that particular meme. Left unchallenged that sort of meme does spread. I
sort of had this out last week when some missionaries came by our place to
proselytize (does that make them proselytutes?). After listening to their
message, which was quite the challenge given that I was holding the new
ferret and she was trying to tear a large hole in my hand, I began asking
them some real nasty time bomb type questions. Getting people to think is
always the goal.
larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haggerty, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:47 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: Comments on Catholic Church
>
>
> Larry -
>
> No doubt about Martin Luther. There is a perverted element to
> some of his writings, though I always thought his fixation on
> bowel movements was meant to underscore his disdain for the Church.
>
> Now, about this hate speech. You are right, it has been with
> us a long time, and has been fueling massacre after massacre
> of Catholics for hundreds if not thousands of years.
>
> But it is hard to fight people's beliefs, and there are
> entire denominations of "Christianity" devoted to attacking
> the Catholic church. I can talk myself blue in the face with
> someone from the Unitarians, the Universalists, or the Church
> of Latter Day Saints about why these arguments are wrong, but
> at the end of the conversation they are still telling me I
> believe the Pope is God.
>
> I just don't see the point of it anymore. Telling people they
> are wrong is not as significant as showing people why you are right.
>
> M
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