Hello?! Anyone out there?

allisong23 · October 2010

It is really scary how insane some people are. I had to say something.

[Deleted User] · October 2010

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[QUOTE]Sesh, I think your dad needs some really funny hats to wear after the surgery so people won't notice.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

I want to get the rooster hat for my mom. I get her an ugly chicken gift every year for Christmas and that would be perfect. And if my dad lived close by, I would totally get him that squid one.

Blueyed228 · October 2010

Tide its about how obama is the devil because he got into office because of abortion payouts, lol.

allisong23 · October 2010

I have never equated big business with abortion. Exactly what business? The Planned Parenthood business?

Blueyed228 · October 2010

I didnt comment on it because, well, I just think they are all nutty on alot of topics. Plus, I did call them bible thumping jesus freaks, so I dont feel like getting banned, lol.

I just thought the whole video was ridiculous, lol

LessThanZero · October 2010

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[QUOTE]Tide its about how obama is the devil because he got into office because of abortion payouts, lol.
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

WTF. I just went over there and watched the video. And then I refrained from commenting, because nothing good was going to come out of anything I had to say.

polichik · October 2010

*waves furiously at SB*

Hi everyone! I'm about to assemble bookshelves in a frenzy. DH and I are having a 10-person dinner party at our place a week from Saturday (it's for both of our birthdays and Halloween, which all happen within the space of 4 days). Our apartment is about 4/5 unpacked, but I want it to look all moved-in and mature, ha.

Aaaand the CW thing disturbs me. Significantly.

tidetravel · October 2010

I think I'd rather just sit back and see how people respond. Especially people for whom I'd formerly had some respect.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · October 2010

That video was insane, Blue.

Blueyed228 · October 2010

I wonder if any of them are the ones that stand out in front of the clinics screaming at and spitting on the girls that walk in....

tidetravel · October 2010

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[QUOTE]I wonder if any of them are the ones that stand out in front of the clinics screaming at and spitting on the girls that walk in....
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

Or picket at military funerals <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-undecided.gif" border="0" alt="Undecided" title="Undecided" />

Blueyed228 · October 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Hello?! Anyone out there? : Blue, he's not the devil. He's the Angel of Death AND the Joker.
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]

I stand corrected.

LessThanZero · October 2010

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[QUOTE]I wonder if any of them are the ones that stand out in front of the clinics screaming at and spitting on the girls that walk in....
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

Haha, dislike Obama's policies all you want, but calling him the "Angel of Darkness" tells me that they are very likely to be the people that stand outside of clinics whenever they have time left over from judging anything and everything else.

Blueyed228 · October 2010

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[QUOTE]I think I will stay away as well, because I will get banned. I was raised Catholic, did 13 years in Catholic school, and had at least one friend molested by one of the priests in NYC (I think there were 13 of them) that were announced at once. When tt was discovered was a priest was a moleste, the Church just moved them around. My grammar school knew about it and covered it up. Instead of getting rid of the priest, they kicked my friend out.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

I love that we are from the same place, because I totally smell what you are stepping in here.

Blueyed228 · October 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Hello?! Anyone out there? : Haha, dislike Obama's policies all you want, but calling him the "Angel of Darkness" tells me that they are very likely to be the people that stand outside of clinics whenever they have time left over from judging anything and everything else.
Posted by LessThanZero[/QUOTE]

I loathe Obama and would never have tried to connect his election to abortion payouts. Ridiculous.

LessThanZero · October 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Hello?! Anyone out there? : Blue, he's not the devil. He's the Angel of Death AND the Joker.
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]

Haha, I took that and ran...

AllAboutTheBenjamin · October 2010

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[QUOTE]I think I will stay away as well, because I will get banned. I was raised Catholic, did 13 years in Catholic school, and had at least one friend molested by one of the priests in NYC (I think there were 13 of them) that were announced at once. When tt was discovered was a priest was a moleste, the Church just moved them around. My grammar school knew about it and covered it up. Instead of getting rid of the priest, they kicked my friend out.
Posted by allisong23[/QUOTE]

I've done news stories on that very topic - in fact SNAP has been following around one priest who used to work in my area who has tons of allegations against him. He worked where I live for a number of years. Last I heard he had 15 separate lawsuits filed against him - ALL from the ND/MN area. He lives in Chicago now, I think. Across the street from an all-boys school. But the big story about it is that the Diocese knew he had problems - sent him to treatment and everything, and continued to let him work in parochial schools. They knew, and did nothing.

allisong23 · October 2010

Yeah, that was the end of me and the Catholic Church. My mom actually taught in the same school. She remembers my friend's dad dragging him in and there being some very heated conversations with the principal (a nun) and the monsignor who ran the church. They never told my mom what happenned, but friend never came back. That pervy priest stayed 3 years before he was transfered out. It makes me sick. I saw the friend two years ago. He is a trainwreck.

NatesGirl16 · October 2010

I get that many of the ladies on that board are questionable at best, but let's keep in mind that not all Catholics are like this, nor are all of our priest child molestors.

But you might not want to take my word for it. Apparently, I have a penchant for drinking, you know, being Catholic and all :P.

