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And yet, in spite of all what Tingkai mentions (which is all true), life was a heck of a lot more dangerous in the "good old days." More people died of food poisoning, despite the fact that our meat is now toxic when uncooked. More people died in car accidents (as a percentage). Fewer kids made it to adulthood.
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Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree... -
The Good Old Days were not so good if you were:
Gay
Political Dissident
Ethnic Minority
Catholic"I'm moving to the Left" - Lancer
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Catholic?Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
The Good Old Days were not so good if you were:
Gay
Political Dissident
Ethnic Minority
Catholic
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Yes, Catholic.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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I want the drive-in movie theaters back.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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Why Catholic? They were never hunted down and murdered like Mormons were.Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Yes, Catholic.
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Yes, but they were still persecuted. I don't see how it's relevant that some other group was even MORE persecuted... that doesn't change the fact that Catholics weren't well regarded in America for quite a while.Why Catholic? They were never hunted down and murdered like Mormons were."I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner?" -Frank Zappa
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Most religious faiths have an attached target. It depends where you are and at what point in time.Originally posted by Tuberski
Why Catholic? They were never hunted down and murdered like Mormons were.
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If the purpose of that guy spouting off about the good old days was to prepare the youth for a crash back to the dark ages - he shouldn't have bothered.
Happiness is relative folks. You can be an unhappy rich person or a happy poor person or vice versa.
Mind you, I'm heading towards the old fart brigade myself.Some cry `Allah O Akbar` in the street. And some carry Allah in their heart.
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I know that, but show me some examples. I KNOW a lot about the persecution of Mormons, I grew up in Utah after all. But, I haven't heard a lot about Catholics.Originally posted by cinch
Yes, but they were still persecuted. I don't see how it's relevant that some other group was even MORE persecuted... that doesn't change the fact that Catholics weren't well regarded in America for quite a while.
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Actually, Catholics were hunted down and murdered in my home State of Maryland. Maryland was originally a colony for English Catholics. There, the Catholics passed a law giving people absolute freedom of religion so long as they believed in the Trinity, a remarkably liberal law for the time. However, becaus of our religious tolerance and Maryland's fertile soil, it soon became subject to Protestant Migration until they eventually became the majority. The protestants then promplty banned Catholicism and made it punishable by death."I'm moving to the Left" - Lancer
"I imagine the neighbors on your right are estatic." - SlowwhandComment
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Originally posted by Seeker
Heck, my grandfather would sure have been happy if they had Sex Ed back in the 1920s....it would have spared him many nerve wracking moments over his youthful indiscretions.
People only learn when they are made to take responsiblity for their actions. Today, America is all about shifting the blame to society, the man, or anyone just as long as they as the individual didn't have to face up to their mistakes. We are becomming a nation of self-made victims. Besides those youthful indiscretions make for some very interesting stories to your grandchildren
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Yeah, catholics were persecuted. All now is they're just the butt of a lot of jokes.Catholic
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All now is they're just the butt of a lot of jokes.
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The protestant family in that sketch is far more pityful.If you don't like reality, change it! me
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You can still see some hardcore anti-Catholic bigotry today, just go to www.chick.com , where can you find plenty of anti-Catholic (and any non fundy protestant) bigotry."I'm moving to the Left" - Lancer
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