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11-20-2002, 04:50 PM

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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- The founder of Domino's Pizza announced plans Wednesday to build a Roman Catholic university and a college town called Ave Maria in Florida.

Tom Monaghan, who has devoted himself to Roman Catholic causes since he sold the pizza chain in 1998, said he has entered into a partnership with developer Barron Collier Cos. to build the town near Naples. In exchange, the developer will donate 750 acres for Ave Maria University.

Monaghan said he founded the Ave Maria Foundation in 1983 "to help get as many people to heaven as possible." He added: "The best way to achieve the goal of the foundation is through Catholic higher education."

<a href="http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/11/20/dominos_town/index.html?x" target="_blank">Article</a>

Hey Tommy, how about spending some of that dough (pardon the pun) to help make sure starving children in third-world nations can have something to eat? Wouldn't that be a better idea?

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Philosoft · 11-20-2002, 06:20 PM

What happened to his plan to build a giant cross on his property near the interstate in Michigan or whatever locale is unlucky enough to have him as a resident?

fando · 11-20-2002, 06:39 PM

He should set up camp adjacent to Clearwater, Fl.

Eudaimonist · 11-20-2002, 06:52 PM

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Originally posted by atheist_in_foxhole:
<strong>[b]Hey Tommy, how about spending some of that dough (pardon the pun) to help make sure starving children in third-world nations can have something to eat? Wouldn't that be a better idea?</strong>

There's nothing wrong with spending money to build a university instead of giving it to charity, but the idea that he's building this university simply to get people into Heaven is bizarre. How is a university supposed to do this? By writing yet new Apologetics? By converting students who are probably already Catholic? Strange...

Dark Jedi · 11-20-2002, 10:07 PM

I drive past a big ass cross every time I go visit my father or grandparents...

fando · 11-20-2002, 10:53 PM

That's not too bad, Dark. In Latin America, you'll find towns replete with crosses. Standing from the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, Peru, you can see the surrounding mountains covered with huge crosses of all descriptions. Then again, the obvious presence of crosses suggests that Latin culture is Catholic culture. I guess it's not a good thing for the secular person who lives there.

(BTW, ever notice how the old fashioned electric poles all look like crucifixes? Look at the background on that photo...)

Loki · 11-21-2002, 04:11 AM

Florida can have 'im. God knows Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor want him out. 25 story Crucifix? What an affront to aesthetics among all other things.

And he's got Domino's farms, which has ueber-conservative Catholicism with jumping around and speaking in tongues (but a fairly nifty light show around Xmas).

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11-20-2002, 06:20 PM	#2
Philosoft Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Southeast of disorder Posts: 6,829	What happened to his plan to build a giant cross on his property near the interstate in Michigan or whatever locale is unlucky enough to have him as a resident?

11-20-2002, 06:39 PM	#3
fando Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Los Angeles Area Posts: 1,372	He should set up camp adjacent to Clearwater, Fl.

11-20-2002, 10:07 PM	#5
Dark Jedi Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 4,666	I drive past a big ass cross every time I go visit my father or grandparents...

11-20-2002, 10:53 PM	#6
fando Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Los Angeles Area Posts: 1,372	That's not too bad, Dark. In Latin America, you'll find towns replete with crosses. Standing from the Plaza de Armas in Cusco, Peru, you can see the surrounding mountains covered with huge crosses of all descriptions. Then again, the obvious presence of crosses suggests that Latin culture is Catholic culture. I guess it's not a good thing for the secular person who lives there. (BTW, ever notice how the old fashioned electric poles all look like crucifixes? Look at the background on that photo...)

11-21-2002, 04:11 AM	#7
Loki Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Land of hippies and fog Posts: 2,075	Florida can have 'im. God knows Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor want him out. 25 story Crucifix? What an affront to aesthetics among all other things. And he's got Domino's farms, which has ueber-conservative Catholicism with jumping around and speaking in tongues (but a fairly nifty light show around Xmas).

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