What IS good, and how do we determine it?

[Catholic_Lady]

But probably during the ages of 14 and 18 I did a lot of reexamination. And even know, I continue to grow in my faith and look for answers.

You didn't answer my question: how many religions did you examine in the same depth as you examined Catholicism? And what were the bases for you rejecting them?

My husband is an Air Force pilot and we currently live in a very small town in the Middle-of-Nowhere, Texas.

Whereabouts in Texas? I'm on vacation right now, but I live in Spicewood, about thirty minutes outside Austin.

My apologies.

I did not go as far as to examine other religions, just used basic knowledge of what I already knew about them. I just examined Catholicism and decided that it made sense to me. If I had felt that it didn't, then I would start examining other beliefs, including atheism.

Del Rio. It's about 6 hours away from Austin!

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I don't either.

Similarly, I don't know what you expect to come from such blatantly disingenuous statements...either.  

So here we are, a few pages in, we see that there are many ways to determine what is good, that atheists can use any number of them, even the same as those used by theists....but you find yourself having to make statements such as these in order to justify -your- moral truths, whereas I do not.  If we're both getting the same "genocide is always wrong" effect....I can't help but stick with my process - if for no other reason than the unnecessary baggage which you've decided to put on parade in these posts.

It is not a disingenous statement. Catholicism's teachings on sexuality are pretty basic Catholic teachings. There's no reason why anyone would think that I, as a Catholic, would not hold the Catholic position on something so fundamental to the faith. So I agreed with you.