Catholicism

[ducketto]

In a way you are right, the Catholic Church is not ordinary, but Extraordinary.

That, sir, is a lie. Do not get me wrong, you probably believe you are stating the truth, unaware of the fact that your view of the church is quite abnormal and redolent of serious delusion.

And I am defending the Faith quite rationally.

Hardly.

You show me an institution that transcends time and space, that is centered on devotion to the Blessed Trinity, that makes the salvation of souls, not raking in the cash, its number one mission, that was founded by Jesus Christ Himself, that was entrusted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, that has a litany of Saints, that will defend itself to the last breath for the Truth it knows and loves and you find me and tell me that isn't EXTRAORDINARY.

[Elskidor]

I know very little about it, which is odd because my wife is sorta catholic. She claims she is, but also believes in some wiccan, and doesn't believe in hell. She's told me a little about growing up as a catholic, and still claims to be one now even without attending church. I thinks she's turned into some weird religious mix breed at some point. Besides for some pedophile priests and other christian denominations disliking them, I don't see much of a difference from the rest of christianity though.

[SteelCurtain]

Again, conflating political cover up with child rape cover up - NOT THE SAME, DOUCHEBAG.

[Minimalist]

I have no expectations at all for the Church. Except that it history will likely repeat itself with Christian policies of denying and persecuting anything that doesn't fit their worldview. I seriously couldn't give a shit about Catholicism unless it impinges on my life.

And don't you dare compare the systematic cover up of child rape to a kink that needs to be worked out in practice. That is offensive, if nothing else.

By all measures, the Church's mission is first and foremost to protect itself. Apparently by any means necessary.

No my friend, there you are wrong. The Church's mission is the salvation of souls, and She only fights back because she has fallen under a two-thousand year siege by all of the rest of the world. But I thank all of you for awakening the Sleeping Giant.

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The motivations of anyone who remains a catholic after all the revelations about their crimes certainly are suspect, though.

Would you have revoked American citizenship after the Watergate Scandal? Be honest.

I'm a democrat. I'd have had the motherfuckers shot! Do you know the criteria for revoking citizenship?

[ducketto]

I know very little about it, which is odd because my wife is sorta catholic. She claims she is, but also believes in some wiccan, and doesn't believe in hell. She's told me a little about growing up as a catholic, and still claims to be one now even without attending church. I thinks she's turned into some weird religious mix breed at some point. Besides for some pedophile priests and other christian denominations disliking them, I don't see much of a difference from the rest of christianity though.

Take in the words of this quote all of you who associate the Catholic Church with nothing more than a bad image that was given Her in the past few decades: ""There are not more than 100 people in the world who truly hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they perceive to be the Catholic Church. ....As a matter of fact, if we Catholics believed all of the untruths and lies which were said against the Church, we probably would hate the Church a thousand times more than they do."-Archbishop Fulton Sheen

[rexbeccarox]

You show me an institution that transcends time and space, that is centered on devotion to the Blessed Trinity, that makes the salvation of souls, not raking in the cash, its number one mission, that was founded by Jesus Christ Himself, that was entrusted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, that has a litany of Saints, that will defend itself to the last breath for the Truth it knows and loves and you find me and tell me that isn't EXTRAORDINARY.

Uh, any evidence for the bolded parts?

[Silver]

You show me an institution that transcends time and space, that is centered on devotion to the Blessed Trinity, that makes the salvation of souls, not raking in the cash, its number one mission, that was founded by Jesus Christ Himself, that was entrusted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, that has a litany of Saints, that will defend itself to the last breath for the Truth it knows and loves and you find me and tell me that isn't EXTRAORDINARY.

...The fact that unjustified beliefs can have a consoling influence on the human mind is no argument in their favor. If every physician told his terminally ill patients that they were destined for a complete recovery, this might also set many of their minds at ease, but at the expense of the truth.

The fact that religious faith has left its mark on every aspect of our civilization is not an argument in its favor, nor can any particular faith be exonerated simply because certain of its adherents made fundamental contributions to human culture.

~ Sam Harris

[ducketto]

No my friend, there you are wrong. The Church's mission is the salvation of souls, and She only fights back because she has fallen under a two-thousand year siege by all of the rest of the world. But I thank all of you for awakening the Sleeping Giant.

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Would you have revoked American citizenship after the Watergate Scandal? Be honest.

I'm a democrat. I'd have had the motherfuckers shot! Do you know the criteria for revoking citizenship?

Then you understand why Catholics still stick around, because they see that as nothing more than a slight roadblock, as a chip in the shoulder.

[rexbeccarox]

Take in the words of this quote all of you who associate the Catholic Church with nothing more than a bad image that was given Her in the past few decades: ""There are not more than 100 people in the world who truly hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they perceive to be the Catholic Church. ....As a matter of fact, if we Catholics believed all of the untruths and lies which were said against the Church, we probably would hate the Church a thousand times more than they do."-Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Care to give us some examples of the "untruths" this Archbishop speaks of?

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I'm a democrat. I'd have had the motherfuckers shot! Do you know the criteria for revoking citizenship?

Then you understand why Catholics still stick around, because they see that as nothing more than a slight roadblock, as a chip in the shoulder.

Oh! You do understand why so many of us here have contempt for Catholics, then! You just don't care...

[Silver]

Then you understand why Catholics still stick around, because they see that as nothing more than a slight roadblock, as a chip in the shoulder.

You consider a mass decades-long coverup of child rape to be slight?

I am sorry, I do not curse very often, but you are bringing me to the brink of using profanity.

You are one ignorant, delusional individual.