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Áine's avatar

Spot on Anne. ‘Truthers’ who don’t recognise that we are in the throes of the great spiritual battle foretold are not seeing the truth at all ironically.

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jer Savage's avatar

Compelling argument.Anne Brendan behan didn't have much good to say about the anglican church - describing its birth as arising from the excesses of henry the 8th & all he stood for. From what I can glean, the catholic Church - the roman catholic Church arose from the ashes of the roman empire, as it desperately sought a new role that didn't involve huge military maneuvers. The huge bureaucracy that had developed was well placed to cast its net over this new Christian ethos & it's followers. Constantine stopped fighting with the new followers of christ realising it was hopeless & placed himself somehow at their head, creating a new empire in the pricess

process That of course is a very simplified version. Having said that I hav only good to say about all catholics I hav met & had connections with - if they were pious, there was a guarantee U would get respect & wud be treated well. I hav also a story of honesty & integrity involving money given to sisters of charity by my mother over the 55 years they looked after my down syndrome sister who passed away 2 years ago. It was all returned to my family - almost a 5 figure sum after my sisters death. I could never understand the stories admonishing the catholic Church & it's institutions- with the exception of the refusal to take responsibility for the likes of fr brendan smith, allowing him to stay in circulation for too long. My understanding now is that certain other "scandals" might be due a review. The popes down through the years, successors to Constantine, it appears hav a lot to answer for, for un- Christian activities.

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