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no_hypocrisy

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4. Here's the point: They CAN'T think unless someone they wholly trust tells

Reply to Skittles (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 06:31 AM

Yesterday

them HOW and WHAT to think.

Exhibit One: In 1979, my sister announced to our Jewish parents that she wanted to convert to Catholicism. They asked why. The real reason was that she was angling to marry her boyfriend (Catholic) and she figured it would grease the gears. What she told them: She wouldn't have to think anymore because The Church would tell her what to think, thereby no mistakes. Personally, I think the latter excuse was more accurate. Postscript: She broke up with her boyfriend and married a "nice Jewish boy".

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