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To: starlifter

You didn’t “call” anything on anyone, your ignorance, or willingness to do anything to make an attack, led you to interpret something in an inaccurate way.

In your lavish defense of Mormonism and your attacks on Christians as “skinheads” you don’t seem to have much interest in Catholics except as another tool to use in defending Mormonism, in your description, the church itself is a “skinhead” church, and Pope John II, it’s “skinhead” leader.


376 posted on 07/18/2011 7:57:22 AM PDT by ansel12 ( Bristol Palin's book "Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far" became a New York Times, best seller.)
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To: ansel12
My dear, first of all breath.

Now then...you wrote “Catholics and Christians” that's about a clear a distinction as is possible in the English language. I asked you why you made the distinction and you got your panties in a knot. I suppose I could have interpreted your meaning as “I'll have fries with that” but that would be extremely difficult given the words you used.

Let's look at the history of what was posted regarding skinheads: ““I'm going to let Jesus Christ make that decision. Not some loud and well organized cabal of religious bigots.
These bigots are the equivalent of skinheads”

While the original author did not list definitions, I interpreted the comment (and agree with it) thusly: groups of people who are so emotionally invested in being against something that they cannot see how any other point of view can be held. They are vitriolic, unremitting in their overly-emotional self-rightousness, condemnation of that which they decide they do not like, agree with or understand. That was how I interpreted the post and thus why I agree with it. I stand by that agreement.

Now, going further. I do not recall defending Mormonism so much as the right of people to be Mormon if they choose. Some call them a cult - that strikes me as more from fear than anything else. I think Mormonism is odd. But it's their belief and I assume they hold it with a clear conscience. Frankly I don't understand it nor am I especially interested in understanding it. I don't want their missionaries on my property, nor do I want the Christian preachers who drag their families door to door around Easter.

An attack (your word, not mine) on some who call themselves Christian is not an attack on all who call themselves Christian. Using skinhead as interpreted above to describe some self-proclaimed Christians in now way means all self-proclaimed Christians are skinheads. It goes back to basics: A=B does not mean B=A.

I'm not sure why you wrote, “you don’t seem to have much interest in Catholics except as another tool to use in defending Mormonism.” Perhaps you could point out, specifically, where that came from.

You despise Mormons and Mormonism - we all get that. You hate Romney - we all get that.

383 posted on 07/18/2011 8:25:14 AM PDT by starlifter (Pullum sapit)
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To: ansel12; starlifter; Godzilla; MarkBsnr

Catholic? That would make sense.

I never get why Catholics defend Mormonism in light of the things Mormons believe about the Catholic church and in light of Catholic teachings about the Mormons (that they are not Christians).


404 posted on 07/18/2011 10:15:48 AM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian - "I once was lost, but now am found; was blind but now I see")
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