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RE: New here, Irish Ex-catholic
May 22, 2013 at 7:28 pm
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(May 21, 2013 at 2:15 am)swata224 Wrote: Heya  I come from an Irish Catholic family as well, nothing like a Catholic mammy to put the fear of God in ye!
Ah the catholic mammy, combine that with Irish mammy and you should have something capable of being harnassed as a fuel source. If ya could harness them that is.
(May 21, 2013 at 2:22 am)goodnews Wrote: Congradulations for comeing out of Babylon, and commiserations for going back in, be it at a different gate !
Well that makes no sense, HI though. Are you a your way or the high way kinda person. What's the correct gate in your opinion?
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RE: New here, Irish Ex-catholic
May 23, 2013 at 8:56 am
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
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RE: New here, Irish Ex-catholic
May 23, 2013 at 9:44 am
(May 22, 2013 at 7:28 pm)Terr Wrote: What's the correct gate in your opinion?
I'm guessing that it works more like a trap door.
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RE: New here, Irish Ex-catholic
June 2, 2013 at 5:15 am
Quote:What's the correct gate in your opinion?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_vzG5nYk1I
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Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
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RE: New here, Irish Ex-catholic
June 2, 2013 at 5:18 am
One day when I was going home from the pub, I saw an Irish man only wearing one shoe.
I called him "Hey! You lost your shoe!"
He called back: "No! I found one!"
Couldnt resist 
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RE: New here, Irish Ex-catholic
June 3, 2013 at 9:40 pm
(June 2, 2013 at 5:18 am)The Germans are coming Wrote: One day when I was going home from the pub, I saw an Irish man only wearing one shoe.
I called him "Hey! You lost your shoe!"
He called back: "No! I found one!"
Couldnt resist
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Interestingly a friend of mine managed to lose both shoes one night, so you sir, are forgiven, no insult caused.
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RE: New here, Irish Ex-catholic
June 4, 2013 at 4:40 pm
(May 20, 2013 at 10:31 pm)Terr Wrote: ...also ex-christian, ex-agnostic, ex-deist. Yeah my realisation was slow, one question after another. Happy to meet you all.
Better late than never. There's a dead chick in Ireland thanks to the Catholic Church.
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RE: New here, Irish Ex-catholic
June 4, 2013 at 4:45 pm
Quote:It’s very hard,” he told the Irish Times. “It has been a terrible few weeks, very hard to understand how this can happen in the 21st century, very hard to explain to her family.”
It isn't so hard....he's the victim of a 4th century bit of religious superstition.
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RE: New here, Irish Ex-catholic
June 5, 2013 at 9:03 pm
Frankly as the inquest continues there is more medical fuck up than religion at fault, true a termination would have saved her, but the degree of infection was missed medically. It's a strange situation because abortion is legal to save the life of the mother, but the legislastion is unclear and doctors unwilling to risk it.
Anyway true to form the catholic church and trying to turn this into an 'abortion on demand' debate, rather than the introduction of necessary legislation.
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