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Yes Mr. Farrar 6 of the 9 judges are Catholic. I recall arguments I had years ago with Protestant Christian friends who were so eager to inject religion into our public institutions. "This would lead us into a more morally preferable world," they said. "And wouldn't this be better for all of us?" They asked. I told those Protestant Religious Fanatics way back then to check some census data and find out what is the biggest Christian denomination in America. What is the biggest Christian church in America? What religion has the most adherents in America? Which church is the richest in America? I told them they should be careful about what they wish for; they might get it. Well: they have. I also told those Protestant fanatics to read some history books about the Spanish Inquisition, and the subsequent, inevitable Official Papal Inquisition. They never did; in spite of the fact that there are many history books about The Grand Inquisition.

I wonder how many now agree when I say: Those dangerous fools like the Right Reverend, Most Holy Dr. Jerry Falwell and other wealthy, religious con men of his ilk did this county a bad turn.

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Many moons ago, Mr dobbertin, before over half of this planet had left their mothers womb, I remember distinctly Jerry Falwell and others of his Protesting ilk proclaiming that the Pope was the Antichrist and that Catholics were doomed.

The last person to be executed by the Inquisition was Cayetano Ripoll, a Spanish schoolmaster hanged for heresy in 1826. The Inquistion stopped inquisting people in 1834, by agreement with France, which was secular since 1789The Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition still exists, though changed its name a couple of times. It is currently called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

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