Bendict is quiting (Wags can't stop flogging himself)

[War Wagon]

I went to a Catholic School up until high school. I didn't get baptized or join the church however, since I was able to think for myself at a much younger age than you.

:?

so you're saying that when you were all of 14 years old, you told your parents just wtf was up and that you weren't going to a Catholic school anymore?

or was it right out of the womb, you told your parents - "baptism? I don't need no stinking baptism! Take your baptism and your circumcision and go fuck yourselves, homies"

That's awesome.

[Screw_Michigan]

so you're saying that when you were all of 14 years old, you told your parents just wtf was up and that you weren't going to a Catholic school anymore?

Belaboring the obvious that you're an idiot, but many families send kids to parochial schools K-8 and then send them to the local publics for high school. I'm sorry you're bitter that you didn't get to escape the slavery of parochial like those more fortunate, but don't act so fucking surprised.

[R-Jack]

What was more awesome was that I was able to understand it at a much younger age than 14, hence never joining up while in catholic school as I stated.

Try to follow along next time.

[War Wagon]

many families send kids to parochial schools K-8 and then send them to the local publics for high school.

Not where I'm from, they don't.

What would be the point? To be taught the same Math and English in 12th grade that you learned in the 5th grade at a Catholic school?

I guess that explains your degree in jizz mopping.

[War Wagon]

What was more awesome was that I was able to understand it at a much younger age than 14, hence never joining up while in catholic school as I stated.

Try to follow along next time.

What we have here is a lack of basic understanding of what it means to be raised Catholic and sent to Catholic school.

Try to follow along?

If you walk and talk like a duck... you're a duck.

If you attend a Catholic school, you're a Catholic. There is no "joining"... you are either born a Catholic or you are not. You can try to deny being a Catholic, renounce it even. Never go to church again the rest of your life. But once a Catholic, always a Catholic.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

If you attend a Catholic school, you're a Catholic.

What?

You can try to deny being a Catholic, renounce it even. Never go to church again the rest of your life. But once a Catholic, always a Catholic.

What?

[Van]

If you attend a Catholic school, you're a Catholic.

Uhh...no. I went to Notre Dame for four years and didn't spend a single minute of it as a Catholic. Not only was I not Catholic, I wrote an anti-Catholicism essay for my final term paper. (Well, okay, it was anti-organized religion, not just anti-Catholicism.)

In fact, the best teacher I ever had there was a hilarious screaming Jew named Loren Shackman, who taught...wait for it...Freshman Religion.

One of my best friends there? Baldeep Bhullar. As Sikh as they get, and definitely not Catholic.

Jesus, dude. Okay, fine, I get that you're just trolling, but damn.

[smackaholic]

Van is a domer?

And a SC fan?

Gotta be the only one on the planet.

[Screw_Michigan]

Van is a domer?

And a SC fan?

Gotta be the only one on the planet.

Who's surprised? Killitard didn't go to ND.

[Diego in Seattle]

What was more awesome was that I was able to understand it at a much younger age than 14, hence never joining up while in catholic school as I stated.

Try to follow along next time.

What we have here is a lack of basic understanding of what it means to be raised Catholic and sent to Catholic school.

Try to follow along?

If you walk and talk like a duck... you're a duck.

If you attend a Catholic school, you're a Catholic.

And I'm a Mormon!

Sin,

[R-Jack]

If you attend a Catholic school, you're a Catholic.

Really? Catholics can avoid the baptism, the conformation and eucharist just by.................paying tuition?

You've gotten more humorous as this thread as progressed.

[Smackie Chan]

Van is a domer?

It's hard for me to imagine that, after all these years of posting on the boards, and given his penchant for verbosity (not a knock, just an observation), Van would've never mentioned having lived in South Bend. My guess is he attended ND High School in Sherman Oaks.

[smackaholic]

Van is a domer?

It's hard for me to imagine that, after all these years of posting on the boards, and given his penchant for verbosity (not a knock, just an observation), Van would've never mentioned having lived in South Bend. My guess is he attended ND High School in Sherman Oaks.

yeah, i half expect he threw that out there to see who bit at it before clarifying he meant some ND high school. I suspect there is at least one in every state.

