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| January 4th, 2021 at 4:35:09 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1045 Posts: 12313 |
A priest can no more defend everything done in the name of the church for two millenium than an American can defened everything in the name of Our Country for the last two and half centuries, |
| January 4th, 2021 at 5:09:16 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 145 Posts: 24687 |
Yet they keep doing it. Every era is the victim of the times it lives in, there is no hand of god guiding anything. Just the whims of men.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| January 4th, 2021 at 6:04:03 PM permalink | |
| FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | It is true, no one can defend everything done in the name of the Church during its history. Some is indefensible and truly the whims of evil men. However the hand of God continues to guide us all to choose the good. It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures. ( |
| January 4th, 2021 at 7:28:57 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1045 Posts: 12313 | Look at the Transatlantic Slave trade: 58% of the African slaves shipped to America were in the fifty years from 17261775. In 1740 there were 150,000 slaves out of a population of less then one million in colonial America. Benedict XIV, Roman Catholic Pope from 1740 to 1758, made it a priority in his first year when he issued the bull Immensa pastorum principis, demanding more humane treatment for the Indians of Brazil and Paraguay. You have to argue that Pope Benedict was very forward thinking humanitarian. |
| April 9th, 2021 at 12:16:31 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 156 Posts: 14475 | Is "The Exorcist" considered a pro-Catholic movie? Pro-lifer eats meatball with entire human inside without noticing. "Yum Yum", he says. |
| August 26th, 2021 at 2:17:46 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 156 Posts: 14475 | Don't know if FrGamble is still coming by. Pro-lifer eats meatball with entire human inside without noticing. "Yum Yum", he says. |