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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:04 AM Original message |
Pope calls Christians the most persecuted |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. ... |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. He says he's thinking about the two priests and 50 faithful killed |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Do the data bear that out? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Christians are persecuted in much of the world, but there is always a Pavlovian response here |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. hmm, IMO the Pope's critics have a point here, given Benedict's tepid response to the sexual abuse |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. As I said, I am not a Roman Catholic and I am no fan of Benny16. n/t |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I think the response comes partly because of the debased definition of "persecuted"... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Exactly, it is a matter of perspective, and both the "War on Christmas" types and |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Especially when they want to persecute everyone else that believes differently. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Very true. But I do not think that the Chaldean Catholics in Iraq |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. +1!! |
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rexcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. And during Saddam Hussein rule... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Very true. One more of Bush's gifts to the world. n/t |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. For fundies, I would suggest a nice trip to Iraq and other places |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. He could be right to a degree |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Well, in recent history, it wasn't the Christians herded into death camps all over Europe. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have no words...really it left me speechless. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. when i think back in history, persecuted is not what comes to mind.... |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. He's talking about now, not the 15th century |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. oh please every time i turn around some christian religious group or person is claiming |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Some of those are not 'religious states,' at least not on paper |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. He's saying that they are the MOST persecuted though |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Establishing such a hierarchy of persecution would be difficult |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. All depends on how you define "persecution". |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. the pope's main job is to keep $$ coming in so the vatican won't have to sell its treasures lol nt |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Good point |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. Perspective, perspective. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Don't agree with the U.S example |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. And yet when Islamics tried to build a community center a block from ground zero... |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. That's politics, not persecution |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. You're splitting hairs.... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. Oh please... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
17. He should ask some gay couples what persecution is. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. bwahahahaha!!!!!! |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. Oy vey!!!! Spare us your shit, Popey. It's off to Darfur with you!!!! nt |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. That's the Pope for ya. |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. The Pope, as usual, is totally full of crap. |
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Moonwalk (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. Talk about playing the "victim" card! So, Xtians are special because... |
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Paranoid Pessimist (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. Those most percecuted Christians are usually those Catholic Priests |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. Delusional. |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
31. He has nice hats!! nt |
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AndrewP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. The Pope is, as usual, full of shit n/t |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Should the pope be telling lies and spreading propaganda? |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. Christians are severely persecuted in Iraq |
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Mad_Dem_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. ! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. The pope could not possibly give a more inappropriate message during this holiday. |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. +1 |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. yup. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. yup. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. the poor are the most uniformly persecuted across countries, followed by women and gays |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. well at least he didn't parrot Fox News and include the US |
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buckrogers1965 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
51. This is how you sell the lies. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. So the Holocaust was just fun and games? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
53. Not privileging one group's fables over other group's fables |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
54. Ancient Christian and other pre-Christian sects in Iraq |
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