what is your opus dei conspiracy theory?

by **marie-angelique** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:12 am

what thinketh the tin foil hatters?

by **michelle in alaska** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:37 am

what is your opus dei conspiracy theory?

I have a good friend I see at daily mass--her son is within the 'organization'.....has been away from home since 16, is now 20 and in formation to be a priest.

a so-so book on the subject. it's biased in their favor.

The older I get, the more I appreciate the sacrifice of my Lord taking up the cross, knowing how, at times, things would be bastardized in His name.

Opus dei----so much good mixed with so much bad.

by **coldharvest** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:26 am

Catholic fundamentalists.....they should do themselves a favour and read about Montségur.

by **michelle in alaska** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:38 am

Montségur

what for, pray tell?

by **coldharvest** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:47 am

michelle in alaska wrote:
Montségur

what for, pray tell?

traditionally The Pope takes a dim view of those who fish outside official waters

by **michelle in alaska** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:47 am

about Montségur.
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the cathars?

by **coldharvest** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:49 am

michelle in alaska wrote:
about Montségur.
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the cathars?

Yes, The Perfecti
I prefer to think of them as Albigensian but yes, those folks

by **michelle in alaska** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:53 am

come on, c.p., i'm a dull tool ....not too smart.....re: this religious stuff....the thing you're talking about has nothing to do with catholicism.

by **coldharvest** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:03 am

WHAT?
The Albigensian held themselves to a higher standards than ordinary Catholics and the Pope had them killed for it, subjugating the Languedoc as well.
I'd say that has a little to do with Catholics.

by **michelle in alaska** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:07 am

oh.........this is different....

by **michelle in alaska** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:32 am

stand by, i'm a little slow.....i'm talking to my french kin right now....uh...the part of france that is now germany....

by **Fansy** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:21 pm

Catholics are gay, in terms of their historical actions. But we wouldn't have such a rich collection of horror flicks if we didn't have catholic demon lore informing the genre over the last 50 years.

And seriously. All these secret societies that eventually got their asses kicked by the state, the man, or powers that were are garbage. Autocratic shit only becomes the wrong way to do something once it's overthrown. These guys like labored impotently for hundreds of years only to get themselves and everyone they know killed in creative and gruesome ways. There is something to be said for efficacy when valuing an insurgency and rebellion. Principles and determination alone don't cut the mustard.

by **coldharvest** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:27 pm

Fansy wrote:Catholics are gay

....that's not strictly true, some of them are pedophiles.

by **redharen** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:16 pm

Similar axes fall within Protestantism too. The only reason we think of the Catholic Church as authoritarian is because we see it act on a larger scale. Individual churches can be exactly the same. When I was a kid my family found itself on the sharp end of a church split; on the ten-year anniversary that that happened, I was kicked out of a church for my Semitophilia. Dogmatic people are the same just about everywhere you go.

by **Fansy** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:25 pm

redharen wrote:Dogmatic people are the same just about everywhere you go.

YEAH SO HOW IS PRAGMATIC ISRAEL COMING ALONG THESE DAYS??

what is your opus dei conspiracy theory?

what is your opus dei conspiracy theory?

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