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StClone

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18. Some were! But many were esteemed...

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #14)

Wed Apr 28, 2021, 11:01 AM

Apr 2021

...I was lucky mine were good teachers and faithful helpers to many children.

Sister Amelia, Sister Lumina, Sister Roseanna, Sister Johanna, God rest their souls, led me to be a good person, caring, sharing and wiser. I know there were the abusive, even sadistic, and closeted rape victims, hateful and cruel. I never saw it though I heard many stories. I have searched for Nuns having more mental disorders than the population and that is not the case, and I am open to be directed to such.

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Like me! Biden is President of All Faiths. StClone Apr 2021 #12

Odd Mr Lake grew up with nun's tying his left hand to a chair... LakeArenal Apr 2021 #14

Some were! But many were esteemed... StClone Apr 2021 #18

I guess so because Mr Lake will never be religious ever. LakeArenal Apr 2021 #19

Ha ha neither am I! StClone Apr 2021 #22

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Preach from the pulpit ever? StClone Apr 2021 #4

Precisely why snowybirdie Apr 2021 #5

FFS, so archaic and stupid, as usual. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2021 #6

It really makes me sad FoxNewsSucks Apr 2021 #7

"a grave moral evil," Botany Apr 2021 #8

This 👆 Deuxcents Apr 2021 #24

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Biden should switch to the Episcopalian church Ritabert Apr 2021 #13

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Then he should prepare to be harassed Ritabert Apr 2021 #20

I'm sure he's well aware. Drunken Irishman Apr 2021 #29

Didn't Jebus say "Give unto Caesar (Biden) what is his. LakeArenal Apr 2021 #15

Biden should counter with a proposal to tax churches involved in politics. Kota Apr 2021 #17

Yes! Ritabert Apr 2021 #21

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I am not sure Jilly_in_VA Apr 2021 #25

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That's actually in line with the RCC dogma. Cuthbert Allgood Apr 2021 #30