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cbayer

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13. It was raised as a metaphor or example, not as proposing an actual event.

Reply to smartphone (Reply #6)

Tue May 13, 2014, 10:00 AM

May 2014

Actually, I thought it might be a spoof when I first read it, but he did say it. It helps to read it in context.

Calling religion a "childish fantasy" on a site and within a group that welcomes people of all faiths and those of no faiths is, well, childish in and of itself.

While I also would love to see the pope take a proactive stance regarding GLBT civil rights, saying he as pope is part of a group of people who are the "most inhumane people to ever walk on this planet" is extreme and a reflection of your own beliefs more than anything else.

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It was raised as a metaphor or example, not as proposing an actual event. cbayer May 2014 #13

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