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It seems Pope Francis needs to brush up on his Tertullian!

It has been reported (in The ChristLast Media, I must note) that the current Pope does not like the phrase "lead us not into temptation...

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"Let no freedom be allowed to novelty, because it is not fitting that any addition should be made to antiquity. Let not the clear faith and belief of our forefathers be fouled by any muddy admixture." -- Pope Sixtus III

Friday, July 15, 2005

Pearl S. Buck's "The Good Earth" Revisited.

I am reading this "classic" for the first time since the 8th grade (or thereabout) and I have discovered I was correct all those years ago. It stinks. (It must. It carries the Okra Witless Seal of Approval.)

I do not care whether or not it accurately portrays Chinese life or not. I do not care if she won a Nobel prize for her body of work. The story stinks.

Everyone should read it, though. Read it so you can snicker intelligently if it anyone ever mentions it.

Posted by TheChurchMilitant at 10:15 AM

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First of all, the word is SEX, not GENDER. If you are ever tempted to use the word GENDER, don't. The word is SEX! SEX! SEX! SEX! For example: "My sex is male." is correct. "My gender is male." means nothing. Look it up. What kind of sick neo-Puritan nonsense is this? Idiot left-fascists, get your blood-soaked paws off the English language. Hence I am choosing "male" under protest.

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