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grantcart

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36. Not in 1978, beside they offerred a completely paid ticket.

Wed Jul 31, 2013, 12:35 PM

Jul 2013

For someone who grew up in a backwater conservative area it was a ticket out, and a chance to live on the East Coast and I leveraged it into a ticket to Asia. It was actually quite interesting as well as the professors were not particularly sympathetic to pedestrian Sunday School "Jesus loves me" approach that most Seminarians brought with them on the first day. If you ever say "Paper Chase" it was actually very similar to that.

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Is the Pope Catholic????? [View all] grantcart Jul 2013 OP

Does a bear shit in the woods? Autumn Jul 2013 #1

Pretty cool, ain't he? tblue Jul 2013 #2

Never thought I'd hear words like they come out of a papal mouth. AlbertCat Jul 2013 #39

Let's see... trotsky Jul 2013 #3

Is Trotsky a Neo-Manichaeist? grantcart Jul 2013 #6

Oh, I get it - you think my username has something to do with Leon Trotsky. trotsky Jul 2013 #9

No I actually was referring to you but was pretty confident that having missed the humor of the OP grantcart Jul 2013 #10

I see. You have no response and would rather get personal. trotsky Jul 2013 #13

a) no you don't see b) not personal grantcart Jul 2013 #22

OK. Prove it. trotsky Jul 2013 #24

The fact that you don't see the humor in the original OP and the light response to your OP grantcart Jul 2013 #25

2nd chance given, and spat upon. trotsky Jul 2013 #32

always hostile and beligerent and yet always the victim, how sad. grantcart Jul 2013 #38

Religion affects me and the people I care about. trotsky Jul 2013 #41

"..a graduate degree in Theology", eh? Bully for you. mr blur Jul 2013 #35

Not in 1978, beside they offerred a completely paid ticket. grantcart Jul 2013 #36

I wish Joe Trotsky would post here. rug Jul 2013 #17

I thought his avatar was pretty 'Trotskiesk' grantcart Jul 2013 #23

I wish Joe Trotsky would post that okasha Jul 2013 #44

Please argue to the point, not the person. longship Jul 2013 #28

Everytime I have come to this group this poster pursues and stalks a thread. grantcart Jul 2013 #37

Have you looked at the posts of the person he is responding to here? cbayer Jul 2013 #42

Heed your own advice, cbayer. trotsky Jul 2013 #43

Hilarious, and I bet some of the higher ups in the Vatican are asking the cbayer Jul 2013 #4

I expect that he is going to get a lot more institutional support than people may expect. grantcart Jul 2013 #7

I can forsee that happening as well. cbayer Jul 2013 #8

Sounds like he is playing them for a pack of fools... Humanist_Activist Jul 2013 #11

Yes, of course. All those who see this as a positive message and a reason cbayer Jul 2013 #12

I see a bunch of people, mostly progressives and liberals, who project their hopes... Humanist_Activist Jul 2013 #15

Well, that's what you see. cbayer Jul 2013 #18

"But attacking everyone else who may be seeing this differently as fools is, well, foolish." trotsky Jul 2013 #19

I'm just pissed off that people are lionizing a hateful asshole like the Pope... Humanist_Activist Jul 2013 #20

Lionizing might go a bit too far. I see some guarded optimism, at least here, cbayer Jul 2013 #21

Life without hope for change Dorian Gray Jul 2013 #30

I think that I speak for others as well as myself when I say that... trotsky Jul 2013 #34

The Catholic Church by its nature, is a hindrance to progress... Humanist_Activist Jul 2013 #45

What's the positive message, cbayer? trotsky Jul 2013 #16

Come on, my friend. longship Jul 2013 #29

I repeat: what's the positive message? trotsky Jul 2013 #31

I repeat... AlbertCat Jul 2013 #40

Yes, he reiterates bigoted Church teaching, and people seem to think it marks a change. Humanist_Activist Jul 2013 #5

I don't know. He's not wearing the little red shoes either. rug Jul 2013 #14

Does a bear shit in the woods? Agnosticsherbet Jul 2013 #26

Just a PR move. xfundy Jul 2013 #27

Article along same lines n2doc Jul 2013 #33