It's not extortion if Jesus is holding the gun.

Jun 24, 2010 15:10

I think it was A----- that coined the term "recovering Catholic". It's a fantastically amusing term, but it is, in a lot of ways, so eerily fitting. Those of us who leave the religion behind never fully succeed. When it comes to indoctrinating children for life, Catholic families are some of the best in the business. This doesn't necessarily have ( Read more... )

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cordilleran2 June 25 2010, 01:22:10 UTC
My first thought was "the Catholic church had a presence in India? I thought most of them were Oriental Orthodox?" Then I remembered...oh. yeah. Portuguese colonization. *headdesk*

Sorry to hear about this. I wanted to be a priest (or even...a bishop) so that I could end this kind of crap, but I think at the end of the day I'm too much of a pessimist to be in that sort of position.

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darkamdusias June 25 2010, 15:35:44 UTC
Well, like I said in my post, there are genuinely good people in the clergy who do what they can for their charges. While I don't think that you would have necessarily changed the world I think that you would have made a significant enough difference in enough lives to make things worthwhile. You're a wonderful person Cody, but you just have a habit of letting life get to you sometimes.

(Haha. I know that I sound like broken record on that last bit, but I'm going to keeping reminding you until you actually believe it.)

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dikabalm April 8 2011, 13:03:52 UTC
Love your site man keep up the good work

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