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skepticscott

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3. So they're opening the door to

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 05:41 PM

Oct 2015

"divorced and remarried Catholics to return to fuller participation in the church, but stopping short of saying they may take communion."

In other words, we'll take your money if you're gullible enough to give it to us, but we won't let you be what we consider a real Catholic.

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Vatican synod ends with opening to divorcees, no change on gays [View all] Eugene Oct 2015 OP

"...rejected calls for more welcoming language towards homosexuals. " cleanhippie Oct 2015 #1

The Sierra club is more qualified to hold a symposium on the family Lordquinton Oct 2015 #2

So they're opening the door to skepticscott Oct 2015 #3

Of the thirteen working groups, two opposed change and eleven failed to reach a consensus. rug Oct 2015 #4

And the splaining is right above this post. Warren Stupidity Oct 2015 #5

That's odd. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #6

You could try removing yor hands from your eyes. rug Oct 2015 #8

... trotsky Oct 2015 #30

Do you know a single thing abot the thirteen working groups that composed this synod? rug Oct 2015 #7

What would be the point of learning about these 13 workgroups? Yorktown Oct 2015 #9

How interesting. This is the third time in a row you stepped in to speak for him. rug Oct 2015 #10

Speak for him? Yorktown Oct 2015 #13

Yes. I asked him a qestion. You answered the question. rug Oct 2015 #14

And the causality is? Yorktown Oct 2015 #17

That's for you to answer. rug Oct 2015 #18

No. You initiated the question. Yorktown Oct 2015 #20

The answer is as obvious as the finger on the keyboard. rug Oct 2015 #23

I ask you about the moon and you look at the finger on the keyboard Yorktown Oct 2015 #25

Do you prefer the idiom of the nose on your face? rug Oct 2015 #27

Idioms don't make much sense Yorktown Oct 2015 #29

Some people think their role here is "inquisitor". Warren Stupidity Oct 2015 #15

I have huge respect for the Monty Pythons, and none for the holy books. Yorktown Oct 2015 #16

Others love bees. rug Oct 2015 #19

Bees pollinate flowers and make honey. Religion brings nothing to the table.. Yorktown Oct 2015 #21

"groupthink and us-vs-them animosity" is hardly exclsive to religion. rug Oct 2015 #22

Gratuitous and obviously inexact Yorktown Oct 2015 #24

Did you know sqids exude ink when threatened to cover therir flight? rug Oct 2015 #26

No. I honestly have no idea what you were trying to say. Yorktown Oct 2015 #28

No surprises here, their are a lot more divocees in the Church than gays... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #11

But isn't it astonishing that people care what these bigots think about anything? mr blur Oct 2015 #12