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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
You make my point a bit.

It's not in the interest of conservatives nor Christians for such repugnance to occur. Yet, Christians and conservatives both tend to take a position of cleaning up the mess and returning to righteousness.

An adversarial position would naturally attack when the chips are down for their opponent. I'm not witnessing a constant unrelenting attack by the Adversary nor by unbelieving men against the Church, nor attacks by Democrats incessantly, where they may perceive it their advantage without risk.

This lack of attack is what causes me to suspect that perhaps the vice is more confined to a very limited number and the extent perhaps is less than alleged. Those guilty are ashamed and remain mute, the Church being conscientious to the obvious heineity remains steadfast, comes out against sin, but doesn't immediately throw out all the mid to upper echelon members accused, and those who oppose the church are actually attacking as far as they believe they might reach without risk.

Again, this is pure speculation, but discernment of character and nature of the persons involved seems to indicate there is more than what is evident.

108 posted on 05/02/2002 9:35:26 PM PDT by Cvengr
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To: Cvengr
I do think (speculating here) that there is a diabolical element. The crimes and sins themselves (attacks on the sexuality, i.e., the reproductive identity, of children) were rightfully linked by the Pope to the "most grievous forms of the mystery of iniquity."
112 posted on 05/02/2002 9:47:01 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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