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Friends - he loves me, he loves me not..he loves me....

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Here are two people who will never be friends. No question of "kissing rings" - no question of tolerance, no question of "you did a good job"....   Protestant - and I'm staying that way, anti-Papist, and anything remotely dealing with Catholicism.   Catholic - and I'm staying that way, Protestant is a way of living that is insupportable. And yet, as I understand it, they both believe in the same thing, or at least they say they do. They both read the same book, or at least they say they do..... And - that book is not this one:   They probably DO have one common friend in fact, and all of us are now being invaded by images and press conferences of their mutual friend - a little American "pastor" (i.e. A leader and protector of sheep or mutton) who proposes, out of probably National fervance and pride, to burn as many copies of the "unwanted" book as possible. Tolerance at its highest point, using "democratic" rights. I recall...