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An excerpt for his funeral homily by Fr. Thomas Extejt TexasProgresive Jul 2014 #1
WOW AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #5
That is a good and fitting homliy. rug Jul 2014 #9
Disagree. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #51
Murder someone? Well, okay. You get a funeral mass. trotsky Jul 2014 #2
Could be worse Act_of_Reparation Jul 2014 #3
Debunked. rug Jul 2014 #11
Rules is rules edhopper Jul 2014 #4
The same one who posts other equally ignorant information. rug Jul 2014 #21
Grieving grandfather had to worry about a mass because murdered baby wasn't baptized... beam me up scottie Jul 2014 #6
Everything. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #7
Indeed. beam me up scottie Jul 2014 #8
What's wrong with this picture is that you think that's the salient point of this story. rug Jul 2014 #40
"Questioning other posters and their motives is tiresome meta." beam me up scottie Jul 2014 #41
So does dishonesty. rug Jul 2014 #42
Uh huh... beam me up scottie Jul 2014 #43
No need. What I see is entirely superficial. rug Jul 2014 #44
No really, keep going, I find myself in need of entertainment tonight. beam me up scottie Jul 2014 #45
That doesn't surprise me in the least. rug Jul 2014 #46
Would you prefer his head on a pike? rug Jul 2014 #10
It's not about his punishment edhopper Jul 2014 #12
No one is honored in death. rug Jul 2014 #13
As was your edhopper Jul 2014 #14
Not based on the reactions in this thread. rug Jul 2014 #15
Really edhopper Jul 2014 #18
A post about pretzels would evoke the same reaction from them about the RCC. rug Jul 2014 #20
Perhaps edhopper Jul 2014 #23
Promoting accuracy is not defending. rug Jul 2014 #24
that's a complete edhopper Jul 2014 #27
And that's a complete non sequitur (sic) to my initial statement. rug Jul 2014 #29
Secular posted the OP without comment edhopper Jul 2014 #32
This is pure meta. rug Jul 2014 #36
speak for yourself buddy. I am NOT a sinner. CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #34
The hell you ain't. rug Jul 2014 #35
No, we don't. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #53
Speak for yourself. rug Jul 2014 #68
No, you're not getting away that easily. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #70
That presupposes you're anywhere near me. rug Jul 2014 #71
Deflect and spin away. I would too, if I were in your position. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #73
I doubt you could be in my position to make that determination. rug Jul 2014 #75
Let me know when you feel like actually adressing post 70 AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #78
Sorry, your headline was designed to ignore what followed. rug Jul 2014 #80
Murder harms someone. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #83
If you make a list, you'd be surprised how much those lists mesh. rug Jul 2014 #85
I've already done the comparison. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #87
Your arrogance is astounding. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #52
Your sensitivity is equally astounding. rug Jul 2014 #69
I don't need to be 'sensitive' to your mischaracterization of my nature. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #72
No shit. rug Jul 2014 #74
No, they don't. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #76
Read it again. I said activities, not relationship. rug Jul 2014 #77
Yeah, I do things that your religion's source documentation specifies is a sin against your god. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #79
Without prying, lots of sources, secular or religious, mainly denounce the same things. rug Jul 2014 #81
I have authorized the destruction of fertilized embryos. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #82
Well, good for you. rug Jul 2014 #84
That it isn't a sin? Yes indeed. How pleasantly I characterize it has no bearing. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #86
And the jury results are in... aikoaiko Jul 2014 #37
Thanks for the update. rug Jul 2014 #39
I feel like I am really missing the point here. cbayer Jul 2014 #16
Petty and unreasonable? edhopper Jul 2014 #19
Did you read your first link? rug Jul 2014 #22
Yes I did edhopper Jul 2014 #25
So, are you now attacking the individual pastor who refused or the Church that rescinded it? rug Jul 2014 #26
No I am saying edhopper Jul 2014 #28
Questioning anything is fine. rug Jul 2014 #30
I wasn't questioning her motives, i was responding to her post. edhopper Jul 2014 #33
I have personally attended funeral masses for LGBT persons. okasha Jul 2014 #47
Denying mass for a gay man is clearly way beyond petty and unreasonable. cbayer Jul 2014 #48
Yes edhopper Jul 2014 #49
Impunity? I don't think that means what you think it means. cbayer Jul 2014 #50
impugning edhopper Jul 2014 #58
Remember whatever you like, but if you wish to be correct, remember that this cbayer Jul 2014 #61
You might not agree with that edhopper Jul 2014 #62
Again, I did not say that asking these question was petty and unreasonable. cbayer Jul 2014 #63
Why did you write this then? edhopper Jul 2014 #64
OMG, do you think you could twist this around any further? cbayer Jul 2014 #65
Capiche edhopper Jul 2014 #66
Thanks. I appreciate that. cbayer Jul 2014 #92
Has anyone said he should be denied a funeral? Act_of_Reparation Jul 2014 #55
As I said, I don't think the article posted really made the point you are making, cbayer Jul 2014 #57
Perhaps not Act_of_Reparation Jul 2014 #59
I agree with you. There were articles available that really made those points. cbayer Jul 2014 #60
It is an act of mercy to give this deceased man a funeral mass. No Vested Interest Jul 2014 #17
Mercy? Please do explain skepticscott Jul 2014 #38
No, 'we' aren't. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #54
What detestable bullshit! mr blur Jul 2014 #67
They don't kick you out for mere mortal crimes like murder and pedophilia Lordquinton Jul 2014 #90
Christians are supposed to forgive. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #31
Part of the moral conundrum such faith presents, honestly. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #56
I think that might have been a little, um, too deep Heddi Jul 2014 #88
I must admit ignorance edhopper Jul 2014 #89
Dostoyevsky. From The Brother's Karamazov. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #91
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