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Arugula Latte

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43. For that matter, why is anyone religious today?

Reply to rhett o rick (Reply #15)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 02:50 PM

Apr 2014

It's so painfully apparent that it's all bullshit and mythology mixed with the motives of control and money.

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Senator Dick Durbin 'not permitted to receive Holy Communion,' Bishop says [View all] theHandpuppet Apr 2014 OP

Paging Pope Francis....Care to chime in? n/t n2doc Apr 2014 #1

Exactly... Time for the Pope to reign in his Bishops, Cardinals, Priests hlthe2b Apr 2014 #2

Why do you presume the Pope disagrees? He's Catholic, too. eallen Apr 2014 #20

I don't see any presumption there. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2014 #51

Why would a Catholic Pope 840high Apr 2014 #34

In Uganda his Bishops are attending public celebrations of the anti gay laws and Bluenorthwest Apr 2014 #63

Does this only apply to his own parish, or can he receive holy communion elsewhere? Hekate Apr 2014 #3

Apparently it applies to the Diocese of Springfield KamaAina Apr 2014 #5

Durbin is only being excluded from a ritual, not God's love and approval roguevalley Apr 2014 #17

I'm aware of that... Hekate Apr 2014 #26

they do. But if a dogma required me to change my core beliefs to conform I would roguevalley Apr 2014 #50

Evidently god doesn't approve per the guy with the funny hat and a red phone to Jebus Major Nikon Apr 2014 #55

actually, Jesus would have sided with the rebel who cares more for people than ritual roguevalley Apr 2014 #56

I'm not down with the idea of an invisible sky daddy Major Nikon Apr 2014 #58

religious impulses have been documented back 200,000+ years. it is inherent roguevalley Apr 2014 #59

I don't agree that religion is inherent in the human psyche Major Nikon Apr 2014 #60

Okay. So you don't believe. I can live with it. Considering it is an impulse in humans roguevalley Apr 2014 #61

Organized religion predates written history Major Nikon Apr 2014 #62

I believe this only applies to the Diocese of Springfield Jeff In Milwaukee Apr 2014 #7

Bishop Paprocki is a whackjob theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #46

Dear Sen. Durbin... Jeff In Milwaukee Apr 2014 #4

These so-called 'Catholic' groups formed for pro-fascist political purposes and funded by Moonies blm Apr 2014 #6

It's pro-choice. ananda Apr 2014 #8

Huh? theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #9

The body of the story uses the term "pro-abortion" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2014 #13

Um, okay. theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #38

He's Episcopalian and doesn't know it. n/t wryter2000 Apr 2014 #10

And he'd be very welcome in the Lutheran (ELCA) church too. n/t Freddie Apr 2014 #30

Religion sucks. nt tridim Apr 2014 #11

Why aren't you going to Communion? HockeyMom Apr 2014 #12

I think I was maybe 6 or 7 yrs old when I first decided to never be mean and evil like them. Zorra Apr 2014 #47

How is this separation of Church and State? dickthegrouch Apr 2014 #14

That is BS. The Church isn't making any rules for the rest of us. badtoworse Apr 2014 #16

A little strong response ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #21

BS is a commonly used term on DU. To me, it's equal to "that's not true" badtoworse Apr 2014 #29

Okay. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #31

By treating a powerful member differently from all the less powerful dickthegrouch Apr 2014 #22

The church has moral authority only hueymahl Apr 2014 #27

Morals are subjective. pangaia Apr 2014 #52

I think you missed my point hueymahl Apr 2014 #54

I do agree with you. pangaia Apr 2014 #57

But to make public this 'moral stance' toward an elected official is to exploit that official Bluenorthwest Apr 2014 #64

The Church's position is the same for everyone. Abortion runs counter to Church doctrine... badtoworse Apr 2014 #37

Politicians who support the death penalty get to have it both ways. smokey nj Apr 2014 #32

I have asked a number of times, why is anyone a Catholic today? There are other religion choices. nm rhett o rick Apr 2014 #15

For that matter, why is anyone religious today? Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #43

If you want to switch churches, the American Baptist Convention would welcome you! n/t ColesCountyDem Apr 2014 #18

There are so many better choices Dawson Leery Apr 2014 #19

Many in the Ecumenical Catholic Communion share the Senator's feelings Lefty Thinker Apr 2014 #23

So Durbin is a sinner? Roy Rolling Apr 2014 #24

Yeah, but Holy Communion for priests who molest boys tho. Iliyah Apr 2014 #25

Ever notice how bishops never send these letters to smokey nj Apr 2014 #28

Or to those who oppose support and compassion for the poor theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #40

Because the catechism does not say the DP is ALWAYS wrong. NYC Liberal Apr 2014 #45

I don't care what the catechism is. If I did, I'd still be Catholic. smokey nj Apr 2014 #48

It can't say it is always wrong because the Church itself was for centuries also Bluenorthwest Apr 2014 #65

A cheap attempt to influence a vote in Congress Nuh Uh Apr 2014 #33

+1. It's no one else's business who is permitted to take communion. Nine Apr 2014 #39

Of the six children in my family who grew up Catholic, ZERO still are after fifty years. postulater Apr 2014 #35

No pedophile priest has ever been excommunicated perdita9 Apr 2014 #36

That' a taxin'! DeSwiss Apr 2014 #41

Why would he choose to continue to be in this evil institution? Arugula Latte Apr 2014 #42

Now the poor fellow ZombieHorde Apr 2014 #44

Well that certainly is one way to get people to become single issue voters. stillwaiting Apr 2014 #49

Believe women are people? No ritualistic cannibalism for you! PeteSelman Apr 2014 #53

And yet child abusing priests are allowed to continue serving communion to others Bluenorthwest Apr 2014 #66