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Re: A question to think about......

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From: Melissa
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00
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In article <36616b97.47517356@vnntp.ma.ultranet.com>,
   adam.kippes@pobox.com (Adam Kippes) wrote:
>In <365f6637.0@news.mho.net>, Melissa9Z@Zmho.net (Melissa) wrote:
>
>> >Would you blame the RCC for overpopulation in an athiests' commune?
> 
>> I didn't blame them for all of it, obviously, but they're encouraging it in 
a 
>> world that doesn't need anymore people. And what about South America, where 
the 
>> church dominates every aspect of life?
>
>The Catholic Church hasn't dominated every aspect of life in South America
>for a long time; many of the countries are - and have been - openly
>anti-clerical.
>
>In the largest Latin American country - Brazil - there are allegedly many
>more Protestant churchgoers than Catholic ones.
>
>In any case, what makes you think it would necessarily be the Church's
>fault? France is almost entirely Catholic and it has had a very low
>birthrate since Napoleon's time.

Could it be because the people rarely bathe? :)

> And what about Italy and Spain? Neither
>has any population explosion; in fact the former is losing people.
>
>Why don't you knock off the simple minded bigotry and learn about things?

Why don't you quit being an apologist for a primitive authoritarian theocracy?


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From: Melissa9Z@Zmho.net (Melissa)
Subject: Re: A question to think about......
Date: 1998/11/28
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