[Gamecock]

You know what?

I have been waiting for years to hear a Catholic admit that not all is perfect in Rome. We of the Reformed Confessions openly admit to any one who will listen that we are all rotten, it is very refreshing to hear such come from a RC.

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[Conservative til I die]

I have been waiting for years to hear a Catholic admit that not all is perfect in Rome.

This statement does not match up with reality, as most Catholics here will admit imperfection within the Church.

But then again, you're just looking for a fight.

[Mad Dawg]

I have been waiting for years to hear a Catholic admit that not all is perfect in Rome.

Are you kidding? One of the RC Church's most charming characteristics to me is the genial contempt we all share for the folks who run stuff. This isn't about doctrine, this is about people being bozos, especially when they are outside their field of competence.

Haven't you noticed that everybody knows how to do your job better than you do? -- and they'd be only too happy to tell you, if only you had the good sense to listen to them?

So they make the decisions, and (again, outside of doctrine) we gripe and complain and mock. Full employment!

If you've been a deacon, you already know this: Everybody knows what Sunday School SHOULD do, but nobody knows enough to volunteer to teach. EVERYbody is a contractor AND a Liturgical Interior Decorator when it's time to buy a carpet or fix the roof. After all, the RIGHT way for a church to look is mostly the way the one I went to when I was a kid looked. Everybody knows that!

Complaining about why other people aren't as smart and as good and perceptive and tasteful as I am is one of life's greatest joys and most popular occupations. Why should we Catholics deprive ourselves of this amusement?