bc3,
I will attempt to maintain a civil discussion with you. But once again it seems to me you have singled out what you want to hear (an attack on Catholicism) rather than listening to what I was trying to say. It is not an attack on Catholicism at all but I intended to alert Jews to the plan (which many Jewish leaders have not even started to discuss) concerning the giving of these 'holy' sites to non-Jewish nations.
I really don't understand why you chime in on every thread I post where I mention the RCC. For a number of weeks there have been many threads posted by others which make much stronger and offensive statements against the Pope, but you did not object... But if I mention the church, I am somehow a 'hater'.
Why did you call people here either ignorant or deceitful? You did that.
Israel is a 'holy'
place to Christians. Not just Catholics. That is a fact of life.
Do I think ownership of these sites should be given away to any group. No.
But can I understand their interest? I guess so.
It is the leadership in Israels job to protect it's interests.
I have been a Catholic all my life.
Not once has my church parish ( and I have lived in two) encouraged a pilgrimage to Israel.
You make it sound like there is a secret conspiracy amongst all Catholics to 'steal away' land in Israel. So, members here have a reason to be deceitful. That is ignorant.
M613, I don't care about the Pope threads.
Look at most of the titles. They make us look rediculous.
I, also, don't care about legitimate civil discussions of the Catholic church.