Protest against Pervy Priests and Bishops

blogga

How about a national boycott of Christams cards?
Other ideas?

Daemos

Right, campaign against it by doing something that won't affect them whatsoever.

Great idea :rolleyes:

blogga

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

Right, campaign against it by doing something that won't affect them whatsoever.

Great idea :rolleyes:

A mass refusal to acknowledge one of the foundational events of the faith they presume to promote won't affect them? OK....

Biggins

Aaa feck it - lets just cancel Christmas.

Buceph

blogga wrote: »

A mass refusal to acknowledge one of the foundational events of the faith they presume to promote won't affect them? OK....

That's the funniest thing I've read all day.

****it I'm not wearing a Christmas jumper this year, they'll never get over that one.

cloneslad

Would boycotting the church not be a better way to protest?? it would hit them in their coughers too!

Daemos

blogga wrote: »

A mass refusal to acknowledge one of the foundational events of the faith they presume to promote won't affect them? OK....

There's a big difference between boycotting Christmas cards and boycotting Christmas entirely.

philologos

Another Catholic-bashing thread!

Although boycotting Christmas is a pretty absurd notion, as this is attacking Christianity not merely Catholicism.

starbelgrade

blogga wrote: »

A mass refusal to acknowledge one of the foundational events of the faith they presume to promote won't affect them? OK....

I didn't realise that pices of cardboard with Santas or snowmen printed on them, represented one of the foundational events of the christian faith.

You learn something new every day.

Nichololas

Population Ponders Priestly Predatory Predilections, Priesthood Perched Perilously, Protest?

fixed the titel

starbelgrade

Jakkass wrote: »

this is attacking Christianity not merely Catholicism.

Ah, sure they're all pervs.

cloneslad

Blogga wrote:

How about a national boycott of Christams cards?
Other ideas?

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

There's a big difference between boycotting Christmas cards and boycotting Christmas entirely.

In fairness to the OP he said boycott christams cards, you are both talking about totally different things!

I don't think they could cope if we didn't send each other christams cards, they make so much money from 'satmps' and 'envelepos' it would cripple them.

partyatmygaff

I wonder how much thinking people do before they type something.

How is not buying christmas cards from a card printing company going to affect the RCC?

mikemac

Rubbish thread

On another note....
If you want a mass card signed by the local Priest it's the done thing to slip a banknote in the card.
You have to pay to get a signature. Ok, don't take up the Priests time but paying to sign a mass card?
I'd like to know how that tradition started

cloneslad

Enlil_Nick wrote: »

Population Ponders Priestly Predatory Predilections, Priesthood Perched Perilously, Protest?

fixed the titel title

Fixed your post

partyatmygaff

starbelgrade wrote: »

Ah, sure they're all pervs.

.......

Generalising much?

cloneslad

mikemac wrote: »

You have to pay to get a signature. Ok, don't take up the Priests time but paying to sign a mass card?
I'd like to know how that tradition started

Better they take your cash than your innocence

Nichololas

cloneslad wrote: »

Fixed your post

Yeah I probably should have noticed that.

partyatmygaff wrote: »

.......

Generalising much?

I think that may have been tongue-in-cheek.

starbelgrade

Enlil_Nick wrote: »

Yeah I probably should have noticed that.




I think that may have been tongue-in-cheek.

No - they're all pervs. It's a proven fact.

Biggins

* sigh *

I'm hungry!

cloneslad

Enlil_Nick wrote: »

I think that may have been tongue-in-cheek.

you have to put your tongue between their cheeks now? it's all changed from the mid 90's

Nichololas

starbelgrade wrote: »

No - they're all pervs. It's a proven fact.

Priests, Christians or Hallmark?

cloneslad

Biggins wrote: »

* sigh *

I'm hungry!

Kinda peckish myself, just got offered a feed from the indian but I turned it dow, bit late in the night for those calories. moment on the lips etc etc etc :rolleyes:

starbelgrade

Enlil_Nick wrote: »

Priests, Christians or Hallmark?

I've never heard of a kid being buggered by a greeting card.

Nichololas

starbelgrade wrote: »

I've never heard of a kid being buggered by a greeting card.

Why are we boycotting christmas cards then?

VinnyTGM

mikemac wrote: »

Rubbish thread

On another note....
If you want a mass card signed by the local Priest it's the done thing to slip a banknote in the card.
You have to pay to get a signature. Ok, don't take up the Priests time but paying to sign a mass card?
I'd like to know how that tradition started

It's because Priest's were so popular back in the day. They were like celebritie's don't you know.

starbelgrade

Enlil_Nick wrote: »

Why are we protesting against christmas cards then?

Because they are evil.

partyatmygaff

starbelgrade wrote: »

I've never heard of a kid being buggered by a greeting card.

I've never heard of a christian doing that either.

Maybe a criminal trying to disguise themselves as one but never a real christian.

cloneslad

VinnyTGM wrote: »

It's because Priest's were so popular back in the day. They were like celebritie's don't you know.?

Careful, there are a lot of grammar nazis about

Saibh

blogga wrote: »

How about a national boycott of Christams cards?
Other ideas?

Did you mean to say mass cards?

starbelgrade

partyatmygaff wrote: »

I've never heard of a christian doing that either.

Maybe a criminal trying to disguise themselves as one but never a real christian.

Is that coz real christians are perfect?

philologos

No. The reason we are not perfect is precisely why we are Christians.

starbelgrade

Jakkass wrote: »

No. The reason we are not perfect is precisely why we are Christians.

So by that logic, a paedo can also be a christian.

philologos

starbelgrade wrote: »

So by that logic, a paedo can also be a christian.

