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niyad

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110. Seriously?? What, exactly, do you think was the point of the Crusades?

Reply to whathehell (Reply #100)

Mon Jun 13, 2022, 05:28 PM

Jun 2022

The witch burnings? The torture and deaths of the Indigenous?

Has the rcc ever apologized for their atrocities?

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Parents need to stop subjecting kids to these drag shows where men dress up like women... [View all] Nevilledog Jun 2022 OP

Most Catholics I know did not like that Pope. LisaM Jun 2022 #1

It's really not about the Pope.... Nevilledog Jun 2022 #2

Then why mock the vestments of catholic clergy? whathehell Jun 2022 #15

Alrighty Nevilledog Jun 2022 #17

That's not an answer to the question. whathehell Jun 2022 #22

It's about the hypocrisy. Nevilledog Jun 2022 #26

What "hypocrisy"? whathehell Jun 2022 #28

That cardinal has covered up for child molesting priests. Mariana Jun 2022 #30

Boom... mic drop for Mariana. Vdizzle Jun 2022 #55

Ouch! Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2022 #58

What does that have to do with the quote? whathehell Jun 2022 #60

Yeah! And shitty spelling, too! nt aka-chmeee Jun 2022 #77

LOL geardaddy Jun 2022 #90

The Hypocrisy of Catholic Priests raping young children then preaching morality. nt Tommymac Jun 2022 #76

What part of "Catholic priests are NO more likely to molest whathehell Jun 2022 #108

Opaque churches have no accountability and systematically ENABLE the molestation Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #123

What the hell is an "opaque" church? whathehell Jun 2022 #133

You don't know the term, and then blithely sail forth and use it wrongly. What the hell? Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #136

Lol..We both know I know what the term "opaque" means.. whathehell Jun 2022 #137

This message was self-deleted by its author Tommymac Jun 2022 #127

I thought it was Pope Benedict. LisaM Jun 2022 #33

Do you think it possible to change the rcc's patriarchal attitude toward women? niyad Jun 2022 #43

that's the centuries old secret of authoritarian power - masturbation increased through certainot Jun 2022 #91

Not sure, but it doesn't matter, as it's just whathehell Jun 2022 #48

There's plenty of bad history in the catholic church from which to choose. SouthernDem4ever Jun 2022 #56

Lol..You're not very familiar with Catholicism, Lutheranism, whathehell Jun 2022 #59

My point wasn't that it was just catholics but that was your current reference SouthernDem4ever Jun 2022 #75

There's bad history everywhere, but, again, whathehell Jun 2022 #95

Sad isn't it? And I was brought up catholic. SouthernDem4ever Jun 2022 #119

Sad for who? whathehell Jun 2022 #135

Not only that but it's linking, purposely or not, pedophilia and gay. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #93

Oh, please. paleotn Jun 2022 #36

Lol.."oh please" my ass whathehell Jun 2022 #46

You haven't read Luke. A HERETIC I AM Jun 2022 #54

Um, that quote says nothing about "infidels", whathehell Jun 2022 #57

Is there a bible study forum here? CrackityJones75 Jun 2022 #78

Lol..Fine with me, The only problem with your suggestion whathehell Jun 2022 #104

Crusades, anyone??? El Camino Reyal?? The Burning Times? Inquisition? niyad Jun 2022 #82

Yes, but those were all a VERY long time ago, weren't they? whathehell Jun 2022 #100

Seriously?? What, exactly, do you think was the point of the Crusades? niyad Jun 2022 #110

Yes, seriously, and the "point" of the Crusades was whathehell Jun 2022 #118

This message was self-deleted by its author chia Jun 2022 #41

An Episcopalian priest once told me soldierant Jun 2022 #49

The problem is, there is no attribution to the quote about " drag shows' whathehell Jun 2022 #53

Yeah I am sure there are no catholics that are against drag shows. CrackityJones75 Jun 2022 #79

Bigotry against...a voluntary set of beliefs? You betcha, if they promote evil. NullTuples Jun 2022 #61

A "'voluntary' set of beliefs"? whathehell Jun 2022 #65

Nobody chooses to believe something? CrackityJones75 Jun 2022 #80

Do you have examples to the contrary? whathehell Jun 2022 #107

I am choosing to not believe your statement. CrackityJones75 Jun 2022 #109

Lol..Such a wise choice whathehell Jun 2022 #116

What do you mean I just answered your question. CrackityJones75 Jun 2022 #120

It is bigotry earned through hypocrisy. n/t Frostlight Jun 2022 #63

More than other religions?.. whathehell Jun 2022 #64

How about all or most religions? CrackityJones75 Jun 2022 #81

Then how about INDICATING "all or most" religions whathehell Jun 2022 #103

Because they wear dresses and that was the point of the op? CrackityJones75 Jun 2022 #126

Lol..Ignorant much? whathehell Jun 2022 #128

Call them what you want.... Dresses, gowns, vestements CrackityJones75 Jun 2022 #129

Lol..No, I call them what they are.. whathehell Jun 2022 #131

I am not arguing. CrackityJones75 Jun 2022 #132

Yep. BlackSkimmer Jun 2022 #92

That's not a pope. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #5

That's not any recent pope I recognize. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #13

