I can live with that.

I don't give a toss - mute.

There's a traditional catholic forum? Where?

what is the traditional Catholic forum?

There's many. I was banned from http://catholicforum.fisheaters.com

Apparently it isn't ok to show this picture:
http://sbyvl.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/find-the-good-pope/
(referring to the second one)

Oh, haha, I thought you meant a Diplomacy forum XD

@Blasphemy: It's where Traditional Catholics like myself discuss how Vatican II has destroyed the Church.

I always thought that the Vatican IS kind of the catholic church...put i guess it is a very personal thing...I myself do not believe in the existence of a supernatural god, but I neither think bad of those who do nor I try to convince them otherwise :)

*but

@GOD....about 40-45 years ago, the Catholic Church started preforming mass in local languages as a result of the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II. The Catholic Mass was in Latin when my mom was a kid and there were a bunch of behavioral things like not eating meat on Fridays. That is where the "fisheater" in the web address presumably comes from. In the 1950s and 1960s, anti-Catholic slurs frequently focused on fish eating. "Mackerel snapper" or "salmon muncher" for example. I was once called a "potato nigger". To which, I laughed my ass off.

@sbvyl.....I took seriously your chosen topic the other day. If you continue regularly posting things like this, I will think less of you and regret having invested the time to have thought about the things that you wrote. You have a blog, perhaps your thoughts on religion are best left there. I am also a little interested in your placing of Louis XVI among Popes, Saints and Cardinals. I was a little surprised not to find Joseph de Maistre. Might I inquire as to how old you are?

@bluecthulhu.....he did not really discuss politics the other day. He did in fact put forward policy preferences which other people responded to by accusing him of being a political extremist. However, he never advocated or endorsed any political party or candidate or generalized ideology. Of course, mixing "traditional Catholicism" with economic libertarianism seems a bit eccentric to me given the thinking of men like Belloc and Waugh and Chesterton or the relevant Popes from the Gilded Age. I have generally associated politicized Catholicism with corporatism in terms of economic ideology much more so than minimalist state.

...so they basically catched up to the Protestant/Anglican churches?

@gopher: Because you asked respectfully, I will leave it there. I included Louis XVI to show my contempt for the French Revolution. I didn't place Joseph de Maistre on the "Sidebar of Fame" simply because I hadn't taken the time to look into him. But since you brought him to my attention, I will.

Now as for my age, I don't understand the obsession over it. And this isn't you, personally, I was harassed about it over at webdip as well. For the record I am 34, but I would like to inquire why everyone is preoccupied with knowing my age.

However, I will continue to call the person who thinks he is God "Blasphemy".

Would contempt for the Viet Cong require idolatry for Madame Nhu? Castro for Batista? Pinochet for Allende? Khomeini for Pahlavi?

A question here: aren't we recommended to avoid politics/religion discussion here? This is what distinguishes our forum with the webdip one right?

Despite my additions to the previous discussion, I agree with Lukas.

Do you remember when I told you the traditionalist catholics would dislike you too when you left webdip sbyvl?

I was right!

"For the record I am 34"

Back on webdip you were 35 (seriously guys, you'll find him saying that if you dig deep enough), we even talked about how 35 wasn't an original or good lie.

"but I would like to inquire why everyone is preoccupied with knowing my age."

We all want to know if you're 12 as you seem or 13-14 in which case you are an even slower learner than expected.

For the reasons I talked about above, 34 seems like quite a stretch.

either 14-16 years, or maybe 140-160 but not in between.

I said "approximately 35", as invictus only wanted an approximation.

http://xkcd.com/1083/

people who are 34 don't say "approximately 35", because we dread every number that brings us closer to 40. You would have said mid-30's. However, a 15 year old would most likely say "just about 16" Coincidence?
Besides, the only people who are likely to speak such rubbish in this forum are either crusty old people, or teenagers mimicking their parents.

I for one don't mind getting older. With each passing year I get closer to retirement.

mean graduation?
jk, sbyvl- no harm no foul

It really would be quite silly for me to lie about something as trivial as my age anyway.

The level of precision in age estimation hardly seems worth discussion. I say this as the person who brought it up. I will say that the prospect of closing in on retirement age should seemingly frighten someone who believes that the Federal Government is going broke and who advocates the dismantling of pay-as-you-go pension schemes all while fearing the inflationary destruction of savings. But this that is just me.

http://www.vdiplomacy.com/forum.php?threadID=34284&page-thread=3#threadPager

@gopher: It does, but I invest a lot of my money, and have been saving, so I'm not too worried.

How very interesting, Retillion. My point was based the 35 versus 34 comments.

sbyvl36 (80 D)
13 Oct 2012

"14 Me"

@sbyvl....one, you seem to have been caught in at least one lie one way or the other.

two, the crises you seemed to be predicting should destroy all means of saving short of stockpiling ammunition. Hyperinflation and government collapse do not tend to result in positive returns on paper assets through which people traditionally save.

@gopher: I lied when I first came here in hopes of getting attention. I had actually forgotten about that thread. That must be the source of the confusion.

I guess it has to be pointed out that you are now claiming to be a middle aged Catholic who goes onto internet game sites and claims to be a pubescent boy while chatting with others.

Lol where did you find that thread, Retillion??? :D
Well, if he was 14 last year, he is 15 now...15 or 35, that's only twenty years, don't be hypocritical!

"only"

@Blasphemy: I already explained that.

And gopher put it perfectly - you are a therefore a middle-aged Catholic who has a penchant for masquerading as a pubescent boy.

*clap* *clap*

...ah the Catholics and the little boys...its heartwarming lovestory :)

...or does the 36 in his name actually mean that he is 36?!?! :o
In that case, he is probably just ashamed for being so old...have mercy!

The "36" is only a random number; I've used that username for several years.

Does it really matter how hold he is?

Oh look, sbyvy found a new pond to fish in.

Are you trying to be the krellen of vdip? Or maybe the vDraug? Clearly you can't handle the truth, if that's the case.

I am just so very happy that my estimate was correct. Thanks Retillion for the in-depth underwriting; however, we were all pretty certain of his pre-pubescent age. After all, anyone who makes comments like 'I don't mind getting older,.... blah blah blah retirement' is all b.s. because we know it's not work or even death that's bothering us. It's the possible inability to have good sex. Clearly sbyvl is a virgin.