[Eagles6]

Not arguing with your choice. I can understand it.

soetoro didn't force me to give up on the Constitution, this "Pope" won't force me to give up on the Church.

[Artemis Webb]

Re #8:

Then you are making the right choice for you! :)

[miss marmelstein]

Excellent statement. When we have a bad president, we don’t run off to Europe or somewhere else. And when we have a lousy pope, we shouldn’t run away from the church. I’m not doing that and I’m embarrassed by such weak Catholics.

[Artemis Webb]

I got to thinking more about what you said on post #8. Now I'm not speaking for my wife. She's a Cradle Catholic. But I was raised a Jehovah's Witness. I left that religion when I was 18 (36 years ago). And even though I don't believe the doctrine of that religion I still can find some good things to say about them. I'll defend them to a limited extent, especially if I see someone say something about them that I know to be false.

When I converted to Catholicism I really did it for the wrong reasons. My wife was Catholic, but was open to other faiths. I revered Pope John Paul, and still do. So it was a matter of convenience plus a reflection of my feelings about John Paul that put me through RCIA.

We need a more conservative religious faith, doctrinally and practically conservative. But I will do with the Catholics as I've done with the JW's. Speak well of them when I can and defend them against the misinformed or just plain stupid.

[slapshot]

Looking forward to the CEO of RNCINC “spreading the wealth” from those accrued billions of assets to address “economic justice”.