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To: boatbums
I'm not sure why you assume the worst about me, as a person, boatbums.

Actually, I have no real interest in defending some "bad popes", like Benedict IX, for example. I only take exception for Alexander because he has been unfairly maligned, and standards have been applied to him that would be applied to no other (e.g. his enemies' paid writers' opinions are given more weight than the writings of people who actually knew him).

Read all of the posts that I've done on him so far. You'll see. I'm not pushing "deception".

And, for the record, I do consult non-Catholic -- Protestant, Muslim, atheist, etc. -- sources on a very regular basis.
11 posted on 10/27/2014 12:59:53 PM PDT by matthewrobertolson
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To: matthewrobertolson; daniel1212
I'm not sure why you assume the worst about me, as a person, boatbums.

I don't think it's advisable to try to ascertain my motives for rebutting your threads, I assume nothing about you, personally. It's been apparent for some time that the threads you post are designed to combat "Protestantism", or those who do not follow Roman Catholicism. I've yet to see anything from you that is truly "objective". It was easy to see through the facade of this series and is why I challenged you in your reply to Daniel1212. As for Pope Alexander VI, it seems you have skipped right past the negatives and ignored the objective things everyone already knows about him. He didn't make it to the list of the Ten Worst Popes for nothing.

14 posted on 10/27/2014 2:21:21 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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