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To: OLD REGGIE

And, OR, I am not in the habit of engaging with you, so I will return to my silence where you are concerned. I have no doubt that you will make up something personal about me concerning that.


6,158 posted on 09/19/2010 10:46:58 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Holy Mary, Mother of God, please pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.)
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To: Judith Anne
"I have no doubt that you will make up something personal about me concerning that."

I have long wondered at the insistence that we refrain from using the "L" word in the religion forum when no other word satisfies the situation. A lie (also called prevarication, falsehood) is a known untruth expressed as truth.

The benefit of the doubt can be extended when one initially presents a falsehood because the argument can be made that it is not known to be an untruth. However, when the error has been addressed and corrected all subsequent tellings are indeed lies and those perpetuating the now known untruth are liars. This does not mean that we presume motive. That is irrelevant. Rules that we not recognize and acknowledge this require that we participate in the lie.

There are at least a dozen thematic lies told about the Catholic Church, its history, dogma and clergy told by an equal number of liars. It would be very easy to compile a listing of both. Forum rules require this too remain unspoken. One has to question the legitimacy if not the sanity of a forum that in effect values the lie above the truth and protects the liar above those that simply recognize the lie.

Qui Bono? Certainly not God, civility, the truth or Free Republic.

6,170 posted on 09/19/2010 11:44:49 AM PDT by Natural Law (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: Judith Anne
And, OR, I am not in the habit of engaging with you, so I will return to my silence where you are concerned. I have no doubt that you will make up something personal about me concerning that.

I can't help myself you sweet thing.

6,176 posted on 09/19/2010 12:10:50 PM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: Judith Anne
And, OR, I am not in the habit of engaging with you, so I will return to my silence where you are concerned. I have no doubt that you will make up something personal about me concerning that.

Won't be long and you won't have anyone to talk to... :)

6,186 posted on 09/19/2010 12:45:25 PM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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