[smackaholic]

Cali public schools may be the worst in the state, but the people who cause the mess are welcome in Missouri with openly ignorant arms.

Never heard of this town called cali. Where is it? Inland empire maybe? It could explain his moving to KC.

[War Wagon]

What?

Yes Marty, I was aware of the inherent contradiction in those mutually exclusive statements. But I thought they sounded good at the time so rolled the dice anyway.... craps.

[Van]

Van is a domer?

It's hard for me to imagine that, after all these years of posting on the boards, and given his penchant for verbosity (not a knock, just an observation), Van would've never mentioned having lived in South Bend. My guess is he attended ND High School in Sherman Oaks.

yeah, i half expect he threw that out there to see who bit at it before clarifying he meant some ND high school. I suspect there is at least one in every state.

As many times as it's been discussed on these boards, I didn't think I needed to clarify it again. Yes, NDHS in Sherman Oaks which, the last I checked, was and still is a Catholic school.

[War Wagon]

I, for one, didn't know that you went to a Catholic HS so this is news to me.

Rack your parents or legal guardians, then, for trying to give you the best education available. That experience certainly didn't hurt your development.

People denigrate Catholicism for a few recent bad news stories, completely ignoring the good works that this venerable institution has done over the course of centuries. It doesn't matter if you agree with their doctrine or not, what Catholics have built speaks for itself.

Not trying to go all poptart here ( :swoon: Marty) but the Bible is the foundation of all wisdom. Where it says "by their fruits ye shall know them" (King James version, of course) take heed.

[Screw_Michigan]

best education available

Link?

[Van]

I, for one, didn't know that you went to a Catholic HS so this is news to me.

Rack your parents or legal guardians, then, for trying to give you the best education available. That experience certainly didn't hurt your development.

Believe it or not, it was entirely my doing, not theirs. Well, okay, they did pay for it.

My two brothers went to public schools. I wanted the better education and much stronger baseball program offered at Notre Dame. I didn't give two shits about the religious component, and neither did the school. Sure, I had to attend the classes and sit through the various rites, but no one there ever tried to convert me.

People denigrate Catholicism for a few recent bad news stories, completely ignoring the good works that this venerable institution has done over the course of centuries. It doesn't matter if you agree with their doctrine or not, what Catholics have built speaks for itself.

Nothing they ever built was dependent on the Catholic doctrine, and it all could have been achieved in spite of it. Otherwise, no, it was hardly a "few recent bad news stories." Besides that whole Crusades thingie, the Inquisition, the basic killing of one's fellow man in the name of some mythical figure propped up as a societal control mechanism, etc., there have also been countless incidents of sexual abuse. The thing is, you know that for every case that was reported there must have been a hundred more that never saw the light of day.

To brush all that under the rug in lieu of some wonderful buildings and glorious artwork is rather shallow.

Not trying to go all poptart here ( :swoon: Marty) but the Bible is the foundation of all wisdom.

None of the wisdom found in the Bible originated in the Bible. It's all old hand-me-downs.

C'mon, a nice trolljob is cool and all, but try not to be so transparent about it.

[mvscal]

Besides that whole Crusades thingie,

"That whole Crusades thingie" was a response to Islamic aggression or did they not bother with history at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks?

Muslims stole Christian land not vice versa.

[BSmack]

Besides that whole Crusades thingie,

"That whole Crusades thingie" was a response to Islamic aggression or did they not bother with history at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks?

Muslims stole Christian land not vice versa.

And that explains the sack of Constantinople how?

[Mikey]

. . . the Bible is the foundation of all wisdom.

Yikes Wags, the Bible is full of wisdom, distilled from the ages, but in reality it is only one small chapter, occuring somewhat late in the book of the wisdom of mankind.

Sayin'.

Don't forget, it's full of a lot of bullshit too.

[mvscal]

Besides that whole Crusades thingie,

"That whole Crusades thingie" was a response to Islamic aggression or did they not bother with history at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks?

