(August 11, 2015 at 12:32 am)Parkers Tan Wrote:(August 10, 2015 at 9:43 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Well, it's either I do that and get accused of blindly following, or I don't do that and get accused of being a cafeteria Christian lol. Now I've had both happen.
Which is it, dammit?!
In seriousness, it's a dilemma for every believer, and that is because every believer cherry-picks doctrine to suit their own morality that they already have internalized. I was not different when I was a believer, and you're no different either, even though your doctrine come from a pope and not a scripture.
Haha, well I believe all the doctrines. What I was saying was that sometimes when I tell people on here what I believe without explicitly saying that it is also what the Church teaches, they accuse me of cherry picking because they don't know that what I'm saying is actually Church teaching. They just assume it's stuff I'm making up on my own, since it's different from other stuff they've heard from more conservative Christians. So now when talking about my beliefs, I'm always sure to include that it is what the Church teaches. But then that just makes people accuse me of blindly following the Church lol.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
