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Catfish  Burgess Hill 18 Dec 15 10.27am |
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How can people fall for this stuff - Hitchens called her right.
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| Hoof Hearted 18 Dec 15 11.44am | |
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Someone in a really expensive fancy dress outfit in Rome bestows a meaningless honour to someone in a less attractive fancy dress outfit. That's my take on it.
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 Superfly The sun always shines in Catford 18 Dec 15 11.59am |
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Quote Catfish at 18 Dec 2015 10.27am
How can people fall for this stuff - Hitchens called her right.
Is it right that she publicly voiced doubts on her faith before she croaked? Seem to remember seeing that somewhere. Another snippet that's downplayed. I've been watching a lot of Hitch's 'greatest hits' on youtube recently. I'm a big fan!
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| Jacey 18 Dec 15 12.58pm |
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My candidate would be Alan Pardew who pulled of a miracle , but then again ,I am biased!!
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 Hrolf The Ganger 18 Dec 15 3.54pm |
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Don't get me started on religion... at Christmas.
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| NickRobinson 19 Dec 15 8.19pm |
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She did a lot of good. She deserves recognition. What harm does it do calling her a saint?
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| Lakeview Lincoln 19 Dec 15 8.40pm |
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The idea of "sainthood" is nowhere to be found in the Bible, which is why Protestants do not go along with this process. The idea of the dead having influence on who gets healed is also something I've never seen in the Bible, and, as the Bible should be the guide book of Christians, I agree with others above that the whole process is a mistake- from both a Christian and agnostic/atheist perspective.
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pefwin  Where you have to have an English ... 19 Dec 15 8.51pm |
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Typical left footers and their backward religion.
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| Mad4palace 19 Dec 15 9.51pm |
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Quote NickRobinson at 19 Dec 2015 8.19pm
She did a lot of good. She deserves recognition. What harm does it do calling her a saint? She pretended to do a lot of good.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 20 Dec 15 9.34am |
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Quote Lakeview at 19 Dec 2015 8.40pm
The idea of "sainthood" is nowhere to be found in the Bible, which is why Protestants do not go along with this process. The idea of the dead having influence on who gets healed is also something I've never seen in the Bible, and, as the Bible should be the guide book of Christians, I agree with others above that the whole process is a mistake- from both a Christian and agnostic/atheist perspective. Saints stem from very early gnostic influences as angels and god, as 'dangerous to behold', as such saints served as a safe conduit between the divine and man. Protestantism never dealt with saints because they believed in a pre-destination of the soul, before birth, at least the founding protestants did.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 20 Dec 15 9.36am |
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Quote Catfish at 18 Dec 2015 10.27am
How can people fall for this stuff - Hitchens called her right. Who'd have thought it, a nun, being a fanatic and fundamentalist....
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| NickRobinson 20 Dec 15 11.28am |
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Quote Mad4palace at 19 Dec 2015 9.51pm
Quote NickRobinson at 19 Dec 2015 8.19pm
She did a lot of good. She deserves recognition. What harm does it do calling her a saint? She pretended to do a lot of good. So she 'pretended' to found the Missionaries of Charity, active in 133 countries. They run hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis; soup kitchens; dispensaries and mobile clinics; children's and family counselling programmes; orphanages; and schools. All a sham then?
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