Aragon was a country on the Iberian peninsula which was Catholic. Would a modern Catholic country be morally acceptable if a parcel of land was allotted by the UN and the Vatican for that purpose?
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Would a New Aragon work out?
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Why would you even think about this? Presumably, you'd have to take away land away from someone else to create a new catholic country, which if you know your history, isn't a very good idea. In any case there are plenty of catholic areas where catholic's can live, if they want to live with like-minded people.
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Hmm that depends is it normal catholics or people that think like your previous threads? because if it is for people who think like your previous threads then no, it would not be moral, your children and the children of other like minded people, need to see the real world so they can know that people who are different than them are still people and deserve to be treated as such.
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cantata
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Can we please use a capital C for "Catholic" when we're talking about the particular kind of Christianity? The word "catholic" with a small c is an adjective. It means "all-embracing" or "universal".
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There already is such a place. Check out Malta. The Mediterranean archipelago south of Sicily. Maybe the most devoutly Catholic country in the world. From the Wiki article:
"The Constitution of Malta provides for freedom of religion but establishes Roman Catholicism as the state religion. Freedom House and the World Factbook report that 98 percent of the population is Roman Catholic, making the nation one of the most Catholic countries in the world. The Sunday Mass Attendance Census 2005 commissioned by the Archdiocese of Malta reports that 52.6% of the population attends regular religious services. This is one of the highest rates of attendance in Europe..."
Malta is the only European country (Vatican excepted) I know where abortion is totally banned.
Here's more on Malta's Catholicism:
http://www.mi-culture.com/Rrvu.htm
"The Constitution of Malta provides for freedom of religion but establishes Roman Catholicism as the state religion. Freedom House and the World Factbook report that 98 percent of the population is Roman Catholic, making the nation one of the most Catholic countries in the world. The Sunday Mass Attendance Census 2005 commissioned by the Archdiocese of Malta reports that 52.6% of the population attends regular religious services. This is one of the highest rates of attendance in Europe..."
Malta is the only European country (Vatican excepted) I know where abortion is totally banned.
Here's more on Malta's Catholicism:
http://www.mi-culture.com/Rrvu.htm
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I lived in a modern Catholic country in the 1970s. 96% of the population was Catholic and Catholicism was the official religion. It wasn't all that different from other countries in most respects though 
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Polycarp1
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80.4% of Spain's total population (97.2% of those professing any faith) are Roman Catholics, though other studies suggest that about half that number are nominal rather than active.
I'm wondering, however, what Autumnleaf means by "a Catholic country" -- one where everyone is expected to be Catholic? One where the majority are Catholic? One where the civil law is based on canon law? Something else?
I'm wondering, however, what Autumnleaf means by "a Catholic country" -- one where everyone is expected to be Catholic? One where the majority are Catholic? One where the civil law is based on canon law? Something else?
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Polycarp1
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80.4% of Spain's total population (97.2% of those professing any faith) are Roman Catholics, though other studies suggest that about half that number are nominal rather than active.
I'm wondering, however, what Autumnleaf means by "a Catholic country" -- one where everyone is expected to be Catholic? One where the majority are Catholic? One where the civil law is based on canon law? Something else?
I'm wondering, however, what Autumnleaf means by "a Catholic country" -- one where everyone is expected to be Catholic? One where the majority are Catholic? One where the civil law is based on canon law? Something else?
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Too small and the Vatican isn't big on immigration, except when it comes to Latinos immigrating to the US.
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Wiki is a front. I saw a Jean Claude Van Damme movie which spilled the beans on the Malta. Its really a den of spies from around the world working their intrigues on one another.
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FaithLikeARock
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I don't know, the first movie was so bad...it might be a waste of time.
Oh wait...
Oh wait...
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3 weeks later?!? I'm intrigued.
Annoying as I had a follow up funny lined up, should you say it was deliberate, but I've forgotten it now
Damn you.
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