Reply #67: So many of the Catholic rules are not based on Bible teachings [View All]

[cidliz2004]

but man made laws and that is one of the biggest problems that I have always had with the Catholic Church. Women have been thrown out of the Church for using Birth Control Pills, the rules against Birth Control are purely interpretation of the words in the Bible. The "Go forth and multiply" did not say how many times you were expected to multiply.... The eating meat on Friday was another "man made" law, Not turning down sex for any reason from your spouse???? What kind of bullshit is that? Where in the Bible does it say that????? Again based on interpretation.

What I find most offensive, is that the Catholic Church puts their laws on the same level as God's laws!!!! How ludicrous is that?????

As a Catholic you are mislead on what God's laws actually are. (and by the way other Christian religions do much of the same) I was raised Catholic and I witnessed the hypocrisy as well as the flat falsehoods that were taught. There are too many to list. I resorted to reading the Bible and learning myself with God's help what THE WORDS actually said. Since then I feel much more at peace with what Jesus' teachings were and what the essence of Christianity is all about. I don't carry guilt for eating meat on Fridays, I don't carry guilt because I used birth control, I don't carry around guilt for not attending church on Sunday, I don't carry guilt because I don't believe that a 6 week old baby must be baptised...

I am a Christian 1st and foremost and to me the Organized Religion -whatever it may be- has to meet up to my criteria before I commit to it and will only commit to it for further understanding of what I have learned and for fellowship with other Christians and maybe to join into some activity designed to help someone else -individual or group.