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After a rush by Catholics in the Netherlands to resign from the Church, a priest, Harm Schilder, is putting up the names and photographs of parish members who are attempting to leave "as an encouragement for them to stay".

Schilder said: "This is a large parish, and I don't know everyone: by putting up the photos I thought someone might recognise someone they know who they could try to make stay in the Church."

BULLSHIT

Mr Schilder denied that it was a form of blackmail. He said: "This isn't about pointing a finger, naming and shaming"; he intended for the community to pray for the people attempting to leave the church and to "persuade them to stay."

BULLSHIT

Members of the church wishing to leave are required to send a letter to their priest along with a photocopy of their identity papers. It is photographs from these documents that will be displayed in the entrance porch to Schilder's church in the southern city of Tilburg.

BULLSHIT

Last December, Tom Roes, who runs the website aimed at helping people leave the church, said visits to his site had gone from 10 a day to 10,000 after the pope made a particularly vicious anti-gay speech. He said: "Of course it's not possible to be 'de-baptised' because a baptism is an event, but this way people can unsubscribe or deregister themselves as Catholics."

Mr Schilder said he had received four requests from people wishing to leave the church over the Christmas period.

Around 28% of the Dutch population is Catholic, while roughly 44% is not religious

CID1990 wrote:I heard those kids were asking for it, what with their little come hither looks.

D1B wrote:

CID1990 wrote:I heard those kids were asking for it, what with their little come hither looks.

Wrong thread. This one is about publicly shaming people who want to leave a bigoted and immoral cult.

CID1990 wrote:

D1B wrote:

Wrong thread. This one is about publicly shaming people who want to leave a bigoted and immoral cult.

That isn't what I was doing?

D1B wrote:

CID1990 wrote:I heard those kids were asking for it, what with their little come hither looks.

Wrong thread. This one is about publicly shaming people who want to leave a bigoted and immoral cult.

AZGrizFan wrote:

D1B wrote:

Wrong thread. This one is about publicly shaming people who want to leave a bigoted and immoral cult.

As opposed to publicly shaming people who want to exercise their 2nd amendment right to own a firearm?

D1B wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
As opposed to publicly shaming people who want to exercise their 2nd amendment right to own a firearm?

Apples and oranges.

89Hen wrote:

D1B wrote:
Apples and oranges.

You're saying both are delicious.

GannonFan wrote:

89Hen wrote: You're saying both are delicious.

Clementine oranges are yummy, plus not very messy.

Cluck U wrote:

GannonFan wrote:
Clementine oranges are yummy, plus not very messy.

My family loves us some clementines!

As a side note...a friend of my wife's left the church after they started putting up the names of donors, in decending order of the amount that was given, on the bulletin board as one walked in.

AZGrizFan wrote:

Cluck U wrote:
My family loves us some clementines!

As a side note...a friend of my wife's left the church after they started putting up the names of donors, in decending order of the amount that was given, on the bulletin board as one walked in.

Now THAT'S shaming 101.

And cuties rock.

Spoiler: show

grizzaholic wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:

Now THAT'S shaming 101.

And cuties rock.

Cuties you say....

Spoiler: show

Cluck U wrote:

GannonFan wrote:
Clementine oranges are yummy, plus not very messy.

My family loves us some clementines!

As a side note...a friend of my wife's left the church after they started putting up the names of donors, in decending order of the amount that was given, on the bulletin board as one walked in.

andy7171 wrote:

Cluck U wrote:My family loves us some clementines!

As a side note...a friend of my wife's left the church after they started putting up the names of donors, in decending order of the amount that was given, on the bulletin board as one walked in.

Quit your religon because of donor listing. Just stop using the fucking envelopes, retard.

Cluck U wrote:

GannonFan wrote:
Clementine oranges are yummy, plus not very messy.

My family loves us some clementines!

As a side note...a friend of my wife's left the church after they started putting up the names of donors, in decending order of the amount that was given, on the bulletin board as one walked in.

Ibanez wrote:

Cluck U wrote:
My family loves us some clementines!

As a side note...a friend of my wife's left the church after they started putting up the names of donors, in decending order of the amount that was given, on the bulletin board as one walked in.

I visited a Methodist Church until they started naming the families that hadn't tithed and started warning others to submit thier paystubs each month. Talk about a racket. This church would then call and tell you how much youhad to tithe.

You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.

Ibanez wrote: I visited a Methodist Church until they started naming the families that hadn't tithed and started warning others to submit thier paystubs each month. Talk about a racket. This church would then call and tell you how much youhad to tithe.

Pwns wrote:Sometimes I think the expando hotties need to be deployed to these Catholic Church threads.

Cluck U wrote:

andy7171 wrote:
Quit your religon because of donor listing. Just stop using the fucking envelopes, retard.

She didn't quit or lose her religion...her initials aren't REM. She left the church.

Not sure I get the envelope suggestion...if your name wasn't up there...you were assumed to have not given. We've all seen breakdowns of donor level lists...Gold Circle = 10K and above, Silver Circle 5k - $9,999, Patriot Level...etc., but this list had the exact amounts, down to $1.00, in decending order.

D1B wrote:

Pwns wrote:Sometimes I think the expando hotties need to be deployed to these Catholic Church threads.

Except this shit is real, you fucking asshole. Look at how many poster have had similar issues with the church using shame to control and fleece people.

Go fuck yourself, you hillbilly conk redneck shithead.

Cluck U wrote:

Ibanez wrote: I visited a Methodist Church until they started naming the families that hadn't tithed and started warning others to submit thier paystubs each month. Talk about a racket. This church would then call and tell you how much youhad to tithe.

God's work.

Pwns wrote:Sometimes I think the expando hotties need to be deployed to these Catholic Church threads.