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MangyTiger
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Message 30 of 302 (252557)
10-18-2005 12:14 AM
Reply to: Message 26 by crashfrog
10-12-2005 9:43 PM


Roberson is a non-entity in England
The people you need to be making it clear to are the people who pick up newspapers in England and China and Liberia and see Pat Robertson speaking, once again, for the community of Christians in America.
In my experience that's not happening in England (can't speak for anywhere else obviously).
When Pat Robertson made the news over here by calling for the US to assassinate Hugo Chavez the almost universal reaction was "who's this nutcase?".
As soon as the phrase tele-evangelist enters the conversation people tend to glaze over with a "oh, a guy who gets rich by fleecing the gullible - how can Americans be so dumb" kind of look.
Apart from people like me who have lived in the US and try to keep up with what goes on there nobody knows who he is or about his close relationship with Bush. I'm pretty sure nobody is thinking he speaks for anybody but himself and those dumb enough to give him their money.

I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then

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MangyTiger
Member (Idle past 6344 days)
Posts: 989
From: Leicester, UK
Joined: 07-30-2004


Message 75 of 302 (253567)
10-20-2005 11:16 PM
Reply to: Message 72 by crashfrog
10-20-2005 8:20 PM


Re: Waaaaait a minute
You implied that "catholics" as a whole elect the pope. This is not true.
Well, no, I didn't. I said that they elected the Pope. Naturally, I was referring to those who elect Popes, which are cardinals. Who are Catholic.
The message in question is Message 64:
I elieve that Roman Catholics are the single largest Christian denomination in the US, and you know thay don't pay no nevermind to Pat.
Yeah. They have their own guy, who's even worse. Maybe you've heard of him? He's called "the Pope." And that guy, they actually did elect to represent their whole church.
I know you didn't mean it but the fact there is nothing in your reply to differentiate the 'they' and 'their whole' from the 'they' identified as 'the single largest Christian denomination in the US' does give the impression that you meant that all Catholics elect the Pope.
A trivial digression but I can't sleep and I'm bored - and can't face talking to randman about whales again

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