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I think I have a valid point that certainly applies to this thread.</p>
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With the numerous bashings of organized religion here and the absurdly small minded people who buy into such shenanigans, (according to some) it would seem to me that those same individuals who have such a passion of dislike for all things Christian, Catholic, Protestant or organized in any manner would never do anything with any place or person that embodies the vary beliefs that they despise so much.</p>
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I don't find it to be a troll but maybe a derail as others have often done.</p>
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How does it feel to have one's integrity questioned and hypocrisy pointed out?</p>
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Just sayin'</p>
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Just as a point of contention, it could also be argued that a religion-basher would consider going to a religious university as a point of corrupting their halls with their heretical ways. Kinda like a vocal anti-catholic having sex in a confessional booth.</p>
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Still, I though the sheer absurdity of my post would have been clear, my apologies.</p>
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I do think though that the only level of hypocrisy in all of this would be if TSD would go to a catholic school and take theology classes which the school has marked as mandatory just to get a degree by said school. If the school professes to be whatever religion and allows non-religious people to attend and not take the classes there, i don't see any more hypocrisy in that than someone like me going to a religous-based hospital for treatment. </p>
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I wasn't responding to you, I thought I had quoted him. A good school is a good school. I would go anywhere that wasn't discriminatory based on religion. And I would send my kid there as well.</p>
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Agreed. My wife was looking into Seattle U for awhile--a catholic school. Ultimately she didn't go there because their psych programme only went up to masters, not PhD.</p>
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I think IHF's point was, that there are atheists here that openly bash organized religion, yet would still go to a Catholic school (not saying you bashed, don't remember). But IHF doesn't open bash Atheists which is why he says going to a Catholic school is hypocritical.</p>
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I could be way of though, and I hope I explained it well enough... </p>
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That's pretty much how I took it. I personally don't like organized religion as a concept but on the same token, If I avoided every business attached to a specific religion I didn't like it would be stupid--as stupid as said business not doing business with me for the same reason--goods are to be had and cash is to be earned. Discrimination and commerce don't mix. </p>
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Conversley though, if there were highly-accredited Islam, Pagan, Satanist, or other religion of evil du jure schools out there, I think there would be those saying any Christian who went to them to get the highly-coveted degree is hypocritical, and there would be others--if said universities didn't require classes on their professed dogma, who would take it as something purely motivated by money and the desire of a degree--religion doesn't enter into it.</p>
ccasion-xmas: </p>
