tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29879306.post7337738583206395584..comments2023-10-08T17:19:28.065+08:00Comments on Doust that Blog: When the Pell tolls, for whom does it toll? It tolls for us?Jon Dousthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02772027564483144790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29879306.post-40258828096979346392008-07-19T19:11:00.000+08:002008-07-19T19:11:00.000+08:00Ah, Jon, don't get me started. I'm sure JC wante...Ah, Jon, don't get me started. I'm sure JC wanted a hierarchical church, run by men, with men's rules, with control a big feature. I'm sure JC also said at one stage "If ever it comes down to a fund-raiser for a few million dollars to tart up the cathedral or a fund-raiser to save some starving Africans from AIDS, go the fund-raiser for the cathedral makeover, my shepherds!"Barry O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240146531612841818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29879306.post-77491291552809749212008-07-17T04:37:00.000+08:002008-07-17T04:37:00.000+08:00The church is like any other big business: down in...The church is like any other big business: down in the trenches are lots of little people who genuinely set out to do good, try to be nice to their neighbour and generally to be good Christians.<BR/><BR/>But the arseholes get promoted. And therin lies the problem.<BR/><BR/>And Pell is factually wrong: both France and Ireland (which I think are Western nations) are reproducing at levels consistant with maintaining steady populations.<BR/><BR/>Both are predominantly Catholic.<BR/><BR/>He could have checked by making a few phone calls.<BR/><BR/>Silly person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29879306.post-72870838547875940272008-07-16T19:53:00.000+08:002008-07-16T19:53:00.000+08:00He's a total idiot. The Pope also is no bright spa...He's a total idiot. The Pope also is no bright spark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com