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In reply to the discussion: If someone publicly claims to be an adherent to a religion, [View all]Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)1. Open ended statement, MM.
I'm a Catholic, practicing, but I feel a polar opposition to Ayn Rand loving Paul Ryan, and Opus Dei cultist sheisskopf Rick Santorum.
I won't cede the field of my faith to them. I'll keep showing up, wearing a dump trump pin to church. They even have me take collection for the mass, sometimes with that pin on. Free advertising against the nazis.
I know the bad things done by the hierarchy, in the past and currently. I oppose them. Back Francis when he's good. Religion has never made me oppose one scientific theory or historic fact.
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This is a majority Protestant country, though not over 50% of the pop., I don't think.
Mc Mike
May 2018
#6
If somebody claims to be a member of X, does that claim firmly attach X to the person's behavior?
struggle4progress
May 2018
#24
If someone self-identifies as a scientist, then behaves badly, does that tarnish scientists?
struggle4progress
May 2018
#33