The Pope - After a Week In 'Murrica

[Nay_Sayer]

Let me be clear.  I do have a problem with anyone who remained a catholic in the aftermath of the scandals which have been exposed.  I suppose you have your reasons.  Otherwise you seem like a nice person.

It is not prejudice.  I am not pre-judging.  I am judging.

The ones who did it are bad enough.  The ones who protected them suck too.

I do not give a flying fuck about catholic "doctrine."  That's just as silly as any other religious crap.  It's the organization and business of catholicism that requires serious sanctions.

But don't you think a person can still believe in a religion, even though there are people within that religion that are not good people? Yes, what those clergymen did was horrible. But I am still Catholic because I still believe in the teachings of the Church. None of which say pedophilia or covering up pedophiles is ok. I neither molested anyone, or protected anyone who did... so I shouldn't be judged for that. So when you say you don't like someone simply because they are Catholic, this sounds like kind of a bigoted statement.

Shouldn't you be glued to the TV kissing it every time the pope appears? Like right now as I type they are in the middle of what I'm guessing will be a 77 hour long mass