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Old 06-18-2010, 08:24 AM
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Default Why is it that one of the 13 OPEC countries is 96% Roman Catholic?

http://www.worldoil.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela
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Old 06-22-2010, 08:24 AM
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Odds? It is after all the largest denomination in the world.
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Old 06-26-2010, 08:24 AM
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Because 4% of it is non-Catholics.
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Old 06-27-2010, 08:24 AM
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because they don't believe in Allah....
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Old 07-01-2010, 08:24 AM
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Because it's in South America, which is very Catholic.
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Old 07-02-2010, 08:24 AM
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Venezuela was once a Spanish colony. That really should be all the explanation you need.
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Old 07-06-2010, 08:24 AM
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Why shouldn't it be Roman Catholic? You think only Muslims can be greedy, avaricious, manipulative, power-hungry oil-hoarders?
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Old 07-11-2010, 08:24 AM
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Because r.c. is a strong cult with many members.

They obviously HATE HATE HATE the moon god.

IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO READ? = I expect so.
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Old 07-15-2010, 08:24 AM
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Faith had nothing to do with it. Just coincidence and a whole lot of luck, but to explain why one is 96% Roman Catholic, here is why...

Venezuela existed in prehistoric times long before Christopher Columbus discovered it on August 1, 1498. He named it Isla DE Garcia. It wasn't named Venezuela until a year later by another expedition led by Alfonso DE Ojeda came back to it a year later. The discoverers were all Catholic so the land was colonized by Catholics since then, but the oil was there even before that.

The fossil fuel products in the area may have developed from either fossilized animal and plant products over eons of years or from naturally occurring carbon deposits in the area.
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