Okay, okay. Didn't mean to start a discussion about the nature of the Catholic Church. Just meant that it's not what most people think of when you say cult. They think of "drink the Kool-Aid", so on and so forth.
Steven Walling On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>wrote: > Hoi, > Dear Teun, I grew up in the mother church. When asked we would say that we > were catholic. From inside the church there is no credible outside because > they are not part of our community. As a little boy we did not play with > the > kids of the public primary school (their school was in front of our house). > > Technically you may be right and I will only concede that because I do no > longer consider myself to be of the faith. > > PS thank you for your wishes.. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 8 June 2010 22:32, teun spaans <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The Catholic church is not identical to the Roman Catholic church, see > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_%28disambiguation%29 > > > > live long and prosper, > > Teun Spaans > > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Gerard Meijssen > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hoi, > > > The Catholic church is not the same as the Vatican. It is not even the > > > hierarchy of the Vatican. It is only the head office. Given the large > > > amount > > > of elderly men, guarded by beautifully dressed highly dedicated Swiss > > young > > > men, given that they are a law onto themselves, they easily qualify. > > > Thanks, > > > GerardM > > > > > > On 8 June 2010 19:19, Steven Walling <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > "Wikipedia makes the Vatican look like a coffee clatch" > > > > > > > > They're saying we're so cliquish that we make the Vatican look like a > > > > casual > > > > coffee work party, not that we are one. Still a mixed metaphor > though, > > > > considering the Catholic Church hardly meets the definition of a > cult. > > > > > > > > Steven Walling > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Aphaia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Of course we don't. As far as I learn from my Wikimania > > participation, > > > > > Wikipedian's preferences go rather to beer, not dull caffeine. > > > > > > > > > > /me ducks > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Bod Notbod <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> "For internecine intrigue and power struggles, the Wikipedia > makes > > > the > > > > > >> Vatican look like a coffee clatch. > > > > > > > > > > > > I had zero idea what a "coffee clatch" was or is. Google tells me > > it > > > > > > should probably be "klatch". > > > > > > > > > > > > And it is "A casual social gathering for coffee and > conversation". > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, I could only agree with that if you say any workplace is a > > > > > > coffee klatch. People converse. People drink coffee. But they do > > work > > > > > > at the same time. > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think you become one of the top ten websites in the > world, > > > > > > raise millions of dollars each year, by drinking caffeine and > > > > > > chatting. > > > > > > > > > > > > User:Bodnotbod. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > KIZU Naoko > > > > > http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Britty (in Japanese) > > > > > Quote of the Day (English): http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:QOTD > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
