We all have our shortcomings. Evangelical Protestants are by and large uncompromisingly racist. Muslims in many Middle East countries routinely dismember lawbreakers and stone women who have been raped. A 14 year old is scheduled for execution in Saudi Arabia. But we dare nit disparage Protestants or Muslims. Yes, there are some awful Catholic clerics who have too long been protected but at least the church is now trying to make amends. And those nuns who rapped unruly English schoolboys across the knuckles to make them act like men? I count them as heroes.
Paul > On Aug 15, 2021, at 9:39 AM, Ralf R Radermacher <fotor...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Am 15.08.21 um 13:42 schrieb Paul Stenquist: >> disparaging Catholics and the church is politically correct. > > They've done their best to earn it. The local cardinal is still trying > to weasel out of a situation where he should have stepped down months > ago. He has demonstrably protected a notorious child molester among his > priests and keeps surprising us with the most astonishing reasons why > he'll stick to his post. > > People are leaving the catholic church in droves, over here, and their > number is only limited by the fact that you have to appear in person at > the local court to do so. Owing to the pandemic, the court only offers a > few thousand appointments per month which can be booked online at the > beginning of each month and they're gone within minutes. > > As someone who has been one of their pet targets for most of my life I > could go on and on about the niceties of this lot, how they ruined my > youth and much more. Yet, I'll stop here because this is a photo forum. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.