Muslims stole Christian land not vice versa.

And that explains the sack of Constantinople how?

There was no religious context to the sack of Constantinople. It was not sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, the attack was carried out in defiance of explicit written instructions from the Pope. No Christians were to be attacked. The reasons for the attack were political intrigue within and without the Byzantine Empire, payback for prior atrocities and economic pressure in Venice.

The organizers of the 4th Crusade contracted with Venice for transport of about 5,000 heavy cavalry and 30,000 infantry. The plan was to land in Egypt and drive northeast for Jerusalem. Venice needed a year to build and man the ships and train the crews. This was a gigantic investment for Venice both in capital and manpower and their economy was essentially brought to a standstill to fufill the order. When the time came to depart, only about a third of the anticipated force showed up and they were proportionately light in the wallet. Needless to say, the Venetians weren't very happy about that development.

Into this shitstorm of threats and recriminations stepped an exiled Byzantine princeling, the son of the recently deposed monarch. He offered to pay the Crusaders' way, provide thousands of Byzantine troops for the Crusade and other concessions for the Church. The Venetians knew that he didn't have a prayer of raising that kind of scratch or delivering on any of his promises but it did get them thinking.

Constantinople was ripe for the picking. It was in a state of political turmoil and the Venetians certainly hadn't forgotten about the Massacre of the Latins some twenty years earlier. 60,000 Italians from Venice, Genoa and Pisa were ethnically cleansed from Constantinople in a populist uprising. The massacre was indiscriminate and thousands of men, women and children were massacred. Thousands more were forced to flee for their lives. The stage was set for the Venetians to get some payback for that and recoup some of their losses in putting together that enormous fleet.

I hope this answers your question satisfactorily.

[War Wagon]

To brush all that under the rug in lieu of some wonderful buildings and glorious artwork is rather shallow.

and music, literature, medical & scientific discovery, invention, engineering, etc.

pffft, the sex scandals are but a fart in a whirlwind compared to the long history of Catholic achievement.

shallow?

Shallow is condemning an entire faith based culture with a current membership of 1.2 billion souls because of the actions of a few.

And no, I'm not trolling.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

...because of the actions of a few.

Covered up by the man at the top.

Your "random" event just became systemic.

[mvscal]

To brush all that under the rug in lieu of some wonderful buildings and glorious artwork is rather shallow.

and music, literature, medical & scientific discovery, invention, engineering, etc.

...and the university system of higher education. But other than that what has the Roman Church ever done for us?

[Mikey]

To brush all that under the rug in lieu of some wonderful buildings and glorious artwork is rather shallow.

and music, literature, medical & scientific discovery, invention, engineering, etc.

...and the university system of higher education. But other than that what has the Roman Church ever done for us?

[R-Jack]

pffft, the sex scandals are but a fart in a whirlwind compared to the long history of Catholic achievement.

Epic take. Thank you sir

Sin,
JoePa BSH

[Derron]

pffft, the sex scandals are but a fart in a whirlwind compared to the long history of Catholic achievement.

shallow?

Shallow is condemning an entire faith based culture with a current membership of 1.2 billion souls because of the actions of a few.

But the sex scandals still happened right ??

Kind of like there is only a few bad Muslims right ? Regardless of their doctrine ?

[Derron]

many families send kids to parochial schools K-8 and then send them to the local publics for high school.

Not where I'm from, they don't.

What would be the point? To be taught the same Math and English in 12th grade that you learned in the 5th grade at a Catholic school?

I guess that explains your degree in jizz mopping.

The point is exactly that. There are a ton of kids locally that attended Catholic grade and middle schools, and with a high quality of education, they kick n back for 4 years of public high school at 3.75 or better. Easily.

My grand kids are going to start Catholic school next fall. Of 2 sets of parents, 1 in each set is Catholic. None were married in the church, and not really practicing. But the education quality is excellent and worth every penny, considering the sorry state of public education these days.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

pffft, the sex scandals are but a fart in a whirlwind compared to the long history of Catholic achievement.

