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Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I really love it when the Catholic Church talks about distortion of facts by "evil" people and how we should all pray for them. What about 2000 years of distortion by the Church. Let's talk about an "evil" Pope who made Mary Magdalene to be a prostitute when we now know that if the ministry of Jesus existed, she probably was a rich patron who played a dominant role. What about Gospels that existed alongside the four that we know off, like the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Judas which never saw the light of day because they didn't fit in with their theology. What about scrolls found at Nag Hamadi written by Gnostics, a sect of Christianity probably persecuted and driven to extinction by mainstream Christians of the time. What about centuries of manipulation of theology by Popes and Bishops and Cardinals that conveniently created Virgin births and Holy Spirits to explain away loopholes in the gospels. And when all else fails let's not forget "blind faith" for none shall be so bold as to put their doubting fingers into the palms of Christ and question the Catholic Church on issues, on theology or on history. Ofcourse, as Cardinal Dias states, "more things are wrought by prayer than the world can dream off", like tsunamis and earthquakes and genocides and famines. Let's not forget that "God has a plan for every natural disaster victim" because ofcourse there was something wrong with the original plan of him spending the rest of his life with his loved ones. The Catholic Church can easily put Mafia Dons to shame when it comes to spiritual extortion and Stalin had nothing on totalitarian regimes and towing the party line when compared to the Catholic Church. Enough! At least Dan Brown's novel is labeled fiction. What has the Church been pedaling all these years? Elisabeth -------------------------------------------- --- Frederick Noronha wrote: --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Cardinal Dias Deplores Anti-Christian Films, > Launches Prayer Crusade _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)