Aquitaine
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Meaning the evangeical church?
Meh, I think I mis-read your previous post, nevermind ^_^
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Meaning the evangeical church?
Wait one minute: the Catholic Church hasn't only voiced its doctrinal disapproval of same-sex marriage; it's actively campaigned for same-sex marriage to be illegal for everyone. It works against the stance that you say is the proper one on this issue: that each person is free to act according to the dictates of their own conscience. It is actively opposed to freedom of religion as you just described it. You think this is okay?I have some Catholics in my fam - my dad won't go to church because "church scares the hell of of" him (LOL - pun intended). I guess some of those nuns at the Catholic schools are pretty strict
As far as their doctrinal issues (women in the priesthood, birth control, SSM, charity support) I see all of these as being doctrinal issues - everyone should be free to act according to the dictates of their own conscience, let everyone choose which church to go to, and let each church decide what charities to support / what to do with their $ - that's freedom of religion, which is important to support. The abuse scandals are a different story - that I have a problem with, but the other stuff I don't.
I know there must be many different motivations, I am just curious why this is the last great, accepted predjudice.
To me, most of it's teachings go against human nature, and also the Way of the Bible.
The Catholic church has IMO betrayed its purpose to a greater extent than any other organization of any type in history. While it has done many good things its actions have contradicted it's foundations to such a degree that IMO it has done more damage to Christianity than any other human agency. For example most of the atrocities used by critics against Christianity are Catholic actions: Crusades, inquisition, witch hunts, forced conversion, the conquistadors, etc....Lies, hypocrisy, evil and bigotry also spring to mind.