Hey FrGamble!

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the free, joyful, loving, peaceful, and, sacrificial, and challenging life that would await you as a Christian.

Yeah, this describes most Xtions. NOT.
You're like a 1970's Yugo salesman
telling customers that they're buying
one of the most well made cars in the
world. When anybody who actually knew
a Yugo owner could see you were either
lying and or totally misinformed.

More like you are someone who had a bad experience with a Yugo and have decided you will never buy another car again.

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More like you are someone who had a bad experience with a Yugo .

I've been around Xtions of all kinds
as an adult for 50 years now. They
are all basically the same. Uptight
and worried, once you get to know
them. And very judgemental.

They're always in angst over something.
And confused, and stressed somewhat.
I'm sure you don't see it, just like half
the history of your own church is a
mystery to you. You wear the rosiest
of rose colored glasses and see what
you want to see. I get that, if you saw
it as it really was, you'd run away from
it as fast as you could.

Said like a true bigot and prejudiced man.

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Said like a true bigot and prejudiced man.

I'm very afraid of of your Church,
and knowing full well it's horrible
history of violence against women,
& it's rabid antisemitism, you better
believe I'm prejudiced against it.
As should be everybody.

Shall I post some links you won't
read about the Vatican's long
history of antisemitism that's still
going on today? Why bother..

Please don't subject us or anyone to your disgustingly anti-Catholic links that have no basis in reality or history. You are unwilling to deal with truth and have a rational discussion about the Church's failures in the real world. You believe in anti-Catholic myths and what is even sadder is I have shown you resources and links from which you could learn the truth, heck even Wikipedia you reject. I don't know how to help you and it scares and saddens me that there are people like you still believe these exaggerated lies about the Church. Please know what you are prejudiced against, what you fear, and what you hate is a made up figment of your imagination. You might be relieved to know the Church you think has existed and still exists today does not exist.

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You might be relieved to know the Church you think has existed and still exists today does not exist.

I would have been disappointed if
you said anything else. You have
to toe the company line to keep
your job and your sanity. I have to
believe that if you fully realized the
truth about your organization, you
would dump it in disgust and find
a place you can be affiliated with that
you can respect.

Believe me that if I thought of the Catholic Church in the way you think of it then I would not be part of it. It is a good thing what you believe is far-fetched and false. Do you think so little of me that I you think I would not very, very seriously look into the Church's history before becoming a priest?

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Do you think so little of me that I you think I would not very, very seriously look into the Church's history before becoming a priest?

You constantly have demonstrated in the
last 4 years that you did not. The latest is
you had no idea the Church was against
lightening rods. I've known this for decades
and it was all new to you. This has
happened time and again here where you
have no knowledge of the so much of the
history of your own Church.

I will admit in my studies they did not teach us about the lightning rod controversy so I have some catching up to do in order to learn about this apparently huge scandal. I will take my ignorance over the proper implementation of lightning rods over your ignorance about the real history and facts about the Inquisition, witch trials, crusades, and the Galileo affair.