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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:28 PM Original message |
Pope calls Christians the most persecuted |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Talk to me, Benedict |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh yeah persecuted |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. How can a majority be persecuted? |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Christians are not a majority group everywhere. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. No shit. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. The largest plurality perhaps. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. too bad they are a majority here... |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Maybe I read the article wrong. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Someones been nipping at the sacramental wine |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. About 60% of Iraq's Christians have been driven out or killed. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. And how many Muslims by Bush wars on them .... ??? We've been bombing Iraq for 25 years or more... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. How does one of those things justify the other? n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Only YOU are suggesting any such thing --!! Overwhelming deaths are Muslims.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Iraqi Christians have been subjected to that same bombing, and now |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. Careful, or you will be accused of Catholic kicking. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. LOL@ the Pope |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. ... |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. he is projecting again nt |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. A long thread about it here this morning: |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. Didn't the Holocaust happen while he was in the Hitler Jugen? |
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DragonSlave (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. You're right, the Jews whine louder than the Christians |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. He's correct that Christians in the Middle East are subject to appalling religious violence. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. And how would you describe the violence against Muslims in ME ... ??? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Appalling, yes. Religiously motivated, no. nt |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. *Nods Head* I agree with that. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Funny ... because W said he spoke with "god" about it and called it a "Crusade" ...!! |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. +100 |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. Only if you define "persecution" as "the lack of unrestrained authority to rule the world" |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. mostly agree, but Constantine killed more Christians than any emperor |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. He is probably referencing Africa here they are almost at war. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Yes, but Vatican is seeking its new fortunes in Africa and China .... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. Well, maybe. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
23. Richard Dawkins published all those mean books telling people about "science". |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
25. Hey Pope Remember Me? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. +1000 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Vatican has such a long history of violence against others -- and of |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
29. I admit to not being a fan of many Popes (ok, none), but this one seems especially douchy. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
32. when will people stop... |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
36. If Only... |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
39. It's true if your a little catholic boy lost in the rectory |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
40. Does he believe his own bullsh*t? |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
41. I can't believe the anti-Catholic hate here. |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. People are amazed at the sense of irony |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Call him a hypocrite if you want. |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. "I don't think you can hold one man responsible for 2,000 years of history" |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Ok, so why demean and deny the real victims today? |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Who's denying victims today? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Some forms of hatred are not only accepted on DU, but even welcomed. |
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