On Dec 22, 4:58*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:23:27 -0800, jps wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:35:35 -0800, wrote:

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:33:16 -0800, jps wrote:

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:46:00 -0500, Harryk
wrote:

On 12/22/10 8:33 AM, Tim wrote:
I always like this quote.

"I always admired atheists. I think it takes a lot of faith."

(Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Seoul Mates,
1991)

One of my closest friends is a Jesuit priest. I went to see him
yesterday morning, and he told me the following:

"A Jesuit priest comes running into the office of the Order's
Director-General, shouting that the actual tomb of Jesus had been found
in Jerusalem, and that the savior's bones were still there."

"That means," the priest said, "there was no resurrection!"

The Director-General responded:

"Resurrection? You mean there was a Jesus?"

Of course, you'd have to understand a bit about the Jesuits to get the joke.

Jesuits are among the best parts of modern Christianity, AFAIC.

They value and promote integrity and rational thinking in my
experience.

They question everything, just like a scientist. *Exploration is more
important than conclusion. *Jesuits are cool.

In the late 1500s in England, they died for their obstinacy about
that.

Before you become swept away with the Jesuits,Ms. D'Plume, maybe you
should take a moment ant study Father Wlodimir Ledochowski, S.J. and
see who died and for what reason.