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LeftInTX

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44. A very common but weird offshoot

Sat Sep 4, 2021, 11:17 AM

Sep 2021

I will never forget when I decided to go to a "Life in the Spirit" seminar or retreat at my local church. Saw it in the church bulletin and decided it would be a nice way to spend a quiet Saturday. I imagined a quiet, meditative prayerful day.

Holy cow. It was anything but..God gosh...I walk in and right away they are speaking in tongue. WTF?? I had never seen anyone speak in tongues...

And this the Catholic Church and I'm Armenian. This was sooo far removed from anything I had ever learned. I had heard about the tongue thing and as far as I was concerned, it was part of the snake handling group...

This was in the early 90s...
And it seemed, I could not escape the charismatics after that....
They were everywhere...

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The driving force behind the anti-abortion movement is the Catholic Church [View all] Klaralven Sep 2021 OP

But the Catholic voice is generally pretty low. It's Protestie Evangies who are insane and scream CurtEastPoint Sep 2021 #1

Insane screaming doesn't matter. Organizing quietly to get your people into power does. Klaralven Sep 2021 #2

Indeed. rgbecker Sep 2021 #8

Which Mega Churches are buying power & influence in politiics Budi Sep 2021 #15

No, I don't think so. Goodheart Sep 2021 #3

I always wonder why the Catholic Church is so obsessed treestar Sep 2021 #4

I know the position of the Catholic Church Elessar Zappa Sep 2021 #5

You are right. Recalling back to when the birth control pill came about. Budi Sep 2021 #17

The Catholic vote was pretty close to even between Biden and Trump. Mariana Sep 2021 #23

THIS malaise Sep 2021 #6

and their mothers. mopinko Sep 2021 #31

Wow. You lump all Catholics into "they need victims to perpetuate their child abuse." chia Sep 2021 #32

I lump the institution not all of the members malaise Sep 2021 #35

When you said "they" you didn't define who "they" were. Lumping a billion people, many of whom are chia Sep 2021 #38

it was an ill considered statement stopdiggin Sep 2021 #57

No, but this is definitely what OP wanted blm Sep 2021 #39

Sure looks that way. chia Sep 2021 #42

Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus Klaralven Sep 2021 #50

For the win. Kingofalldems Sep 2021 #62

Which part of seperation of church and state don't they understand? JohnSJ Sep 2021 #7

Given a chance they would introduce a new version of their not so holy Roman empire malaise Sep 2021 #11

no doubt malaise JohnSJ Sep 2021 #12

The only hell that exists is the one right here on this planet - malaise Sep 2021 #13

They don't believe in separation of church and state. Mariana Sep 2021 #24

Actually, yes, most Catholics "do" believe in separation of church and state. chia Sep 2021 #29

Good. Then, let's see most Catholics Mariana Sep 2021 #45

Any organization can treestar Sep 2021 #52

actually, that's kind of the point stopdiggin Sep 2021 #58

The Catholic Church is usually less vocal than the Evangelical Protestants Mariana Sep 2021 #60

like I said, NOT a fan of any sort stopdiggin Sep 2021 #63

Originalism Is Dead. Long Live Catholic Natural Law. Klaralven Sep 2021 #9

Please, please read the New Republic article linked in the OP hedda_foil Sep 2021 #37

I don't see a New Republic article linked in the OP, I see a link to a dissertation chia Sep 2021 #41

Originalism Is Dead. Long Live Catholic Natural Law. Klaralven Sep 2021 #46

Yikes! Its in the post directly above mine. Sorry. Here it is. hedda_foil Sep 2021 #47

Catholic Church and the White Evangelicals msfiddlestix Sep 2021 #10

Catholics as a group are split pretty evenly between R's and D's harumph Sep 2021 #14

Prior to 1964, Catholics were overwhelmingly Democratic Klaralven Sep 2021 #20

Thankfully people seem to be leaving the RCC in droves Freddie Sep 2021 #16

You posted a lot of what I was going to say. llmart Sep 2021 #49

Both are dangerous to the people. lark Sep 2021 #18

When it comes to numbers, though, it's definitely the evangelicals who have greater influence on WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #19

Could you imagine if their machinations sarisataka Sep 2021 #21

Yeah, not gonna happen. Surprising to see nativism rear its head in progressive circles. chia Sep 2021 #27

I am old enough to remember the screaming hysteria about JFK being catholic. Oh my. niyad Sep 2021 #33

I thought Amy Barrett Coney (sp?) was evangelical-protestant-cult. nt Ilsa Sep 2021 #22

She's a member of a Catholic charismatic cult Klaralven Sep 2021 #25

She belongs to a secretive Catholic group called People of Praise mnhtnbb Sep 2021 #26

The Texans who voted for SB 8 are pimarily evangelicals LeftInTX Sep 2021 #28

Respect for Unborn Human Life: The Church's Constant Teaching Klaralven Sep 2021 #30

the fundies do most of the anti-abortion voting, but you are right mopinko Sep 2021 #34

Fundie Catholics like fundie evangelicals. REPUBLICAN opportunists blm Sep 2021 #36

Barrett is a "charismatic Catholic",a weird offshoot DenaliDemocrat Sep 2021 #40

A very common but weird offshoot LeftInTX Sep 2021 #44

Evangelical Christian women... and Catholic women.. albacore Sep 2021 #43

"Too much energy is being spent criticizing Evangelical Protestants." kcr Sep 2021 #48

Yes, in the sense that the larger problem of judicial activism by Catholics is being ignored. Klaralven Sep 2021 #51

EXACTLY! blm Sep 2021 #53

The reason for this? Dawson Leery Sep 2021 #54

I know plenty of Evangelical Protestant crazies hamsterjill Sep 2021 #55

the driving force stopdiggin Sep 2021 #56

Yes and no. The intellectual underpinnings of the movement are Catholic Azathoth Sep 2021 #59

Old Cynic moondust Sep 2021 #61