Is the catholic church a force for good?

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The problem is, and I experience this when I was a believer, is that when representatives of your faith, who are true practtioners of that faith, say or do disgusting things, you need to be loyal, or segregate them as part of a different segment of the same core faith, since your group doesn't do that, or leave.

I, like you, don't have such a problem anymore. There is freedom in being disconnected from idiots who claim that Hurricane Sandy was the result of [insert sin here].

There's a very easy way to discern between the Christian who momentarily lapses into sin and the sinner who is an atheist in disguise.

Only the Christian admits that what they did actually was a sin against God and accepts their punishment/repentance.

The atheist does not accept Gods existence. The atheist assumes the right to ignore the Church's official condemnation of sin.
And the atheist does not even care about, let alone fear, an afterlife punishment for;

- lying,
- breaking a vow of chastity,
- having unmarried sex,
- teaching a disgusting adult sin unto these little ones. (Matthew 18:6)