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trumad

(41,692 posts) Thu Jan 8, 2015, 10:22 AM Jan 2015

Stephen Fry on the Catholic Church---and you thought Muslims were bad.

Mr. Fry starts his speech perfectly. Let's not condemn individual Catholics for the actions of a few.....

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Stephen Fry on the Catholic Church---and you thought Muslims were bad. (Original Post) trumad Jan 2015 OP

Perfectly and quite horribly, the truth - the Catholic Church is not a force for good in djean111 Jan 2015 #1

Wow. Thanks for sharing. JaneyVee Jan 2015 #2

I think they're both bad madville Jan 2015 #3

I don't care for organized religion in general. trumad Jan 2015 #4

djean111

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1. Perfectly and quite horribly, the truth - the Catholic Church is not a force for good in

Reply to trumad (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2015, 12:09 PM

Jan 2015

this world.
And when , as Fry says, someone says oh, you would have to bring up condoms and child rape and such, look at what good we do - that really is like a criminal in court saying oh, you would have to bring up theft and manslaughter, when I do give my dad a birthday present every year.
Wrong is wrong.

Thank you for the clip!