[QUOTE=djplong;280976]bk: That is exactly my point. If we treated the Catholic Church the same way many want to treat Islam, we would have had the National Guard closing all Catholic schools because the country would have been outraged that the Church that protected the hundreds of priests who *raped* thousands upon thousands of children were operating SCHOOLS and CHILDREN'S CAMPS (I went to CYO when I was young).



Can I just say that I went to 12 years of Catholic education and Mass every Sunday and knew and interacted with and sought and received counseling from more than a few Priests in those years and never once was I made to feel uncomfortable in their presence.

Also, I've never heard a priest or Catholic say that people who won't convert to our religion should be forced to or killed and that the women of those who won't convert are free to be taken.

Also I've never had a Catholic priest attempt to get me to put on a bomb laden vest and kill myself and anyone who is attempting to live a non-Catholic life and that by doing so I would be rewarded in Heaven.

Also I've never had a Catholic priest tell me if my sister or daughter did not want to remain a Catholic or refused to marry a Catholic of my choosing that I should kill my sister or daughter to protect her honor and the honor of Catholicism.

I could say more, but you get what I'm saying. (I know, I know; you knew Muslims in Boston)
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