(June 20, 2015 at 3:03 am)Neimenovic Wrote:(June 19, 2015 at 10:35 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It does matter. You are throwing an unwarranted accusation at a whole group of people. My people. Telling someone something is not the same as brainwashing. I know you don't mean any harm, but I do feel like I need to stand up a little bit here with this comment.
telling someone something, on pain of eternal torment, and forcing them to follow is brainwashing. Yes, they are forcing children to follow.
They all have the same attitude as you. 'You don't have to be here, it's your choice'. bullshit. If you don't follow, you will be ostracized.
You know, I may be drawing this to attention because I hate catholicism, but I have good reasons to.
And that's the thing. I'm as Catholic as they come, and I hear you telling me that Catholics force people to save sex for marriage, and I have 0 idea what you're talking about. Not saying this has never happened (it is possible that it has, though I've never heard of or seen it), but you're passing it off as a prevailing norm.
"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
