True. In the Philippines, these Pedophiles tell those poor families with 8+ kids that they should breed more ”blessings from God”.

LOL!!!!

I apologize for my harsh tone and I am sorry. I was very rude and it was uncalled for. Please accept my apology.

That quote is about respecting secular government, not just your religious laws, and paying taxes.

It’s not Catholic doctrine to give a portion of income to the Church? (We’ll skip the nitpicking of how much and of what, and the difference between ‘giving’ and ‘required’, and even OT v NT - Jesus said give to God what is God’s.) And I’m not talking about tithing Mormon-style, where everyone knows everyone else’s…

Despite our initial conflict we are pretty simpatico. While in college I explored many different religions but due to personal experiences I have a deep seeded Christian belief, so despite trying to learn about as many different religions as possible, I am stuck with a handful of options (my pretty big angel/cross…

I love when people act civilly towards one another in internet arguments. Warms my heart guts.

I also apologize for becoming extremely harsh.

All Judeo-Christian faiths require it. Leviticus and Deuteronomy, from memory. One tenth belongs to God and is to be given to the Church for its upkeep.

As long as the Church requires a tithe (which is the minimum every Christian is to give, one tenth of income, off the top, and doesn’t count other monetary contributions, time spent on church business, food and goods donations, the new roof fund, foreign missionary fund, etc) - then BrightEyes’ point about money is …

As a Catholic from childhood, I believe the Catholic Church is a criminal organization.

The amount of paid leave blows me away. I live in Canada. Anything less than a year for growing and birthing another human is considered barbaric.

RE: Potato sacks

I don’t know about Mormons specifically, but a few years ago I did some casual research about fundamentalist Christian groups (many of which have no pants rules). The reason they consider skirts more modest than pants is because pants show the full outline of women’s legs, which is apparently deeply tempting. It’s…

Australia knew he was guilty the second he fled to Rome. Too sick to fly home my butt, he was healthy enough to scarper when people first started talking.

Can I just ask, how the fuck is Locomotive Jones (or whoever keeps creating that troll account) not IP banned yet. It’s getting boring to flag his bizarre anti-Muslim rants for hate speech now.

Ivanka Trump had a similar approach. She didn’t need/take maternity leave so she didn’t bother to initially offer it to her employees.

But now ladies are not only allowed to no longer suffer financial penalties for biology, they also can wear pants - misogyny solved, equality achieved.

I’d imagine it’s because they think the woman should work up until the point where she has her first kid, and then her job for the next 20-25 years is being mommy, a la the 1950's nuclear family ideal.

Be my guest, but I’m mostly parroting what I’ve read anyhow. Circle of life.

At first I only occasionally remembered Hillary saying “We have to choose what kind of a country we want to be.” Now I think about that every time I see a story about a police shooting, or a noose or a confederate flag flying, or a monument to Emmitt Till being smashed up.