Yes, I think so. They would need to recognise that what they have done is morally wrong however, and they would have to be willing to change.

I believe a paedophile who repents genuinely and becomes a Christian is more humble and more worthy of God's grace than someone who does what is wrong little by little all of their life and is too proud to realise it.

starbelgrade

Jakkass wrote: »

Yes, I think so. They would need to recognise that what they have done is morally wrong however, and they would have to be willing to change.

I believe a paedophile who repents genuinely and becomes a Christian is more humble and more worthy of God's grace than someone who does what is wrong little by little all of their life and is too proud to realise it.

What an odd points system.

partyatmygaff

starbelgrade wrote: »

Is that coz real christians are perfect?

No its "cuz real christians actually follow the moral rules of their religion".

philologos

Genuine repentance. Nobody in this world is more guilty than this paedophile that you speak of. We have all sinned and fallen short of God's glory. Therefore we are all due to be punished unless we are willing to say that we messed up and accept God's offer of grace. No matter what anyone has done, one can receive grace and become a new person. This includes the most heinous of crimes in our world.

starbelgrade

Jakkass wrote: »

We have all sinned and fallen short of God's glory. Therefore we are all due to be punished unless we are willing to say that we messed up and accept God's offer of grace.

You're presuming that everyone believes in God

starbelgrade

partyatmygaff wrote: »

No its "cuz real christians actually follow the moral rules of their religion".

Not according to other posts - also I don't think you have to follow any religion to be a christian.

philologos

Irrespective of whether we believe in God or not, we have all done things which are wrong.

Then again, deciding not to believe in God doesn't make anyone less accountable for what they have done.

Although, if God exists, not believing in Him at the Judgement will have about as much effect as deciding not to believe the judge exists in the courtroom.

partyatmygaff

starbelgrade wrote: »

Not according to other posts - also I don't think you have to follow any religion to be a christian.

Fine, follow the moral rules of christianity/bible.

What do you mean by "not according to other posts"?

starbelgrade

Jakkass wrote: »

Irrespective of whether we believe in God or not, we have all done things which are wrong.

I have done things that I've regretted, I've done things that aren't legal, but I've never done anything "wrong" & I will be the judge of that.

Jakkass wrote: »

Then again, deciding not to believe in God doesn't make anyone less accountable for what they have done.

I never decided not to believe in God, I never at any stage believed that a God existed.

Jakkass wrote: »

Although, if God exists, not believing in Him at the Judgement will have about as much effect as deciding not to believe the judge exists in the courtroom.

I'll take my chances.

starbelgrade

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Fine, follow the moral rules of christianity/bible.

What do you mean by "not according to other posts"?

The other posts in the thread regarding this point.

philologos

starbelgrade wrote: »

I have done things that I've regretted, I've done things that aren't legal, but I've never done anything "wrong" & I will be the judge of that.

This is something that I don't get. If you have done things that you regret that sense of regret must be telling you something about the rightness or the wrongness of an action surely?

mikemac

Jakkass wrote: »

Genuine repentance. Nobody in this world is more guilty than this paedophile that you speak of. We have all sinned and fallen short of God's glory. Therefore we are all due to be punished unless we are willing to say that we messed up and accept God's offer of grace. No matter what anyone has done, one can receive grace and become a new person. This includes the most heinous of crimes in our world.

Does this mean I can live a life a sin and then repent on my deathbed?

Run_to_da_hills

Jakkass wrote: »

Another Catholic-bashing thread!

Although boycotting Christmas is a pretty absurd notion, as this is attacking Christianity not merely Catholicism.

I disagree, Christmas as we know it on December 25 was invented by the Roman Catholic Church during the time of Emperor Constantine. There is Biblical evidence to support that Christ was not born in mid winter.

The 25th December was originally an ancient Roman pagan feast day. Unfortunately other Christian denominations have inherited this poison along with other festivities such as Easter tide from Catholicism.

If you want to hit the Catholic Church where it hurts most start attending Protestant Churches. Word would soon get into the press that people are moving over. It has already happening in Brazil and other Latin American countries where the Church of Rome is losing its foothold. .

philologos

Repentance has to be genuine. Sinning in the knowledge that you'll be able to repent is ingenuine. It'll be effectively saying to God, let me off the hook rather than saying you are genuinely sorry.

partyatmygaff

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I disagree, Christmas as we know it on December 25 was invented by the Roman Catholic Church. There is Biblical evidence that Christ was not born in mid winter.

The 25th December was originally an ancient Roman pagan feast day. Unfortunately other Christian denominations have inherited this poison along with other festivities from Catholicism.

If you want to hit the Catholic Church where it hurts most start attending Protestant Churches. Word would soon get into the press that people are moving over. It has already happening in Brazil and other Latin American countries where the Church of Rome is losing its foothold. .

No one said Boycott the 25th of December (How the hell would you boycott a day anyway?). Someone said Boycott christmas (In general).

starbelgrade

Jakkass wrote: »

This is something that I don't get. If you have done things that you regret that sense of regret must be telling you something about the rightness or the wrongness of an action surely?

I have done things that I have regretted - I don't regret them now as they have made me the person I am now. Whether I felt that they were the right or wrong things do do at the time is irrelevant.

Run_to_da_hills

partyatmygaff wrote: »

No one said Boycott the 25th of December (How the hell would you boycott a day anyway?). Someone said Boycott christmas (In general).

There are quite a few denomination that don't accept the Christmas period for what it is, IE a commercial gimmick for the multinationals.

starbelgrade

We simply can't boycott Christmas - someone has to eat all those turkeys.