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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Veers: [QB] This, unfortunately, is the result of a Pope who is very old, has Parkinson's disease, and is not quite "all there." When a new pope comes around, maybe things will be different. And, what's all this "join us or be damned" crap? Do you people [i]really believe[/i] that all Christians are like Pat Robertson and those evangelists you see on TV? Do you [i]actually[/i] believe that? Or do you not know that most Christians preach the fact that you can get salvation no matter what belief you have? You can be a Muslim, a Jew, or a Hindu and all is well, provided you believe in God and you follow the Ten Commandments. Believe me, the Church is not a society driven by money-loving Bishops and Cardinals and Popes like it was hundreds of years ago. We have become reformed and more intent on preaching the word of God then on converting the "savages" and "Pagans." Conversion still goes on but does not happen at the point of a sword, like it used to. In Yemen last year, three Baptist missionaries were gunned down at their church by an Islamic militant, and one of them was from [i]my home town.[/i] The militant thought they were trying to convert the people. They were not. They were running the hospital to help the local people. An unfortunate side affect of the belief that all Christians are trying to convert others. Unless you study the church, or still go to church, don't ramble about it's flaws. If you haven't ever been to church or listened to a minister or hear everything you complain abut on the news or from some evangelist's mouth, then don't complain about it. The Church is not perfect, but it's not a greedy, always covering-up institution. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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