{"id":506,"date":"2011-06-13T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/06\/when-love-of-tradition-supersedes-loving-you-neighbor\/"},"modified":"2017-01-25T17:32:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T22:32:09","slug":"when-love-of-tradition-supersedes-loving-you-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/06\/when-love-of-tradition-supersedes-loving-you-neighbor.html","title":{"rendered":"when love of tradition supersedes loving you neighbor…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026 I find it a particularly strange and contradictory habit of some Catholics who routinely make fun of the elderly. \u201cHa. Ha. Did you see the attendants at the so-and-so \u2018Catholic\u2019 conference? I heard you had to show your AARP card to gain admittance\u201d. \u201cWhat\u2019s the best thing about aging liberal hippies? They are going to die soon. Badda bum!\u201d, gleefully noting that eventually \u201ctheir time will come.\u201d <\/p>\n

Really now. We all will have our time come. Oh, and last time I checked liberal fruit battery was not a singular characteristic in people 65 and over. Which the passing of each generation another will rise to take it\u2019s place. <\/p>\n

Oh, wait. I forget that liberals were \u201cbreading themselves out of existence.\u201d Or not breeding. Whatever. <\/p>\n

Anyway, you sound like a mean spirited toad when you relish the idea of some one slipping off this mortal coil. So stop it. You are making Baby Jesus Cry. <\/p>\n

Probably His Mom too. <\/p>\n

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