Originally posted by Homedawg
reply to post by CoRiBu
catholics have more power worldwide than Jews ever had...as for why there are more "smarter" jews,one reason is that during the Middle Ages,the
"smart" kids that were non-Jew went into the preisthood to get an education,therefore servering that genetic line since priests didnt
reproduce...but the "smart" jewish kids married Rabbi's daughters and bred,thus furthering the "smart" bloodlines.....but my point about power is
dead on....the pope rules his flocks and there are hundreds of millions in that flock
Not sure many people would agree with the idea that "catholics" have more power than Jews. In the past, that was undoubtedly true, but not
today.
The other thing is to be careful of confusing Catholics, with the power that is centered in the Vatican. Just as we need to be careful of not
assuming every Jew is in on some conspiracy, certainly the average catholic has no clue what Cardinals and Popes are up to behind the walls of the
Vatican.
I like your bringing up the issue of the dysgenic effect of the celibate priesthood. Not sure Jewish intelligence is a result of "good" breeding
though. Actually, up until the last century, Jews fought the effects of too much inbreeding, within ghettos, and had higher incidences of
retardation. Probably a lot of positive results from breaking out of that, among them, less retrogressive genetic abnormalities.
Anyway, back to Jews vs. Catholics in postions of power. If I'm not mistaken, this hasn't been much of an issue in the more powerful nations since
the great debate about Kennedy's loyalties, back in the early 1960's. There is simply no question about the fact that Jews find themselves in
postions of power, and influence, in numbers far disproportionate to their population.
Is this the case for Catholics? Not even close, as far as I know. But, I'm always willing to entertain the possibility that something has somehow
changed, maybe something people aren't generally aware of? Perhaps you can share about this.
JR