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Eliot Rosewater

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26. Vast majority of people who claim to be religious who are christian, are not.

Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:07 PM

Feb 2017

Muslims, Jewish folks? The ones who claim to be religious, most of them ARE.

Christians? Nah, vast majority VAST majority are full of shit. They profess the teachings of Jesus and not for one second of their lives do they live them.

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Pope Francis: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim terrorism "do not exist." [View all] pnwmom Feb 2017 OP

This should make right-wing Catholics angry. Willie Pep Feb 2017 #1

Yup -- they rightwing have ALWAYS been cafeteria Catholics. pnwmom Feb 2017 #3

I'll bet they don't even read the Bible MountCleaners Feb 2017 #5

Catholics aren't real big on the Bible mobeau69 Feb 2017 #13

Untrue stereotype n/t BarackTheVote Feb 2017 #21

They are "big" on the message of the bible, but they don't take it literally pnwmom Feb 2017 #23

The Right Wing are cafeteria conservatives. Witness Milo Yanniopolous' invite to speak at CPAC. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #11

Liberal Catholics are as well. trotsky Feb 2017 #16

Liberal Catholics are constantly accused of that by righwingers pnwmom Feb 2017 #24

My point is that both liberal AND conservative Catholics are "Cafeteria Catholics." trotsky Feb 2017 #36

No, I'd already made that point. But the only people who think it matters pnwmom Feb 2017 #38

Pardon my confusion, then. trotsky Feb 2017 #39

They "accuse" because they think it is an insult. Liberal Catholics realize pnwmom Feb 2017 #40

Yes. What a fine leader Francis is. Your post made me Hortensis Feb 2017 #53

Exactly...thank you for pointing that out! Docreed2003 Feb 2017 #47

To be completely honest... Caliman73 Feb 2017 #41

Of course. But only the right wingers deny that. n/t pnwmom Feb 2017 #48

When will Trump announce his plan to invade The Vatican? Orrex Feb 2017 #2

Wait until the new banned list comes out rpannier Feb 2017 #6

Bannon spoke at the Vatican in 2014. msanthrope Feb 2017 #7

Yeah, that's fucked up. Orrex Feb 2017 #9

Oh. they're enemies shrike Feb 2017 #18

Internecine fighting aside, get back to me when Francis changes a whit of dogma. msanthrope Feb 2017 #20

Francis was brought on primarily to clean up the Vatican bank shrike Feb 2017 #22

My oldest daughter frequently reminds me that Pope Francis is NOT a "liberal" pope ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #28

The Guardian defines him as a "small c" conservative shrike Feb 2017 #50

He spoke to an extreme conservative group in the vacatian that wants to oust Pope Francis. FSogol Feb 2017 #19

And he is aligning himself with the ultra-right Bishops who oppose Pope Francis. n/t pnwmom Feb 2017 #25

Pope Francis forgot to mention republiCON terrorism which not only threatens the US democratisphere Feb 2017 #4

that last sentence. barbtries Feb 2017 #8

We should speak of Fundamentalist Terrorism. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #10

Reading posts by some of Hair Douchengropers followers rpannier Feb 2017 #14

K & R! LAS14 Feb 2017 #12

Imagine being so hopelessly messed up that your spiritual leader is Donald Trump. world wide wally Feb 2017 #15

So terrorists are all non-believers then? trotsky Feb 2017 #17

Twisted logic, based on your mis-equating pnwmom Feb 2017 #27

Post removed Post removed Feb 2017 #37

Vast majority of people who claim to be religious who are christian, are not. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #26

What is this based on, exactly? linuxman Feb 2017 #43

Simple, most christians violate Jesus command daily Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #45

As do most Muslims, depending on how you read the Quaran linuxman Feb 2017 #49

'Self evident from years of observation' Act_of_Reparation Feb 2017 #54

Bullshit. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2017 #29

All religion is extreme RowdieTurtle Feb 2017 #52

Isn't it just the opposite? ymetca Feb 2017 #30

No. You're equating the words "terrorism" and "terrorist." pnwmom Feb 2017 #31

In the beginning was the Word ymetca Feb 2017 #33

The Catholic church has actually been out protesting for baisically Doreen Feb 2017 #32

Not the Catholic Church. Individual rightwing Catholics, who don't represent pnwmom Feb 2017 #34

The larger body of the Catholic church is against Trump. Doreen Feb 2017 #35

Not really. trotsky Feb 2017 #42

Someone I know works for the Catholic church and has been involved with these protests and is Doreen Feb 2017 #44

I'm not disputing any of that. trotsky Feb 2017 #46

"But to be a Catholic like that, it's better to be an atheist.' It is that: scandal." RowdieTurtle Feb 2017 #51