Random attack on Catholicism
February 19, 2007 by William K. Wolfrum
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Catholics eat babies, but only after cooking them like lobsters.
A baby, immediately prior to being
devoured by a Catholic.
–WKW
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what the heck catholics eat babies?
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People these days are ridicules. Whoever wrote this needs to read the bible. Atheis people must have no life, as they do not believe in the Lord.
So where is your evidence that Catholics eat babies? I don’t think you have any evidence and you don’t know what you are talking about. You obviously hate Catholics and this comment sounds very immature/childish.
babies r tasty
I think the origin comes from Johnathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal,” which was a proposal to stop the poverty in 18th century Ireland (mostly Catholic at the time, Protestants were still a minority) by having the beggar women sell their children for 10 or so shillings to the wealthier English society as food. It was a rather interesting piece, but it is a dark satire aimed at correcting a situation with ridicule and sarcasm.
My grandmother was asked at then her young future sister in-law, if it was true that Catholics eat their babies, because she was Catholic. My grandmother, relieved that someone actually spoke to her besides my grandfather, laughed and said, “No.”
Besides, if Catholics ate their babies, that would go against their general pro-life stance. Remember, thou shalt not kill?
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