Reply #63: Well, educate me then. I DON'T trust you... [View All]

[tedzbear]

...because Rapid Creek is giving you an excellent argument and you are evading it. Because of your dodge, I tend to see you as someone who is afraid of seeing the truth even if it is spelled out for you in capital letters. The pope obviously would excommunicate you for your personal Catholic ideology. Why can't you see that you are supporting an institution that is actually dismissive of you and your personal vision of your God? Your personal belief is actually anathema to the pope. Oh I get it. As long as you put money in the basket and don't confess to the bishop that you don't agree with him, then it's OK. That's precisely the gentleman's agreement that has got the church in so much hot water over the cover-up of their priests' sexual abuse, IMHO. Everybody agrees to look the other way as long as "the institution" survives.
You talk about changing the church. Ha! What have you done to confront the pope and the higher ups on the parts that you don't agree with? Or do you hide in your little parish and pretend that you actually have something to do with the real scheme of things?

I get so mad at people like you who are so pompous and contemptuous when you are confronted by some really life changing, frightening questions. You can dodge all you want, but it won't make me take your side by doing it.

Kudos to Rapid Creek for a smart and logical argument.
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