tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post4753798534062969223..comments2023-09-10T10:36:55.526-04:00Comments on AD JESU<i>m</i> PER MARIAM: No Santa, Says Brit Teacher, Parents OutragedThomas Coolberthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18006353689817752538noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post-28266427313583038392006-12-25T05:02:00.000-05:002006-12-25T05:02:00.000-05:00It is good that Christians have an avenue to suppo...It is good that Christians have an avenue to support Christian commercial ventures. We're not the Amish. Roman Catholics have been famous for this for 2000 years. The Church has always offered cradle to grave services including hospitals, schools (Catholic always opposed public schooling and built schools long before public education was invented), universities (including the world's first true University in Paris), funeral and retirement homes.<br /><br />The Church's members in Europe early on established guilds which were the pre-cursors of labor unions and professional associations. Naturally, Catholics branched into every possible professional practice. I'm proud to come from a long line of military men, milk deliverers (my maternal grandfather's trade) and factory workers (my own and my paternal grandfather's trade.)Thomas Coolberthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006353689817752538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21778073.post-63041929021571391372006-12-21T22:34:00.000-05:002006-12-21T22:34:00.000-05:00Organized Religion or Just fun and games?
http://...Organized Religion or Just fun and games?<br /><br />http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/12/17/fun_and_games_for_the_nonsecular_world/Ryan Spauldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401858408851940636noreply@blogger.com