Hate Crimes Against Catholics Show 33% Increase in 2006

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Not surprising to say the least.

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Reminds of what our Blessed Lord said, "

Matthew 17:20 But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
 
Does that mean Catholics are the new Jews? Or Catholics are the new African-Americans?
 
John 15:18 “If the world hates you,know that it has hated me before it hated you.”

I think, its going to get worst as time goes on.

John:)
 
Prayerjohn said:
John 15:18 “If the world hates you,know that it has hated me before it hated you.”

I think, its going to get worst as time goes on.

John:)
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Christopher Dawson says we are living in an age "**described by the author of the Apocalypse **than with the age of St. Augustine. The world is strong and it has evil masters. But these masters are not vicious autocrats like Nero and Domitian. They are the engineers of the mechanism of world power: a mechanism that is more formidable than anything the ancient world knew, because it is not confined to external means, like the despotisms of the past, but uses all the resources of modern psychology to make the human soul the motor of its dynamic purpose."
 
DaveBj said:
Does that mean Catholics are the new Jews? Or Catholics are the new African-Americans?
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Uh, no. There is certainly anti-Catholic bias out there but it is so small compared to Anti-semitism and racism. If you look at the report (which is very interesting BTW) most religous hate crimes are vandalism or robbery, with little violence. There were 76 anti-catholic incidents only 9 of which involved violence. There are 69 Million Catholics in the US, so a little over one per million. There were 967 anti-jewish incidents, but only 80 with violence. There are about 4 million Jews in America so about 24 per million.

There were 3,136 anti-black incidents for 37 million blacks so about 85 per million. About 30% of these incidents involve violence.

So, yeah, there is anti-Catholicism out there but let’s not kid ourselves. Catholics are not what you would call an oppressed minority in the US.
 
If they hate, just laugh and point out exactly where they are wrong with theological proof, then they chatter no more 😃
 
bones_IV said:
Have no idea. That’s nothing though compared with the persecution China carries out.
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True dat. But the Chinese aren’t targetting only the Catholics. They are equal opportunity persecutors.
 
bones_IV said:
What do you mean by equal opportunity persecutors?
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The Chinese only actually allow certain religions to even operate “officially,” of which Catholicism is one (as long as it is not the version that recognizes the Pope as the head of the Church). The Chinese government has no love for and has persecuted not only Catholics, but other Christians as well, and some of their more ferevent persecution has actually been against non-Christians.

We should wish to eliminate all such persecution. Recognizing that other persecution exists in no way minimizes the persecution against Catholics and other Christians.
 
gomer_tree said:
The Chinese only actually allow certain religions to even operate “officially,” of which Catholicism is one (as long as it is not the version that recognizes the Pope as the head of the Church). The Chinese government has no love for and has persecuted not only Catholics, but other Christians as well, and some of their more ferevent persecution has actually been against non-Christians.

We should wish to eliminate all such persecution. Recognizing that other persecution exists in no way minimizes the persecution against Catholics and other Christians.
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I see.
 
Matthew 5:10-12
10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

11 "Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you
 
For what it’s worth, I think anti-Catholicism is at a very low ebb. Before Vatican II Protestants and Jews both were very skeptical of Catholicism - not Catholics so much but Catholicism -because it seemed to be out of sinc with US democracy. Several Popes had severely denounced democracy, including separation of church and state. Catholicism appeared to be a holdover from medieval times built around a monarchy (Papacy) with divine rights. The Pope was the object of much medieval-like adulation and, with papal infallibility (1870) had the power to declare doctrine in the areas of faith and morals.
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  Two things have changed since Vatican II. When Catholicism relaxed its hostility toward the outside world, Protestants were quick to welcome ecumenism and overnight both were worshiping together, priests joined ministerial associations, etc. That cut down anti-Catholicism very rapidly. 