Erecting a building doesn't cancel out an erection in a boy's ass. Try to peddle that bullshit to the thousands upon thousands of kids whose lives were ruined.

You're a good, dutiful Catholic, Wags. You've got the sweep-under-the-rug mentality down pat.

[Dr_Phibes]

So what's the commonality?

- Catholic Church
- Penn State Football programme
- BBC (Jimmy Savile)

I think a religious sect, football and television broadcasting aren't neccesarily the villians here. Failure and denial at an institutional level is something else entirely.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Cali public schools may be the worst in the state,

I agree with that, but I'm reasonably certain that they're also the best public schools in the state.

[Terry in Crapchester]

To brush all that under the rug in lieu of some wonderful buildings and glorious artwork is rather shallow.

and music, literature, medical & scientific discovery, invention, engineering, etc.

...and the university system of higher education. But other than that what has the Roman Church ever done for us?

And a history buff like yourself probably knows that virtually everything we know about the Middle Ages is due to the Roman Catholic Church.

[smackaholic]

No great fan of the Catholic Church or any of the other organized fairy tale systems, but, they do get credit for one huge accomplishment. Their very existence meant we weren't afflicted with Islam which most surely would have filled the faith vacuum. Not like they didn't try anyway and unfortunately had pretty decent success in non-catholic areas.

Unfortunately, today we have a bad case of political correctness which the muzzies are immune to and they are slowly, well, not that slowly, actually, using to finish what they couldn't, a thousand years ago, giv'r'take a few centuries.

Was watching something last night on either PBS or BBC (I think) about english women marrying muzzies and converting to Islam. Does anyone get Al-jizzera? If you do, could you check and see if they have any coverage of Saudi women marrying christians and converting? Oh wait, that's right, they kill them.

[Derron]

No great fan of the Catholic Church or any of the other organized fairy tale systems, but, they do get credit for one huge accomplishment.

And that would be for getting their followers to fork over huge sums of cash to build palaces to "worship" in, to support an infrastructure far in excess of what they need, and to give their "Pope" faggy pointy red shoes to wear. And to make sure they convince their sheep followers, that if you don't do exactly what they say, you are a trap door away from hell.

But rack the Catholic girls who could go to church, and 20 minutes after that, be in my car drinking wine, firing a bomber up, and riding the stick an hour later.

[Screw_Michigan]

The point is exactly that. There are a ton of kids locally that attended Catholic grade and middle schools, and with a high quality of education, they kick n back for 4 years of public high school at 3.75 or better. Easily.

That's not the point, idiot. The point is that they have been paying the freight for eight fucking years and they'd rather send them "free of charge" to the suburban public high school they live in that's academically on par, or better, than the catholic high schools in reach.

It's a fallacy that all catholic high schools are these academically superior institutions to their public school brethren. Sure, they'll be able to kick back and get a 3.75 or better if they go to an inner city school system like, say, KCMO public schools or DCPS or whatever struggling inner-city system we're talking about.

I have to use my experience in Grand Rapids for background. The local catholic high schools were good academic schools, but they weren't any better academically than many of the suburban public high schools. The advantage the parochial schools have over the public ones is they don't have to admit the shitheads, the losers, the criminals and the overall pieces of shit who are going ruin the academic environment for others.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

The advantage the parochial schools have over the public ones is they don't have to admit the shitheads, the losers, the criminals and the overall pieces of shit who are going ruin the academic environment for others.

A lot of public schools don't have to deal with that either.

Sincerely,

Alternative High School

[Screw_Michigan]

The advantage the parochial schools have over the public ones is they don't have to admit the shitheads, the losers, the criminals and the overall pieces of shit who are going ruin the academic environment for others.

A lot of public schools don't have to deal with that either.

Sincerely,

Alternative High School

And how many of those Alternative HS kids go straight from eighth grade to Alternative? Hint....zero.

Were you born yesterday?

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I don't remember too many shitheads, losers and criminals at Northview. Okay, well, shitheads and losers maybe. But shitheads and losers come in all shapes, sizes and religions.