More Anti-Catholic Tripe

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What are we to do with ridiculous and spiritually demented stuff like this? It’s being posted on Christian message boards and likely will have influence on more than a few who are looking for more reasons to hate Rome. Any advice is appreciated.

meguiar.addr.com/black_pope.htm

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Dont bother. That sort of paranoia isnt worth the breath it takes to refute it. If someone believes it you wont convince them otherwise. Its a sort of MEME which infects the mind and takes on a life of its own.
 
Did you ever notice that anti-Catholicism seems to go hand in hand with ugly web design? :hmmm:

(ahem…orange forums notwithstanding :whistle: )
 
I’m Sicilian, and in my house tripe is actually a kind of delicacy.

Please don’t equate it with the **** that passes for anti-Catholicism.

Thank you.

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DominvsVobiscvm:
I’m Sicilian, and in my house tripe is actually a kind of delicacy.

Please don’t equate it with the **** that passes for anti-Catholicism.

Thank you.

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U are back? :eek: wohooo 😃
 
Did you ever notice that anti-Catholicism seems to go hand in hand with ugly web design?
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Where is the flame-wreathed cow skull? You can’t have a self-respecting anti-Catholic site without a mitred cow skull.
 
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1962Missal:
Where is the flame-wreathed cow skull? You can’t have a self-respecting anti-Catholic site without a mitred cow skull.
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You also need at least one of those cobbled together photoshop images of a leopard with bear’s feet, a lion’s mouth, ten horns, etc. Those are reeeeeally cool.
 
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metal1633:
Please not that the one of the author’s main sources is COMIC BOOKS. Jack Chick COMIC BOOKS.

Hmm REAL reputable scholarship there.

catholic.com/library/sr_chick_tracts.asp
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I don’t think this site is claiming to be Christian like Chick. This is a pagan or new age type of thing going on it seems, there’s no mention of Christ. The state of mind might be similar to Chick’s though;)
 
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Socrates:
Did you ever notice that anti-Catholicism seems to go hand in hand with ugly web design? :hmmm:

(ahem…orange forums notwithstanding :whistle: )
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:clapping:

Don’t tell Malachi Martin that the Jesuits are leading the Church in the 21st Century… :eek:
 
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GoodSamaritan:
What are we to do with ridiculous and spiritually demented stuff like this? It’s being posted on Christian message boards and likely will have influence on more than a few who are looking for more reasons to hate Rome. Any advice is appreciated.

meguiar.addr.com/black_pope.htm

GS
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I saw the words The Black Pope and I thought they were talking about Arinze as a possible candidate. 😛

Seriously though…people are just crazy and believe all sorts of crazy ****.
 
What’s wrong with it? I only saw the first line of course. But I think a black Pope would be a great idea! Think about the Evangelistic opportunities that would create.

Or did miss something by not reading further? 😉

Mel
 
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DominvsVobiscvm:
I’m Sicilian, and in my house tripe is actually a kind of delicacy.

Please don’t equate it with the **** that passes for anti-Catholicism.

Thank you.

😃
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I agree, when I lived in Sicily I quite enjoyed Calabria, Busecca, and best of all, Tripa all’Olivitana.
 
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Melchior:
What’s wrong with it? I only saw the first line of course. But I think a black Pope would be a great idea! Think about the Evangelistic opportunities that would create.

Or did miss something by not reading further? 😉

Mel
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Yes you did. But I dont suggest reading further. I did. Very creepy people.
 
I’ve found that a lot of this anti-Catholic junk is modern interpretations of an English Bible. Plus, they only look at one verse, not the whole passage. They also try to attack the pope, which is a big “NO-NO!” Just steer clear of these folks, though: THEY ARE NOT VERY OPEN-MINDED! I found an interesting anti-Catholic website that denounces many points of the Church. Maybe someone could look at it and send me a message with some ways this website is wrong.

www.bible.ca/catholic.htm
 
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luckyirishguy14:
I found an interesting anti-Catholic website that denounces many points of the Church. Maybe someone could look at it and send me a message with some ways this website is wrong.

www.bible.ca/catholic.htm
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I’ve just been browsing the site and your request is quite a tall order. To paraphrase St. Thomas More…searching for errors on that website is like searching for water in the sea. It’s a typical mish-mosh of false characterizations of Catholicism and arguments against strawmen.

Checking out the “questions for Catholics” section I quite literally was expecting to see “Have you stopped beating your wife yet?” 🙂
 
I am currently in an e-mail correspondence with a graduate student at Bob Jones Univ. I questioned him about his school being anti-Catholic. He assured me that neither he nor the university was anti-Catholic. He went on to explain that ‘anti’ implies bigotry and hatred and they are not, they are non-Catholic and Christian. However, I found a rather scathing article about Catholicism by Ian Paisley in the website (BJU’s) library. When I question him, he defended the man. I then found Ian Paisley’s website www.ianpaisley.org and, whew, what hatred towards Catholics did I find there. I questioned him further. He again insisted that being opposed to Catholicism is not anti-Catholic. I argued that being opposed to VS spreading sarcasm, disrespect, and name calling are two different things.

Did this guy lead me down the garden path in order to get a chance to “save” me? or do they (BJU students and Paisley followers) truly believe that what they are doing is not anti-Catholic?
 
Did this guy lead me down the garden path in order to get a chance to “save” me? or do they (BJU students and Paisley followers) truly believe that what they are doing is not anti-Catholic?
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I think that most of them truly believe that they are not anti-Catholic in the sense that they hate Catholics. Frankly if Catholicism actually were what they tell people that it is, I would hate Catholicism too. I think they are only acting upon what they’ve been taught to believe.

I have a theory that Catholics who really know their faith well have a much different experience with the anti-Catholic than do the casual not so knowledgeable Catholics. The anti-Catholic is used to going after the “low hanging fruit” (Catholics who don’t know anything about Catholicism) and walking away with a “newly saved soul.” Then they’re all happy and proud.

When an anti-Catholic tries to evangelize a faithful, knowledgeable Catholic though, they end up losing their cool and behaving badly because they are not used to being rebuffed. The faithful Catholic has spoiled their “prize.” Then you start hearing all sorts of accusations about how you won’t hear the truth or that you’re blinded by “romish doctrines.” They frankly cannot even fathom that they might have it wrong and they’re usually not willing to even read any Catholic apologetics.
 
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Socrates:
I think that most of them truly believe that they are not anti-Catholic in the sense that they hate Catholics. Frankly if Catholicism actually were what they tell people that it is, I would hate Catholicism too. I think they are only acting upon what they’ve been taught to believe.

I have a theory that Catholics who really know their faith well have a much different experience with the anti-Catholic than do the casual not so knowledgeable Catholics. The anti-Catholic is used to going after the “low hanging fruit” (Catholics who don’t know anything about Catholicism) and walking away with a “newly saved soul.” Then they’re all happy and proud.

When an anti-Catholic tries to evangelize a faithful, knowledgeable Catholic though, they end up losing their cool and behaving badly because they are not used to being rebuffed. The faithful Catholic has spoiled their “prize.” Then you start hearing all sorts of accusations about how you won’t hear the truth or that you’re blinded by “romish doctrines.” They frankly cannot even fathom that they might have it wrong and they’re usually not willing to even read any Catholic apologetics.
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Yes, I’m beginning to see that that might be true. 😦
 
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