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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21245 Posts |
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On 2013-12-12 10:17, General_Magician wrote: This has become an annoying little trend here on the Café'. Try to parse one word someone says and make more hem wrong and forget the rest. I have no idea what either of them said but to cling to strict definitions and apply them is desperate. Why not someone post what those two fools ACTUALLY SAID in context? My guess is that this Popes mention of how capitalism works was what they spoke of. But if anyone wants to bash them for it why not post it in context?
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
The issue of Marxism and Roman Catholicism is interesting and complex. "Liberation Theology" began as serious movement in Latin America in the 1970s. Many influential Latin priests, theologians and politicians embraced the Marxist critique of capitalist exploitation of the poor with Scriptural and traditional Christian directives to honor and support the poorest members of society.
Such a movement would be obviously controversial, especially in the wealthier capitalist nations. But it is a deep and fascinating movement, still alive today. Liberation theology poses very important challenges to Christianity. It is naïve to dismiss it with name calling.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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RNK Inner circle 7528 Posts |
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On 2013-12-12 13:34, mastermindreader wrote: Boy- should probably shift to the left with such stand up guys such as the vulgar and demeaning Bill Maher who represents the Left. Yea- these are the kind of people I want to be associated with. Sorry- I couldn't resist either RNK
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
Except my line was funnier because I stuck with the baseball metaphor.
But keep trying. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post......francis/ |
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Destiny Inner circle 1429 Posts |
Why is wanting to do anything for the poor now demonised?
There is nothing Marxist about wanting to help the less privileged. Every Marxist regime we've ever seen was more about enriching the leaders than helping the poor. It is a human failing, not a partisan one, that in every society there are those without empathy for other people who just want to pig out as much as possible without a care in the world for how they get to do that, and what the cost to other people is. Thankfully modern democracy has evolved to somewhat curb that excess. But we seem to moving back to the thinking of the English round the time of the Irish Potato Famine. The very people whose plundering of Ireland led to the famine, then resisted attempts to help the Irish because of the fear that if fed they would breed like rabbits and become a bigger burden. |
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21245 Posts |
I am tired of people of great wealth and I am talking about more than they could spend in 50 lifetimes, telling me how much they care for the poor.
Actions not words.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Didn't know Destiny was that wealthy. Destiny, can you lend me a tenner 'til Friday?
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16543 Posts |
Every regime we've ever seen was more about enriching the leaders than helping the poor.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
Tommy |
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Destiny Inner circle 1429 Posts |
Agreed Tommy.
Landmark certainly - please send me your banking details and I will forward you not only the tenner but also for safekeeping, the millions my late husband the Deputy Vice Oil Minister Minister of Nigeria left me. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
Pope Francis spoke about the allegations that he's a Marxist:
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In a new interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Pope Francis responded to allegations that he is a Marxist, after he recently criticized 'unfettered capitalism.' http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/14......229.html Obviously, Limbaugh doesn't know what socialism is either. |
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