(February 23, 2011 at 12:08 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: My wife is somewhat of a Catholic and we are having a child next week(scheduled c-section).
The second I saw "scheduled c-section" I heard my medical researcher friend screaming in my head about how amazingly expensive, useless and potentially dangerous c-sections are.
Way I see it, the human body spent millions of years evolving to get out the natural way, developing mechanisms to signal and control aspects from hormones to nutrient secretions, only to be subverted by the very monkeys who think they "know better."
(February 23, 2011 at 12:13 pm)Rwandrall Wrote: In no way does not going to Church disqualifies you from being a Catholic.
And if you admit those protesting the actions of the Church are a lot smarter than the others, then the whole "fuck ALL catholics" thing kindda falls apart.
Dictionary Wrote:Cath·o·lic
[kath-uh-lik, kath-lik] Show IPA
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
2. Theology .
a. (among Roman Catholics) claiming to possess exclusively the notes or characteristics of the one, only, true, and universal church having unity, visibility, indefectibility, apostolic succession, universality, and sanctity: used in this sense, with these qualifications, only by the Church of Rome, as applicable only to itself and its adherents and to their faith and organization; often qualified, especially by those not acknowledging these claims, by prefixing the word Roman.
b. (among Anglo-Catholics) noting or pertaining to the conception of the church as the body representing the ancient undivided Christian witness, comprising all the orthodox churches that have kept the apostolic succession of bishops, and including the Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Church of Sweden, the Old Catholic Church (in the Netherlands and elsewhere), etc.
3. pertaining to the Western Church.
–noun
4. a member of a Catholic church, especially of the Roman Catholic Church.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; special uses of catholic
So it looks like if you are a Catholic, you belong to the Roman Catholic Church under this context. As belonging to an organization that indulges in crimes makes you an accomplice (a long established legal tradition), then it is obvious that if one is a Catholic (under definition 1 or 2a) then one is also an accomplice.
Thus, if a person falls under the commonly accepted definitions for being a "Catholic", then I and others clearly state "Fuck all Catholics."
Rwandrall, you are doing nothing but attempting to obfuscate the issue at hand.
At least Existentialist had the temerity to come on out and admit at redefining things.
