(November 18, 2015 at 5:43 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:(November 18, 2015 at 5:29 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: ...It tells me we learned from our awful mistakes as times change, culture changes, and people evolve and become more educated.
Well yeah, exactly. But dogmatic religion isn't like that. If a religion is dogmatic, it is right or it is wrong. There is no room for change. If you are open to change, you must admit the foundation of your religion is not infallible. If that's the case, why the dogma? Why not embrace something more flexible like Secular Humanism which acknowledges the changing, advancing state of knowledge and enlightenment?
That is very true about dogmatic teachings not changing.
"Death Penalty = moral" was never a dogmatic Catholic teaching, but a practice of the time... though an awful and embarrassing one. But you are correct. Church dogmas don't change, and neither will they ever. A couple examples of these are the belief that Jesus is God, and the belief that Mary got pregnant with Jesus through the Holy Spirit. We believe them to be absolute truths, and truths don't change.
"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
