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Entry: The Vatican Space Program Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_vatican_space_program#3292 Post contents: PS, I hope Zmirak won't think me out of line if I crack another joke about the "Immaculate Deception": Catholic girls who claim to be virgins because they define "having sex" the same way Bill Clinton did? Not that I personally have anything against extramarital sex per se; that makes me a bad Catholic but not a hypocrite, and that's why I probably belong in the Anglican Church after all, as I do have reservations about some Vatican teachings (although I think Pope Benedict and his predecessor John Paul have been the two most intellectually AND morally ingenious world leaders of the past 30 years) - so, I won't be a hypocrite about my deviations from strictly defined Catholic doctrines and laws. (Although, on the other hand, as far as the Eucharist is concerned, I do profess, "hoc est corpus" without reservation - but to me, THAT truth is separable from unreserved agreement with the Vatican. But I'll refrain from converting to Anglicanism unless and until I'm formally excommunicated - and the bit of Protestant in me would react to (a very unlikely) excommunication by saying, "Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders." But methinks Pope Benedict will not require that of me...) ANYway: However, my refusal to be hypocritical about Catholicism does warrant some license for me to point out the hypocrisies of other nominal Catholics. And comparing the legions of Catholic girls who are "promiscuous virgins" who define "having sex" in Bill Clinton's dishonest terms, that's just a peccadillo compared to professed Catholics who publicly promote illegal wars contrary to the Pope's advice. At least the Catholic "promiscuous virgins" make love, not war. Giuliani would be less objectionable if we knew he would stick to the former. Sent at: 2008 08 30