MarriedInAFever · October 2010

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[QUOTE]I get that many of the ladies on that board are questionable at best, but let's keep in mind that not all Catholics are like this, nor are all of our priest child molestors. But you might not want to take my word for it. Apparently, I have a penchant for drinking, you know, being Catholic and all :P.
Posted by NatesGirl16[/QUOTE]

You said Catholic AND Irish, right? That's a double whammy.

NatesGirl16 · October 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Hello?! Anyone out there? : You said Catholic AND Irish, right? That's a double whammy.
Posted by MarriedInAFever[/QUOTE]
Apparently so. I was educated today :).

AllAboutTheBenjamin · October 2010

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[QUOTE]I get that many of the ladies on that board are questionable at best, but let's keep in mind that not all Catholics are like this, nor are all of our priest child molestors. But you might not want to take my word for it. Apparently, I have a penchant for drinking, you know, being Catholic and all :P.
Posted by NatesGirl16[/QUOTE]

Definitely - and not all Evangelical Christians *waves* are total nutbars either.

Nates, you lush. Whatever though, I am too :)

allisong - I'm so sorry that happened to your friend :( I hope he can get help and be at peace one day. I can't imagine what that does to a person spiritually.

Blueyed228 · October 2010

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[QUOTE]I get that many of the ladies on that board are questionable at best, but let's keep in mind that not all Catholics are like this, nor are all of our priest child molestors. But you might not want to take my word for it. Apparently, I have a penchant for drinking, you know, being Catholic and all :P.
Posted by NatesGirl16[/QUOTE]

I dont think anyone is saying that.

My dad and FI are Catholic. Im Greek Orthodox and its almost the same thing. Well, except our priests can marry. Oh, and I haven't been a practicing one in a long time. I love God. I just dont follow mans rules when it comes to him.

polichik · October 2010

Allisong, that makes me so sad. I hope your friend gets the help he needs.

I remember in college, I was all ballsy and decided to take this advanced class about Dante's Inferno. For our final paper, we had to write a 2000-line canto in terza rima (yeah, the class was crazy) about a new level of hell. I wrote my new circle of hell about people who see evil happening and do nothing to stop it. The not-so-innocent bystander thing. I still stand by it, especially in cases like that.

NatesGirl16 · October 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Hello?! Anyone out there? : Or picket at military funerals
Posted by tidetravel[/QUOTE]
I thought this was just the Westboro Baptist Church. Catholic chuches also? Where? (I'm not challenging, I just genuinely never heard this).

Anysunrise · October 2010

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[QUOTE]Tide, here is some entertainment for you. CW has another jem up. The video is pretty amusing to me. <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_check-this-outits-great" rel="nofollow">http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_check-this-outits-great</a>
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]

<div>That place is so whacked out. I wish no one had ever linked over there. The thread right below that one blew my mind.</div>

LessThanZero · October 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Hello?! Anyone out there? : This is a sad situation and I do feel very bad for your friend. I agree--there are many great priests and it frustrates me that the bad ones ruin not only the image of Catholics everywhere, but also the faith of many people. It's just an issue that hits close to home for me (obviously :) ) and I've been in conversations where it degenerates very quickly. I know you guys are reasonable, I'm just used to defending myself/religion in a lot of situations. A lot of the girls on CW don't really help, either.
Posted by NatesGirl16[/QUOTE]

Nates, it sucks because in every grouping of people there's always some part of the group that makes a bad name for the rest. I'm not particularly religious (although baptized Catholic) and I respect you and any other reasonable individual for their beliefs. I don't really have an issue with religion, just people like those on the CW thread who use religion as some sort of badge in order to justify being completely ridiculous. I never judge people for belonging to a prticular group or fitting into a certain category, I judge individuals based on their own actions.

And I'm not saying this in a defensive way, as if you targeted me, I was just throwing it out there.

NatesGirl16 · October 2010

LTZ--agreed.

(Sorry it took me so long--throwing together dinner so that we can get our damn costumes :P. FI gets home way too late.)

Blueyed228 · October 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Hello?! Anyone out there? : I didn't accuse anyone of saying that. I just said let's keep it in mind. In my experience, one person shares a story about something, then another , then another and it snowballs. I'm just asking that people keep in mind that not ALL priests are molesters and not all Catholics are psycho Christians. I know the Orthodox church pretty well--my ex BF was Coptic Orthodox. DId you used to sit through the whol service? I tried, but damn it was long.
Posted by NatesGirl16[/QUOTE]

I did used to sit through them. Now only when there is an event like my nieces 40 day blessing, baptism, etc.

NatesGirl16 · October 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Hello?! Anyone out there? : I did used to sit through them. Now only when there is an event like my nieces 40 day blessing, baptism, etc.
Posted by Blueyed228[/QUOTE]
I went to maybe 4 or 5. My ex said that there were two parts to the service and some people (he said usually like his parents or older parishioners) would show up at the beginning and sit through the entire 4 hour service. Others would only show up for the readings/homily/communion part. When FI complains that we have to sit through an hour service I remind him of this.

I found it interesting to go, though, because even though his service was in Arabic, I could easily recognize a lot of the same elements.

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