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Kalidurga

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7. I totally agree

Reply to MNBrewer (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 08:32 PM

Mar 2013

I was attacked for saying so in another thread. But, I suppose there are people who become Ex-pats because they don't like things in this country. That is their right, but I have to wonder where they are going to go where it is perfect or at least there are no major corruptions.

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My grandfather quit the Catholic Church (or more fair it quit him) [View all] dsc Mar 2013 OP

good post Skittles Mar 2013 #1

One problem with equating Church to Country, is that you don't have to Cleita Mar 2013 #2

My great-grand left Holland elehhhhna Mar 2013 #3

Back in that day Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #8

Read up on the Cathars. They weren't Catholic. eallen Mar 2013 #11

hey, cuz! we're all related. xox elehhhhna Mar 2013 #15

So what about the anti war Catholics? Kalidurga Mar 2013 #4

The "church as country" analogy doesn't work MNBrewer Mar 2013 #5

I totally agree Kalidurga Mar 2013 #7

You can't generalize like that from an individual experience. People differ Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #6

Regardless of from what to what religion they convert, I think people convert to a religion JDPriestly Mar 2013 #13

It has mellowed out since then treestar Mar 2013 #9

annulments were very hard to get until it was pretty much too late dsc Mar 2013 #10

People still try for the annulment treestar Mar 2013 #12

I'm glad to hear that Catholics now are less intolerant of Protestant JDPriestly Mar 2013 #14