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23. You don't admonish them for their vices.

Fri May 17, 2019, 06:22 PM

May 2019

That is the opposite of what a priest does!

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Knowing I will be chided, I'm going to relate a personal anecdote: [View all] MineralMan May 2019 OP

Thanks. It's pretty simple logic, I think. MineralMan May 2019 #6

Yes, there is hypocrisy in such pretending. MineralMan May 2019 #5

Televangelists. blueinredohio May 2019 #10

How fascinating, MM. 3catwoman3 May 2019 #3

It sounds like you have found a good place to be. MineralMan May 2019 #4

And a new musical adventure, as I now... 3catwoman3 May 2019 #15

Bonus! MineralMan May 2019 #16

That's not unheard of Major Nikon May 2019 #20

One hopes you do not find yourself on a sidewalk in Bangladesh. MineralMan May 2019 #12

It takes all kinds, brother MM, it takes all kinds. marble falls May 2019 #14

My take as an agnostic Episcopalian wryter2000 May 2019 #8

Ah, yes, OK. I suppose there are many agnostics MineralMan May 2019 #13

Long after being raised as a conservative Lutheran... TreasonousBastard May 2019 #9

That's interesting. MineralMan May 2019 #11

I'm the same way Cartoonist May 2019 #17

That's not really the same, though. Mariana May 2019 #19

I see a major similarity Cartoonist May 2019 #22

You don't admonish them for their vices. Mariana May 2019 #23

Belief is a vice. nt Cartoonist May 2019 #24

I would say faith is a vice, not belief. Mariana May 2019 #25

I would guess that the priest had convinced himself Mariana May 2019 #18

Could be, but the liturgy of the Mass MineralMan May 2019 #21

I'm curious why you thought you would be chided. N/T Foolacious May 2019 #27

It's a peculiar thing that happens in the Religion Group. MineralMan May 2019 #28