Google says that's a German cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Muller IronLionZion Jun 2022 #24

He's known to have covered up for child raping priests. nt. Mariana Jun 2022 #32

Most Cardinals in most places have. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #37

Yeah, I think Pope Francis is a genuinely decent man of God SunImp Jun 2022 #67

Let me know when he sees women as fully autonomous human beings. niyad Jun 2022 #83

Calling him progressive is an insult to progressives. Cuthbert Allgood Jun 2022 #85

Are you sure that isn't a bishop? treestar Jun 2022 #105

It's Cardinal Gerhard Mueller. Mariana Jun 2022 #113

I distincltly remember the male staff in Junior High Lars39 Jun 2022 #3

My high school was one of many that had a "powderpuff" football game before homecoming. GoCubsGo Jun 2022 #6

Had those, too. Lars39 Jun 2022 #8

There is this.... multigraincracker Jun 2022 #4

Trump's true love!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2022 #11

And then there's this... dickthegrouch Jun 2022 #7

Since I live under a rock, I have to ask: Are parents taking their kids to drag queen story hour? sop Jun 2022 #9

It's often held in public libraries or private businesses like brewpubs or restaurants. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #10

Need to remove all King James Bibles, he was gay.. multigraincracker Jun 2022 #14

LOL! So he was! soldierant Jun 2022 #50

Political talking points for GOP and votes. They are running out of stuff, so they go pick on RKP5637 Jun 2022 #12

Get back to republican values and morality keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #16

The same folks bitching about these drag shows also watched Milton Berle and Bugs Bunny. Efilroft Sul Jun 2022 #18

Jonathan Winters. Johnny Carson. Flip Wilson. niyad Jun 2022 #40

Good additions, thank you! Efilroft Sul Jun 2022 #51

Mrs Doubtfire and Tootsie BidenRocks Jun 2022 #89

Churches are grooming children. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #19

Bullshit...Studies show clergy are no more likely whathehell Jun 2022 #23

Agree, and I have given that same kind of proof before here... TomWilm Jun 2022 #27

One of these 'drag queens' was Agent Smith. Quite macho. keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #39

Many of the real draq queens are very macho too ... TomWilm Jun 2022 #47

Nonetheless Mblaze Jun 2022 #34

I agree, whathehell Jun 2022 #97

It may not be fair Mblaze Jun 2022 #138

Which makes them no better suited to discuss morality with the country. Cuthbert Allgood Jun 2022 #86

Who said they were? You're missing the entire point of my posts whathehell Jun 2022 #96

They say they are. Cuthbert Allgood Jun 2022 #125

So do Protestant Evangelicals.. whathehell Jun 2022 #130

Agreed. RevBrotherThomas Jun 2022 #88

Are there ANY institution with members accused of child abuse whathehell Jun 2022 #98

Are there ANY institutions with members accused of child abuse whathehell Jun 2022 #99

another media frenzy treestar Jun 2022 #114

"No more likely" is not what churches pretend to aim for. Abuse is enabled by opaque churches Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #122

I understand that completely... whathehell Jun 2022 #134

Probably more so than anywhere else. rubbersole Jun 2022 #38

Not churches. Clergy. Even if the church later covers up, it srtill didn't do the grroming. soldierant Jun 2022 #112

Systematic abuse enabled by churches is just as systematic as systematic racism Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2022 #121

Jesus Camp aeromanKC Jun 2022 #20

LOL! Now that's a fancy mumu! Martin68 Jun 2022 #21

Truman Capote Mblaze Jun 2022 #35

High schools had jocks dress in drag because they thought it was funny IronLionZion Jun 2022 #25

That's crazy, one thing kids understand is make-believe Walleye Jun 2022 #29

K and R Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #31

What is with this sudden (to me, at least) whining about children and drag shows! niyad Jun 2022 #42

As far as I can see, the quote completly lacks attribution whathehell Jun 2022 #52

Am guessing it is a response to one of the latest vomits from boebert. niyad Jun 2022 #84

Really?. Then why not show Boebert whathehell Jun 2022 #102

Why don't you ask the OP? I simply opined that it might be related to qbert's niyad Jun 2022 #111

It's called a "rhetorical question" whathehell Jun 2022 #115

I understand completely. niyad Jun 2022 #117

Pretty much a very accurate restatement of what DeSantis said yesterday Cuthbert Allgood Jun 2022 #87

So why not show DeSantis' picture instead of that whathehell Jun 2022 #101

The point is the hypocrisy. Cuthbert Allgood Jun 2022 #124

But it's absolutely fine to kacekwl Jun 2022 #44

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2022 #45

Well, it does lead to some pretty disgusting behavior ... (hurl warning) eppur_se_muova Jun 2022 #62

If I had kids.. IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #66

If you change that 2nd to last sentence, Duppers Jun 2022 #68

I wish I could, sadly IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #69

Absolutely! No doubt. Duppers Jun 2022 #70

I don't blame you IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #71

I'm so envious. Duppers Jun 2022 #72

My parents both quit attending shortly after turning 18 IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #73

My envy continues. 😉 Duppers Jun 2022 #74

You're welcome IngridsLittleAngel Jun 2022 #94

That's a pretty narrow notion of what men should dress like. iemanja Jun 2022 #106