WELL, what a revealing post.
“Continue in this vein and you’re out.”
Why don’t you just make it plain as day and make it policy that this site is
PRO-CATHOLIC
Why not be honest about it?
ROFL!!!!
That's the most (unintentionally) funny thing I've seen on this site for days ...
This site is not itself actively anti-Catholic ... but it tolerates a huge volume of anti-Catholic vitriol.
Anyone who thinks that is "pro-Catholic" has a very strange perspective.
Pretty simple really...
Of course FR is pro-Catholic. And Pro-Protestant. Pro-God. The one true Judeo-Christian God.
Well, actually ... I don’t think this site is pro-Catholic ... :-) ... but it’s not anti-Catholic either. I believe it’s neutral in terms of theological doctrines - as far as the site itself is concerned.
This is mainly a political site and in reality - many different religions can exist in the “political realm” and cooperate with certain bills and electing certain representatives - who represent certain values and traditions in society in which these differing religions have “common interests”.
BUT ... that’s as far as it goes - just down to the political level. When you get into the area of THEOLOGICAL DOCTRINES - then that’s another story. Here in the USA we’ve done a better job of separating out the political cooperation from the religious doctrines and keep things in their own “sphere of influence”.
Thus ... that’s why there is a religious forum which is separate from the general news and activism (in the political realm).
And there on the Religious Forum ... you can argue all day long about the theological doctrines and what the Bible says and who has the authority over what and what the views are.
You’ll also NOTE that there is a DIFFERENCE between attacking simply INSTITUTIONS and their “teachings and doctrines” - versus - personally attacking a person.
Of course, many times a person FEELS like they are being attacked personally when someone attacks the “teachings and doctrines” of a religion. And that’s really the fault of the person “feeling attacked” - as along as that attack is based on just those teachings and doctrines and what that “institution” has done and what it’s practices are and what it’s history is.
And all that is open for discussion.
NOW ... I might say that there is a fine line here - because if people are to cooperate for political purposes (which is the aim here on this board) - then the people who run the board don’t want to alienate people who might “cooperate together” otherwise.
SO ... that’s why the Religion forum was split off to itself and it’s not for attacking people but for honest disagreements (and hopefully based on the BIBLE, itself) and attacking FALSE DOCTRINES and CULT GROUPS.
But, of course, as we all know in real life ... one person’s truth is another’s “false doctrines”. Thus we must all appeal to some HIGHER AUTHORITY ... and thus that’s where you see the battle with the Catholic Church - over “who has the higher authority” on deciding these issues.
As for myself, I take it SOLELY based on the Bible (which the Catholic Church itself has criticized as NOT VALID) ... however ... you’ve got a huge number of “honest-to-goodness Christians” who totally disagree with the Catholic Church and its doctrines and teachings - and thus TOTALLY REJECT their “higher authority” that they use to give it differing doctrines than Christians in the USA.
Well, anyway ... it’s a balance here and the main rule, I think, is to not attack people PERSONALLY ... but only deal in the DOCTRINES and TEACHINGS and expose them. That is basically what the bottom line is.
And in the end — on the political level — many people will completely put aside “religious doctrinal teachings” and just cooperate on a VERY LIMITED BASIS on very specific legislation or a particular legislator that various “religions” can agree upon (i.e., their members can agree upon).
“WELL, what a revealing post.”
I can just see you trying to claim to be a manly man while swinging your purse as you say that.