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See [url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-1436161-2,00.html]here[/url] for this bizarre story…

Separation of church and state. Freedom of thought. Legal divorce. Democracy. Is Roman Catholicism incompatible with the USA?

Not a silly question. In the 1930’s, the Pope endorsed heirarchy as the best form of government. I suspect he meant fascism.

I say Catholicism and the USA are barely compatible, if at all. (not to say … More ...

As a RCIA team leader, I am looking for some comments as to how to address the following questions which came up last night. I answered them last night, and all I got was some strange looks, so I’m looking for some other ways to address them.

Why is the Catholic Church so out of … More ...

Hello. I am very new here and wanted to post something on the thread about the Left’s self-definition. However, being a dotty Aristasian blonde, I can’t work out how it works. Instead here is something I wrote to a friend on the question of what we might mean these days by the terms “right and … More ...

Should Paleo Conservatives attempt to take over the Republican Party and turn it into an American Conservative Party?

In the real world of politics would this be possible?

Archbishop Phillip Hannan, former Archbishop of the New Orleans Archdiocese, roughly about 2 million people and 1.5 million Catholics made an important statement. He is very active despite his age; he was a frontline Chaplin in Europe during WWII.

He said the death penalty was justified in certain cases such as terrorism. I don’t think … More ...

AN APPEAL TO THE FREE NATIONS

Chorus

YAA KHELAAWAAT’E GOOR’E
oh great powerful nations
MELCH’E[1] GAABAAR’E[2].
mighty[2] kings[1].
HELOON ARRATAN[3] QAATAAN
give us -our land-[3]
MARRMAAKH’LA AATAAN[33].
and we shall raise -our flag-[33]
SHOOQOON QAAT OOMPTAAN[4] KHAAYAA
let -our nation-[4] live
KHAYOOTAA BAAYAA
it wants to live
OOMPTAAN KHAYOOTA BAAYAA
our nation wants to live.… More ...

… I have a link which Mr. Kalb and Turnabout regulars may find inspirational – actually, I’ve posted it already, but just in case anybody missed it, I’ll link my previous comment, where one can follow the link to the essay I’m referring to, [url=http://antitechnocrat.net:8000/comment/reply/1199/4050]here[/url]. I’m sure you’ll find it a blessing, as I have.

A simple question: how many professed christians will give the monies allocated for ‘xmas’ pleasure and presents to the poor this xmas? Give and not question the giving(no rationalisation about what I have earned is mine). The answer is 0.

Why do American Conservatives keep changing their minds about what constitutes conservatism? By no stretch of the intellectual imagination could George W. Bush be classified as a conservative.Is the fact that he is considered to be a conservative an indication of the herd mentality of Democracy; that is, a failure on the part of the … More ...