RE: What Can We Believe, Then?
September 6, 2011 at 1:13 pm
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2011 at 1:19 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Ch..._evolution
http://www.reformed.org/webfiles/antithe...canon.html
http://www.christiantruth.com/articles/assumption.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_...lic_Church
How one gets the impression that the RCC of today is anything like the RCC of yesteryear is beyond me. I also wouldn't put the RCC forward as a champion of human dignity, or you'll end up with page after page of church mandated atrocities, carried out by the clergy, with full support of the faithful. That they feed the poor is commendable, their stance on birth control contributes to this problem greatly and so they have a responsibility to do something about it, I'd say. The misdeeds of clergy were bad, of course, and not really the fault of the RCC per se. Their actions in suppressing the release of this information, and shielding clergy from the law are squarely on the shoulders of the RCC as a whole, since it was no small effort limited to a few individuals. I'm sorry if I can't take the idea of the RCC as "the good guys" seriously. You, as a roman catholic, sure, you're probably a decent guy. The RCC just has too many skeletons in it's closet for me to even try to withhold judgement.
http://www.reformed.org/webfiles/antithe...canon.html
http://www.christiantruth.com/articles/assumption.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_...lic_Church
How one gets the impression that the RCC of today is anything like the RCC of yesteryear is beyond me. I also wouldn't put the RCC forward as a champion of human dignity, or you'll end up with page after page of church mandated atrocities, carried out by the clergy, with full support of the faithful. That they feed the poor is commendable, their stance on birth control contributes to this problem greatly and so they have a responsibility to do something about it, I'd say. The misdeeds of clergy were bad, of course, and not really the fault of the RCC per se. Their actions in suppressing the release of this information, and shielding clergy from the law are squarely on the shoulders of the RCC as a whole, since it was no small effort limited to a few individuals. I'm sorry if I can't take the idea of the RCC as "the good guys" seriously. You, as a roman catholic, sure, you're probably a decent guy. The RCC just has too many skeletons in it's closet for me to even try to withhold judgement.
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