(September 5, 2022 at 1:29 pm)Ahriman Wrote: As previously mentioned (by me) in this thread, the only real way to cut yourself off from Catholicism is to dabble in perverted sex or drugs. You want out? Show God you really want out. Do things that would make your "fellow Catholics" look at you with a disgusted face.
Seems to me, there are an awful lot (1000's) of pedophile priests that are still considered part of the Catholic Church, who are even protected by the Church.
How much more perverted than that are you thinking will get one to be no longer considered a Catholic?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.