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Another point: I've never understood the whole catholic guilt thing. Why exactly did Jesus need to get flogged to death for our sins? Why do we need physical abuse to rectify our greed, sloth, etc? Does that make sense to anyone? Why should I feel guilty for the sins of my forefathers? I'm a german citizen, by the way, and I don't feel one ounce responsible for all the Nazi atrocities. So why should catholics be made to feel guilty for someone stealing an apple when many of the most prominent televangelists and preachers are brought down by anything from corruption to pedophelia?
Perhaps the church itself could use a good reexamination of their doctrines and practices.GreedoLives
(apr 11 04, 19:26)
-------------------I hear ya! I'm supposed to be a catholic, and never understood why I should feel guilty... And on the Nazi thing... It's funny, the other day I was talking to a friend of mine about how european people's guilt about the Holocaust has been a fundamental basis for Israel to act whatever and whenever they've wanted to. Oh poor people, look what they've passed through in the past, we can't tell them this or that, and hey, the Bible says that territory belongs to them (gotta laugh now). How many holocausts have been in our history? Many, too many. Just to name a few, there's what we did at South America and what WASPS did to american indians. I don't feel guilty about those genocides, why should I feel guilty about the jewish one? Fuck guilt! I'm only responsible for my own acts, not for what some crazy fuckers did in the past. And I shit on those who use other people's guilt to do what they want. I despise them, oh my, how I despise them!