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To: RegulatorCountry

nice try, anyone vodoun can’t be Catholic.


168 posted on 01/23/2011 12:32:17 PM PST by one Lord one faith one baptism
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To: one Lord one faith one baptism

Oh but they are. You’re not familiar with the southeastern and Gulf coasts of the United States, let alone the Carribean. I am. They’re Catholic, baptised and attending Mass. The Catholic Saints are syncretised with old African animist gods and they are invoked, their statues are worshipped and offerings are made to them. Talk to any unbiased observer who has ever been to Haiti for instance, for mission work or any other reason. They are tolerated with a wink and a nod by the church. It’s how they were initially proselytized, allowing them their old beliefs in combination. It’s an error that has been present to some extent with the Church of Rome from the earliest times.


175 posted on 01/23/2011 12:40:01 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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