Posted on 08/25/2015 6:45:11 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
It is acceptable to be prejudiced against ANY Christian denomination.
bfl
What a load of crap.
And furthermore, the entire screed is very poorly written.
And Whites.
And men.
And conservatives.
No, and he’s not alone among Protestants in believing that: http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Anti-Catholicism-Acceptable-Prejudice/dp/0195176049
I used to really like Walid, read his site regularly, but lately he’s been off his med’s. All true believers, the Bible says, shall suffer persecution in this world if we are standing for the Faith, not living a compromised life and are faithfully looking for opportunities to share what Christ has done in our life/lives. Walid’s mother was Catholic and I understand that he has decided to join the Catholic Church (can’t remember how long ago that’s been). If that’s where he feel the Lord would have him minister, so be it. But he can’t be mad at the world if people criticize legitimate issues (pedophile priests, promotion of global warming, etc.) that they disagree with or if they have doctrinal disagreements as well. If my Baptist pastor suddenly ran off with a teenage boy, left his 2 kids and wife, cleaned out the benevolence fund, sold the church bus and stated that Jesus was not really virgin born after all, I’m not going to have kind things to say about him. Westboro Baptist Church anyone?
I don’t know NKP.
Evangelicals are hated and ridiculed.
White men are ridiculed.
Couples who have more than 3 kids are ridiculed.
It is a bald-faced lie to claim that “anti-Catholic” is the only remaining acceptable prejudice.
No, it’s not a lie.
**Slandering Catholics is the ONLY accepted prejudice in America. **
Quite apparent here and elsewhere.
Hatred of Catholicism unites 99% of all Christian denominations in the world. Lutherans are the only protestants I can think of that don’t damn Catholics to hell. Pentecostals are the worse.
Very good book.
http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Anti-Catholicism-Acceptable-Prejudice/dp/0195176049
Anti-Catholicism has a long history in America. And as Philip Jenkins argues in The New Anti-Catholicism, this virulent strain of hatred—once thought dead—is alive and well in our nation, but few people seem to notice, or care.
A statement that is seen as racist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic, or homophobic can haunt a speaker for years, writes Jenkins, but it is still possible to make hostile and vituperative public statements about Roman Catholicism without fear of serious repercussions. Jenkins shines a light on anti-Catholic sentiment in American society and illuminates its causes, looking closely at gay and feminist anti-Catholicism, anti-Catholic rhetoric and imagery in the media, and the anti-Catholicism of the academic world. For newspapers and newsmagazines, for television news and in movies, for major book publishers, the Catholic Church has come to provide a grossly stereotyped public villain. Catholic opinions, doctrines, and individual leaders are frequently the butt of harsh satire. Indeed, the notion that the church is a deadly enemy of women—the idea of Catholic misogyny—is commonly accepted in the news media and in popular culture, says Jenkins. And the recent pedophile priest scandal, he shows, has revived many ancient anti-Catholic stereotypes.
It was said that with the election of John F. Kennedy, anti-Catholicism in America was dead. This provocative new book corrects that illusion, drawing attention to this important issue.
I think he’s referring to a whole institution.
Slandering Catholics is not the only accepted prejudice in America...just our favorite.
Not exactly true. We can also ridicule fundamentalists, fat people, those with ancestors who fought for the South, and anything moral and wholesome.
Catholics are a bunch of Bible-rejecting Mary-worshipping drunks who pray to the dead. I ought to know, I’m one.
Oh, and we tell jokes about Baptists.
;^)
Awwww, poor babies.
“Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I’m going to go eat worms.” - Catholic Dude
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.