Politics and religion have at least one common characteristic .

[LiberalAndProud]

For example, folks don't discuss either subject in polite company.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40628315/ns/world_news-europe/
Vatican Bank mired in laundering scandal

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Critics say the case shows that the "Vatican Bank" has never shed its penchant for secrecy and scandal.
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The documents also reveal investigators' suspicions that clergy may have acted as fronts for corrupt businessmen and Mafia.

And I suspect they may have more than one thing in common.


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[InvisibleTouch]

1. Both are riddled with duplicity? n/t

[stopbush]

2. Both tout made-up shit as the truth? eom

[shraby]

3. Both like to control people

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Oh, come on, haven't you ever taken a taxi in DC or been out for a beer in

DC?

Man, that's all people talk about is politics.

and if you attend church (i am an agnostic) everyone is talking or listening about religion.

[Bigmack]

5. Both like molesting the acolytes? nt

[Adsos Letter]

6. According to Mark Twain, they have at least one more thing in common...

"In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination."