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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:27 PM
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Pope's Holocaust denier agrees to investigate whether Holocaust actually happened
The Pope's favorite new bishop, who doesn't think the Holocaust happened, has agreed to do a little more digging, to see if any new evidence has come up in the past couple of years to prove that the Holocaust actually occurred. But he warns, it might take a long time to find such evidence.
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On Wednesday, the Vatican demanded that Williamson recant his denial before he can be admitted as a bishop into the Roman Catholic Church. Williamson made clear he does not plan to comply immediately, the weekly Der Spiegel reported.

"Since I see that there are many honest and intelligent people who think differently, I must look again at the historical evidence," the British bishop was quoted as saying.

"It is about historical evidence, not about emotions," he added, according to the report. "And if I find this evidence, I will correct myself. But that will take time."
http://www.americablog.com/

This is beyond insulting and degrading to the people who died in the Holocaust.....
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:28 PM
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1. just ask the Pope - HE WAS THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nt
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:28 PM
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2. political foot dragging, hoping to silence the anger
As long as he's *investigating*, Ratboy doesn't have to acknowledge his mistake. :shrug:
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Realityhack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:29 PM
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3. What a tool. I can't believe they still talk to this guy...
and people still listen to them on moral issues even though they do.
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Dennis Donovan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:31 PM
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4. That sucks. To give even a ounce of credence to such silliness...
...onyl serves to perpetuate it.:thumbsdown:
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LongTomH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:32 PM
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5. Wanna bet?
He does most of his research poring through books by fellow Holocaust deniers?
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:35 PM
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6. oh no kidding -- he'll probably contact that doofus that traveled to
the camps who verified that they weren't used as killing machines. :eyes:
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ima_sinnic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:38 PM
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7. if he hasn't "found evidence" by now, I don't think anything new will "come up."
Edited on Sat Feb-07-09 03:38 PM by ima_sinnic
why are they even bothering with this asshole? If this is the pope's "favorite new bishop," I'd hate to think of what his "least favored" is like.

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Still Sensible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:39 PM
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8. How about 45 minutes in the Holocaust Museum n/t
If artifacts and photographs and testimonials constitutes evidence.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:40 PM
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9. All he needs to be Clockwork Orange'd watching Survivors of Shoah
My grandfather has his story documented with the Survivors of the Shoah - and he showed me his tattoo from Auschwitz.

All numbers after the letter A.

Hawkeye=X
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:40 PM
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10. He also thinks that women should not wear pants and "The Sound of Music"
Was the work of Satan.

I hope he stays in the news because he destroys the Pope's credence.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:41 PM
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11. Well, so much for the catholics.....nt
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Fuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:42 PM
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12. He has enough evidence that Jesus rose from the dead, but not for the
Holocaust. Great.
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geckosfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:43 PM
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13. It's about time someone looked into it. It all sounds so dreadful.
Perhaps the Israelis know something. Or maybe the Germans.

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:
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