[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]. . . Being Catholic, I generally avoid casting aspersions on another’s beliefs, since the Mother Church has her own sordid history in this respect…[/quote]

Yes, being raised a Catholic myself, I, too, am mindful of the Mother Church’s “sordid history…”[/quote]

BG: I was Jesuit educated (12 years), including my first eight in a seminary school. You want to talk about a fun bunch, the Jesuits are the only priestly order that was actually excommunicated for a time.

Plus, you add in that whole Spanish Inquisition thing (which the Dominicans, in fairness, were also part of), and you have a whole bunch of that sordid history sitting in yer lap.