Comments on: Quote of the Day http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:34:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Know Your Allies « Every New Day http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/#comment-35783 Know Your Allies « Every New Day Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:27:26 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7328#comment-35783 [...] when it comes to faith and religion. This hit me again yesterday with SayUncle’s post (and Sebastian’s agreement with it) about the Pope’s Christmas Message, criticizing Benedict for apparently living in luxury [...] [...] when it comes to faith and religion. This hit me again yesterday with SayUncle’s post (and Sebastian’s agreement with it) about the Pope’s Christmas Message, criticizing Benedict for apparently living in luxury [...]

]]> By: Wolfwood http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/#comment-35782 Wolfwood Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:52:14 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7328#comment-35782 The Queen of England is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, not its "spiritual leader." If we assumed that every Anglican priest worldwide suddenly disappeared, she'd still not be any more the "spiritual leader" than any other Anglican. Her position is purely administrative. The Queen of England is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, not its “spiritual leader.” If we assumed that every Anglican priest worldwide suddenly disappeared, she’d still not be any more the “spiritual leader” than any other Anglican. Her position is purely administrative.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/#comment-35781 Sebastian Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:11:07 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7328#comment-35781 I'm not bashing the charitable work The Church does, but I think it's still pretty laughable PR on the part of the church. SayUncle's criticism was something I am sympathetic to, because it's one of the reasons my mother left the Catholic Church. Of course, once she realized protestant churches were full of politics and bickering between various factions in the church, she hated that too. I’m not bashing the charitable work The Church does, but I think it’s still pretty laughable PR on the part of the church. SayUncle’s criticism was something I am sympathetic to, because it’s one of the reasons my mother left the Catholic Church.

Of course, once she realized protestant churches were full of politics and bickering between various factions in the church, she hated that too.

]]> By: rightwingprof http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/#comment-35776 rightwingprof Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:25:12 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7328#comment-35776 <blockquote>SayUncle is hardly the first person to comment on the Church’s ostentatiousness. I think that’s been happening in some form or another since Martin Luther.</blockquote> And always, the commenters are those who do far less to alleviate poverty and save lives than the Church, which is why the comment is laughable at best.

SayUncle is hardly the first person to comment on the Church’s ostentatiousness. I think that’s been happening in some form or another since Martin Luther.

And always, the commenters are those who do far less to alleviate poverty and save lives than the Church, which is why the comment is laughable at best.

]]> By: Wolfwood http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/#comment-35772 Wolfwood Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:34:04 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7328#comment-35772 Funny how it's nearly always non-Catholics who see the Church as "ostentatious." Catholics tend to see it as appropriate and as a symbol of heaven on earth. Funny how it’s nearly always non-Catholics who see the Church as “ostentatious.” Catholics tend to see it as appropriate and as a symbol of heaven on earth.

]]> By: phlegmfatale http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/#comment-35766 phlegmfatale Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:41:45 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7328#comment-35766 Oddly enough, his statements make lovely bookends with madonna's moralizing. Any the hoo - happy Christmas anyway! :P Oddly enough, his statements make lovely bookends with madonna’s moralizing.

Any the hoo – happy Christmas anyway! :P

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/#comment-35764 Sebastian Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:07:51 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7328#comment-35764 SayUncle is hardly the first person to comment on the Church's ostentatiousness. I think that's been happening in some form or another since Martin Luther. SayUncle is hardly the first person to comment on the Church’s ostentatiousness. I think that’s been happening in some form or another since Martin Luther.

]]> By: SayUncle http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/#comment-35763 SayUncle Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:00:32 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7328#comment-35763 'the poor are poor because others have exploited them.' yeah, that's what i said alright. ‘the poor are poor because others have exploited them.’

yeah, that’s what i said alright.

]]> By: Hank Archer http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/#comment-35762 Hank Archer Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:29:16 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7328#comment-35762 Sounds like SayUncle has come up with some good socialist criticism -- the poor are poor because others have exploited them. If the Pope dressed in sackcloth and ashes would that somehow better the plight of the unfortunate? The poor are poor because of failures of their political, economic and cultural systems, not because some have "too much." Sounds like SayUncle has come up with some good socialist criticism — the poor are poor because others have exploited them.

If the Pope dressed in sackcloth and ashes would that somehow better the plight of the unfortunate?

The poor are poor because of failures of their political, economic and cultural systems, not because some have “too much.”

]]> By: FredK http://www.pagunblog.com/2008/12/25/quote-of-the-day-97/#comment-35759 FredK Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:41:48 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=7328#comment-35759 It IS a good message..... regardless of how the message was "wrapped". I am not saying we should be feeding the 250 lb. people living in public housing all their lives, but we SHOULD be doing what we can for people in places where "the basics for survival are missing." The alternative is unacceptable. It IS a good message….. regardless of how the message was “wrapped”. I am not saying we should be feeding the 250 lb. people living in public housing all their lives, but we SHOULD be doing what we can for people in places where “the basics for survival are missing.” The alternative is unacceptable.

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