Saudis to behead joy-rider for hit-and-run incident

"Deucalion" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:22:55 -0500, "Jesus Christ" >
> wrote:
>
>>"Harry K" > wrote in message
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>>>> Yes but with people like Rick Santorum, who come right out and say
>>>> they want the law based on THEIR religion, Christianity, I think lots
>>>> of people want "sharia" style law in the US.
>>>
>>> Only if it is one from _their_cult.
>>
>>Yep. If the US ever becomes a Christian theocracy, look for all the
>>different Christian cults to battle it out over which brand of
>>Christianity
>>gets to rule the country. Be careful what you wish for, Repubs.
>
> I saw an article that said that Protestants had been losing numbers
> consistently over the past decade or so. I think that only leaves the
> Catholics since JW and Mormons aren't Christian. One only has to look
> at the Dark Ages to see how well that works out.

Catholicism is dying in the US. Churches are closing every day. Nobody is
going into the clergy anymore. Nuns are aging rapidly with nobody to
replace them.

On Jul 11, 4:23*pm, Deucalion > wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:22:55 -0500, "Jesus Christ" >
> wrote:
>
> >"Harry K" > wrote in message
> ....
> >>> Yes but with people like Rick Santorum, who come right out and say
> >>> they want the law based on THEIR religion, Christianity, I think lots
> >>> of people want "sharia" style *law in the US.
>
> >> Only if it is one from _their_cult.
>
> >Yep. *If the US ever becomes a Christian theocracy, look for all the
> >different Christian cults to battle it out over which brand of Christianity
> >gets to rule the country. *Be careful what you wish for, Repubs.
>
> I saw an article that said that Protestants had been losing numbers
> consistently over the past decade or so. *I think that only leaves the
> Catholics since JW and Mormons aren't Christian. *One only has to look
> at the Dark Ages to see how well that works out.

The Catholics are also losing. One only has to visit one of their
church services to notice all the empty pews.

Harry K

"Jeff M" > wrote in message
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>>> Almost all of them are dead by now, or soon will be. Also there is a
>>> bit of middle ground between two weeks and a thousand years, you know,
>>> so spare us your argumentum ad absurdum. Or do you advocate that we
>>> keep punishing today's Germans, and all future generations of Germans,
>>> for the sins of their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers,
>>> forevermore?
>>
>> And anyway, 1834 is not "a thousand years ago."
>
> You wrote "don't forget what atrocities Christianity committed in the dark
> ages." The dark ages were about the 5th to the 15th centuries, and the
> middle of that was around a thousand years ago. Now, of a sudden you want
> to talk about "1834." Why?

Because that's when the last Crusade ended.

> Also, you snipped out your own original complaint and my question about
> instead of addressing them:
>
> "I'm saying that the Catholic cult never paid for its atrocities."
>
> Well, what would you suggest? What or how, specifically, should the Roman
> Catholic Church pay, to whom, and how would that make anything better or
> undo the past?

Another thing they could do is pay the thousands of victims of child rape by
Catholic priests. The Catholic cult is nothing but a child sex ring. And I
am willing to bet that it's a lot worse than anybody knows. If I had been
raped by a priest I wouldn't tell anybody.

On Jul 11, 10:09*pm, "Jesus Christ" > wrote:
> "Jeff M" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> >>> Almost all of them are dead by now, or soon will be. *Also there is a
> >>> bit of middle ground between two weeks and a thousand years, you know,
> >>> so spare us your argumentum ad absurdum. *Or do you advocate that we
> >>> keep punishing today's Germans, and all future generations of Germans,
> >>> for the sins of their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers,
> >>> forevermore?
>
> >> And anyway, 1834 is not "a thousand years ago."
>
> > You wrote "don't forget what atrocities Christianity committed in the dark
> > ages." *The dark ages were about the 5th to the 15th centuries, and the
> > middle of that was around a thousand years ago. *Now, of a sudden you want
> > to talk about "1834." Why?
>
> Because that's when the last Crusade ended.

Boggles!!!

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Harry K

On 7/12/2012 12:09 AM, Jesus Christ wrote:
> "Jeff M" > wrote in message
> ...
>>>> Almost all of them are dead by now, or soon will be. Also there is a
>>>> bit of middle ground between two weeks and a thousand years, you know,
>>>> so spare us your argumentum ad absurdum. Or do you advocate that we
>>>> keep punishing today's Germans, and all future generations of Germans,
>>>> for the sins of their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers,
>>>> forevermore?

<crickets.wav>

>>> And anyway, 1834 is not "a thousand years ago."

You first mentioned "1834" AFTER my comment above.

>> You wrote "don't forget what atrocities Christianity committed in the
>> dark ages." The dark ages were about the 5th to the 15th centuries,
>> and the middle of that was around a thousand years ago. Now, of a
>> sudden you want to talk about "1834." Why?
>
> Because that's when the last Crusade ended.

I see. So the various Catholic orders, Templars, Hospitallers, etc.
were engaged in expeditionary warfare in the Holy Land as late as 1834,
you say? Fascinating. I always thought the Crusades ended around the
13th Century, give or take a few minor skirmishes there and elsewhere.

Of course, George Bush referred to our invasions in the Middle East as a
"crusade" around 2002 or so, but that was just a verbal gaffe.


>> Also, you snipped out your own original complaint and my question
>> about instead of addressing them:
>>
>> "I'm saying that the Catholic cult never paid for its atrocities."
>>
>> Well, what would you suggest? What or how, specifically, should the
>> Roman Catholic Church pay, to whom, and how would that make anything
>> better or undo the past?
>
> Another thing they could do is pay the thousands of victims of child
> rape by Catholic priests.

They are finally beginning to be required to do so.

> The Catholic cult is nothing but a child sex ring.

They are that, and so much more.

> And I am willing to bet that it's a lot worse than anybody
> knows. If I had been raped by a priest I wouldn't tell anybody.

It's usually worse than anybody knows. There are doubtless many thing
buried away in the expansive Vatican archives that would dramatically
alter our view and understanding of history, were they ever to see the
light of day.