(August 31, 2015 at 1:52 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: No one is saying that it's easy, or that God does not have mercy on those who fall short. It is a very tall order. Yes, ideally, we believe they should try to live a chaste life style. But we should not judge those who don't, because like you said, it is a very difficult thing to do.
Basically you're saying - it's alright if they have sex, just as long as they feel guilty and ashamed of themselves afterwards. So - pretty much the traditional catholic way, huh?
(August 31, 2015 at 1:52 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't think it's "bigoted" to have the belief that sex outside husband and wife is immoral. People can still do what they want in their sex life, and we should respect all people. But it doesn't mean we have to think it's moral. That's not bigoted. [...]
Yeah, no - that's pretty much the definition of bigotry...
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