If they are True Believers, and as such believe in the infallability of the Pope, where do people like Gibson's father (and probably Mel, too, who knows) come off with rejecting Vatican II and Pope John XXIII? See, this is where it becomes "Selective True Believing."
Lest you think I'm picking on the Catholics, I'm not. I resent fundamentalism of any stripe, and believe me, Jews have those in spades. There are orthodox jews who will not talk to me because I am a woman. I do not exist for them, except as a breeder of little orthodox clones, and even then, since I was raised Reform, they would think of me as an infidel anyway. Meanwhile, Islamic fundamentalists want to kill me because I'm 1)Jewish 2)an American and 3)a woman. Wow, I don't rate as human three ways! Woohoo! And let us not forget fundamentalist Protestants who are anti-Evolutionists and thus, pro-ignorance. Greatness. Gee, there are so many True Believers. . .I wonder which ones are right?
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Date: 2004-02-25 08:19 pm (UTC)Lest you think I'm picking on the Catholics, I'm not. I resent fundamentalism of any stripe, and believe me, Jews have those in spades. There are orthodox jews who will not talk to me because I am a woman. I do not exist for them, except as a breeder of little orthodox clones, and even then, since I was raised Reform, they would think of me as an infidel anyway. Meanwhile, Islamic fundamentalists want to kill me because I'm 1)Jewish 2)an American and 3)a woman. Wow, I don't rate as human three ways! Woohoo! And let us not forget fundamentalist Protestants who are anti-Evolutionists and thus, pro-ignorance. Greatness. Gee, there are so many True Believers. . .I wonder which ones are right?
Huh. Now there's a question.