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6. When the catholics make a dead guy a saint...

Mon Oct 8, 2018, 01:09 PM

Oct 2018

...it's no more real than when mormons make a dead guy a mormon.

It is rude, though.

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The Religious Connection to "Columbus Day." [View all] MineralMan Oct 2018 OP

Patriarchal beliefs and religions are a curse on this world SHRED Oct 2018 #1

You're right. More's the pity. MineralMan Oct 2018 #2

That's St. Junipero Serra Cartoonist Oct 2018 #3

I refuse to refer to that man as a saint. MineralMan Oct 2018 #4

When the catholics make a dead guy a saint... Iggo Oct 2018 #6

No more real to you, perhaps. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2018 #7

what about the animals? pretzel4gore Oct 2018 #5

Thanks to imperialism, it is a day commemorating genocide. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #8

The most all-inclusive genocide off all time MineralMan Oct 2018 #9

Another literalist? guillaumeb Oct 2018 #10

It's not my scripture. MineralMan Oct 2018 #11

Your many comments indicate otherwise. guillaumeb Oct 2018 #12

No. I understand you full well. MineralMan Oct 2018 #13