Do you think you can be a Catholic and disagree/not obey the pope?

Quote: Hope this helps.

Not in the least.


You are supporting a criminal conspiracy which, as far as I can tell, reached to the very highest levels and is probably continuing.  You should be ashamed to be part of it.

Do you pray to saints to intercede for you to God, and if so which saints do you go to?

(May 15, 2015 at 5:20 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: Does the light REALLY go off when you close the refrigerator door?

I'm not sure about that, but I have seen the resulting darkness when people close their minds. 

This one's been on my mind for a while

How do you reconcile your beliefs with reality?

(May 15, 2015 at 5:37 pm)Alex K Wrote: Why would anyone want to be catholic?

Because it is true. 

If there were no catholics, there wouldn't be anyone for protestants to protest against.

(May 15, 2015 at 6:34 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

Quote: Hope this helps.

Not in the least.

I agree. Playing the "but they do it too" card is a putrid red herring that stinks the place out. Yes, similar abuses have happened in schools, in care homes, in the BBC. And in each case that's uncovered, inquiries have been launched and those found guilty sacked and imprisoned. If the organisations involved quietly moved the alleged abusers around to potential fresh victims, suppressed evidence, and blamed the victims as a matter of policy, as does the Catholic Church, there would be the riot to end all riots. Randy, I appreciate your attempting to tackle the question, but don't you dare try to whitewash the issue in such a pathetic way again.