  Perhaps more important, it appears that Catholicism in Europe and USA (and Canada) has lost its grip on its people. The old fear was that the church controlled the thinking of the faithful. Today this isn't at all true. When the Pope speaks, most Catholics may pay some attention but not much. They have become cafeteria Catholics, picking and choosing what they will believe. This has further weakened the earlier fear and suspicion that Protestants and Jews had of Catholicism. They know now that the church cannot marshal much support to enforce it moral and political philosophy on the wider society.
 
Oh, and let me add this. The most flagrant anti-Catholics seems to be (1) ex-Catholics, (2) hard-line secularists who oppose all religion and (3) a few fundamentalist Protestants who still view Catholicism as a pagan corruption of Christianity. Mainline Protestants generally are warm toward the cordial and friendly type of Catholicism represented by Fr. Richard McBrien, columnist, and others who think like he does.
 
Roy5 said:
For what it’s worth, I think anti-Catholicism is at a very low ebb. Before Vatican II Protestants and Jews both were very skeptical of Catholicism - not Catholics so much but Catholicism -because it seemed to be out of sinc with US democracy.
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So.
Roy5 said:
Several Popes had severely denounced democracy, including separation of church and state.
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Who, what, when, where how?
Roy5 said:
Catholicism appeared to be a holdover from medieval times built around a monarchy (Papacy) with divine rights.
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The Church is not a democracy.
Roy5 said:
When Catholicism relaxed its hostility toward the outside world, Protestants were quick to welcome ecumenism and overnight both were worshiping together, priests joined ministerial associations, etc. That cut down anti-Catholicism very rapidly.
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Ecumenists all worship the same gods.
 
Roy5 said:
Oh, and let me add this. The most flagrant anti-Catholics seems to be (1) ex-Catholics, (2) hard-line secularists who oppose all religion and (3) a few fundamentalist Protestants who still view Catholicism as a pagan corruption of Christianity. Mainline Protestants generally are warm toward the cordial and friendly type of Catholicism represented by Fr. Richard McBrien, columnist, and others who think like he does.
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But when it comes to Fr. Levis, Fr. John Trigilio and others they are very hostile to them.
 
While “Hate Crimes” against Catholics may be up by 33%, that statistic is VERY MISLEADING. Most people seem to assume, and very incorrectly, that hate crimes against Catholics are common. In fact, hate crimes against Catholics are very rare.

Digging deeper into the tables, of the total number of hate crimes of all types, only 18.1% of the total are even related to ANY religion at all.

Breaking it down further, of that 18.1% related to religion, here are the breakdowns by religion.
Religious bias
Of the 1,750 victims of an anti-religion hate crime:
65.4 percent were victims of an offender’s anti-Jewish bias.
11.9 percent were victims of an anti-Islamic bias.
4.9 percent were victims of an anti-Catholic bias.
3.7 percent were victims of an anti-Protestant bias.
0.5 percent were victims of an anti-Atheist/Agnostic bias.
8.4 percent were victims of a bias against other religions (anti-other religion).
5.3 percent were victims of a bias against groups of individuals of varying religions (anti-multiple religions, group).​
So while a 33% increase seems like a big number, the actual rate is only 4.9% of 18.1% of the total for a numeric count of about 87 actual hate crimes committed against Catholics over the course of an entire year, almost 1.3 per week. So the 33% increase means that the prior year there was about 1 crime per week.

Clearly our Jewish friends have a lot more to worry about than we do. Catholics were the object of hate crimes about 87 times but Jews were the objects of hate crimes about 1000 times.

Just a little perspective.
 
All crimes are of hatred. Why should we be concerned over the fact that they are against Catholics? It seems to me that we want some special protection against hate crimes while denying that to certain other groups.
 
goofyjim said:
All crimes are of hatred. Why should we be concerned over the fact that they are against Catholics? It seems to me that we want some special protection against hate crimes while denying that to certain other groups.
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Why should any group then get special protection against hate crimes? Why should blacks? Why should gays and lesbians?
 
LRThunder said:
Why should any group then get special protection against hate crimes? Why should blacks? Why should gays and lesbians?
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Exactly my point. Either all should get protection or we do away with any hate crimes legislation and just treat crimes for what they are.
 
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