perhaps she has a different official in mind.

I'm responsible for Quix's mistaking Monsignore Balducci's station in the Church. I erroneously said he was a cardinal; but he is not. Belatedly, I corrected my error at Post 92.

My apologies to both of you for all the confusion!