The Carthars that were called before the inquisition were at least raised Catholic. The Carthars were notorious for poisonining orthodox Catholics' wells, burning down orthodox Catholics' crops, and burning down Catholic churches. They were the terrorists of the day ("There is nothing new under the sun" --Ecclesiastes 1:9).

The Carthars that were called before the inquisition were at least raised Catholic. The Carthars were notorious for poisonining orthodox Catholics' wells, burning down orthodox Catholics' crops, and burning down Catholic churches. They were the terrorists of the day ("There is nothing new under the sun" --Ecclesiastes 1:9).

Opinions are like a$$holes everybody has one and yours just stinks more than average.
I do admit that you are entertaining in a crude and ineffectual way.
You are an amusing little troll.

Not all Catholics hate Jews. I don't. Were not Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and all the apostles Jews? Surely the Muslims represent a much greater threat to world peace and our freedom of religion than do the Jews.

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and peace for the whole world."

--a sign I saw outside a synogogue in New Orleans

I try to treat women and men with respect, regardless of their religious beliefs.

Not all Catholics hate Jews. I don't. Were not Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and all the apostles Jews? Surely the Muslims represent a much greater threat to world peace and our freedom of religion than do the Jews.

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and peace for the whole world."

--a sign I saw outside a synogogue in New Orleans

I understand that argument, Paul, and I subscribe to the sound Catholic doctrine of supersuccessionism (sp?) that the Catholic Church is the New Israel and the New Jerusalem, faithful Catholic Christians the New Jews, and the Mass the New Passover. But this excessive hatred many Catholics have had against the Jews down through the centuries is way out of line. True, they rejected their Messiah and King but the Jews certainly aren't the only ones who don't believe in Christ. They are small in number, always were, and whatever threat to Christian civilization they pose, past and present, is greatly exaggerated by many.

In an evil world, where the very existence of the Church is threatened by socialists, secularists, sexual libertines, Muslims, Communists, and Fundamentalist Protestants, to worry about the weak and miniscule Jewish threat would be like being in a swamp and worrying about the sand fleas and ignoring the alligators.

No one can deny that the Jews,by and large, are highly intelligent and extremely skilled at business. Yes, they seem to be everywhere, yes, they seem to dominate certain industries, true, they don't believe in Christ, but they are a paper tiger, a minor irritation, certainly not nearly the threat the Muslims or Communists or secularists or Fundamentalist Protestants pose. Brazil is now 40% Fundamentalist Protestant, not 40% Jewish. Let us learn where the real threat is.

What has sustained Judaism all these centuries since Christ? Persecution of them! They rally to each other because of this. In today's world the error of Indifferentism (the belief that one religion is as good as another) has infected the Church. Ironically Judaism has the most to fear from Indifferentism---if one teligion is as good as another, why be a Jew, especially a passionate Jew? If one religion is as good as another, Goldstein and Shapiro will start eating ham sandwiches. (Does anyone know of any Jew who actually abstains from pork?)

Had medieval Catholics yawned at the Jews instead of getting so excited by the Jews, perhaps all, or most, of the Jews could have been converted long ago and could have become at least nominal Catholics.

Jews are, at present, our staunch allies in the jihad Muslims fight against the rest of the world because of the Israel situation. That could change. During the Middle Ages, especially in Spain, they tended to side with the Muslims. But in the ongoing centuries-old Christian-Muslim struggle, it doesn't really matter whose side the Jews are on---they are in such small number that they're hardly even a factor.

The Jews are small in number and not much of a threat to anyone. The Muslims raid Christian villages throughout Africa and sell the people into slavery, often sexual slavery. I repeat my earlier analogy---never mind the sand fleas, concentrate on the alligators.

Did Jews engage in slave trading in the past? Maybe, but the important thing is they don't do it anymore. To blame the Jews for some slsve trading they did in 1707 is like still blaming the Catholic Church for having inquisitions five hundred years ago, or still blaming Americans for slavery, or still blaming modern Germany for the Nazi atrocities. All this is in the past.

But jihad, slave trading, stoning rape victims, terrorism, sharia law---these aren't things the Muslims did 500 years and are long forgotten. All of this still is very much a part of today's Muslim belief and practice. The Muslim threat is real. The Jewish threat is non-existent.