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Originally Posted by Dr. Zaius
I left the Catholic Church in 1981. Because the church has many other problems besides just that one. I have only been back once for a funeral, and the Monsignor brought up abortion out of the blue. Confused the hell out of the family.
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I left the Catholic Church in my early teens, but mainly because I was on my way to figuring out this whole supreme being thing doesn't jive. But I did go back for my first marriage, (for our parent's benefit), and had to take that 'pre-caanon' class where a priest that's never been married, not allowed to marry or even have girlfriends, tells you how to have a long sucessful marriage.
But I have to give Father Ralph credit. He was not allowed by the church to discuss any form of birth control, but he would go into these long hypotheitcal situations that managed to inform us of birth control without violating their rules.
"...but you didn't here it from me." was how he ended each paragraph.
Good ol'
Father Ralph. Then on our honeymoon in Jamaica we met
Rasta Ralph. He was pretty cool too.
The media sucks soooooo bad it drives me nuts. I wasn't going to watch any news until Tuesday but I fell off the wagon this morning, and was immediatly reminded why i got on the wagon to start with.
News show has a rep from the Obama campaign and one from the Clinton camp, as the final question before running out of time the Obama rep was asked about the 18cent gas tax cut that Clinton wants but Obama points out will hurt more people than it helps. The Obama rep explained how that tax goes to fund highway repair jobs and would only save the typical driver something like $28 over the summer.
The Clinton camper got the final say, and said that
"Senitor Clinton wants to help the working class and stop all these windfall profits for big oil."
They're talking about a tax on gas that the government collects, That 18cents per gallon doesn't go into the big oil profits.
But of course that was the end of the show so that statment was left hanging there unopposed as if it was valid.
Seems I learned a long time ago, if you have to twist the facts, omit information or out and out lie to defend your position, your position probably isn't worth defending.
(is this thread in the correct forum? not that I care or anything)