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Major Nikon

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10. The example you give is one frequently used by the far right
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 08:10 PM
Nov 2019

The obvious problem with it is the party platform can and does change at every convention. When the party changed its platform to abandon racist ideas, the racists abandoned the party for the GOP who welcomed them with open arms and still accommodates them to this very day.

The analogy to the RCC is very problematic. The RCC has no provisions to reinvent itself every 4 years. In fact its doctrine is derived from source material which hasn’t changed in thousands of years.

It’s fair to say the RCC was enabling child rape a thousand years ago just like they do today. It’s also fair to say the RCC was treating certain social classes as second class citizens (at best) just like it does today.

So yes, organizations do change and sometimes they don’t.

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Thank you for admitting to your own limitations in this matter. eom guillaumeb Nov 2019 #1
I don't see it has been demonstrated edhopper Nov 2019 #2
I was simply noting MM's limitations. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #3
And History. And Current court cases around the world. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #37
History makes for a bad present. Igel Nov 2019 #4
Remarkable there are still who choose to defend the criminal organization. trotsky Nov 2019 #5
That is not what the poster said, but you are consistent in your narrative. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #6
That is exactly what the poster said. Voltaire2 Nov 2019 #7
Explain how I am wrong then, instead of falsely bashing me. trotsky Nov 2019 #8
Look at your own title. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #9
My title: "Remarkable there are still who choose to defend the criminal organization." trotsky Nov 2019 #12
Again, you ignore what the poster wrote. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #14
So you are retracting your false claim about what I said? trotsky Nov 2019 #16
My words stand. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #18
Your false words, yes. trotsky Nov 2019 #19
Truly? guillaumeb Nov 2019 #20
Really and truly. trotsky Nov 2019 #21
A weak try. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #22
Which words? trotsky Nov 2019 #23
FYI, I eagerly await your retraction and apology. trotsky Nov 2019 #24
Read the bolded eportions of #20. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #25
I did. I wrote them, then I read them, then I read them again. trotsky Nov 2019 #29
#14 guillaumeb Nov 2019 #33
#715 trotsky Dec 2019 #34
Pretty much guaranteed you'll simply get the same nonsense repeated ad nauseum Major Nikon Nov 2019 #27
You'll note, he's dropped his defense of his initial claim, because he knows it's bullshit. trotsky Nov 2019 #30
You'd think he'd know the difference Major Nikon Nov 2019 #32
He won't Major Nikon Nov 2019 #11
He outright lied about what I said. trotsky Nov 2019 #13
Unfortunately for you, your own words refute your claim here. guillaumeb Nov 2019 #15
My own words prove your claim utterly false. trotsky Nov 2019 #17
The example you give is one frequently used by the far right Major Nikon Nov 2019 #10
The Roman Catholic church has impeded the spirit of Christianity at almost every stage. Karadeniz Nov 2019 #26
Who gets to decide the "spirit of Christianity"? Major Nikon Nov 2019 #28
I did not choose to list the things the RCC has done in its history MineralMan Nov 2019 #31
Yes, but on the plus side of the ledger.. Permanut Dec 2019 #35
Absolutely. A handsome European man with blue eyes and long straight hair. MineralMan Dec 2019 #36
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