We'll take you in. :-D
I am a Roman Catholic too. But I realize the great thing about this country is that you CAN change your religion if you are not happy with it.
Your faith is only as strong as you are.
For 2000 years Catholicism has overcome all kinds of trials and tribulations.
If you can't stand the heat then PRAY!
Nobody said being a Catholic was easy.
Just be thankful to God that He has given you your faith and quit whining.
Ask yourself "What have I done today to enrich my soul and the soul of another?"
Because when the rubber hits the road, that's why God put you on this earth and that's why you are a Catholic!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Luke...Luke...Come over to the Protestant side...
BUMP
Try ECUSA..you have no idea how screwed up things can really be..
The sole reason they will not declare JF'nKerry as excommunicated is that it will force them to take a hard and fast stand. If you thought the liberal senator from Mass was nuanced, try the leadership of the church. By being vague they can play both sides agaisnt the other and suck money out of both at the same time.
Then you don't know what it means to be Catholic.
The vast majority of very good Catholics never give a passing thought to Canon Law. They seek to follow Christ. That's Catholic.
The Church of Jesus Christ which can be found by reading the Bible will accept you.
Christ is who set up the rules for us here on earth. We have the Bible and Christ specifically set up the Authority of the Church through Peter which has been passed down to present day.
Christ did alright, I wouldn't complain too much about the Authority He set up here in earth, if He would have thought we could have completely handled it on our own, maybe He would maybe have left us with only the Bible and not the Authority of the church, but since He did leave the Authority of the Church, it is part of being a Christian.
I, too suffer from Catholic Weltschmerz, and tire of those members of the Church who do not proclaim authentic Catholic teaching.
That said, although it is disheartening, it is not unexpected because of man's fallen nature. As a convert from the Lutheran church whose teachings seem to have done a 180 on most of what I grew up with, I will stick with Catholic teaching, and confront, and pray as necessary to defend Church teaching.
As long as we're on the subject, do our taxes pay for federally funded abortions?
Recently Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona refused to transport female prisoners to their scheduled abortions because he said the taxpayers ahouldn't have to fund that. It raised the question in my mind how many ways do we taxpayers pay for abortions with our taxes?
You're right. All these rules are terrible for Christianity...
like the Catholic Church saying authoritatively in the mid-300s that the New Testament we use today is accurate and not, say, the Gospel of Thomas?
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the Church saying that you have to believe that Jesus was God, in response to the Arians.
I mean...all these rules! Why can't I just simply believe that "god" is a yellow bowling ball and that its ok to eat babies and call myself a "good" Catholic? </sarcasm>
Catholicism isn't a culture or a club. Its a foundational set of beliefs that must be adhered to if you wish to continue calling yourself a "Catholic," by definition.
"Do as I say, not as I do" is an old cliche, but in this case what the Church says to do is God talking. What the Church members do is only the actions of certain members, not the Church. What the Church says God demands is readily available to anyone who really wants to know. If the Church leaders are weak, look above them.
I'm surprised John Kerry hasn't started his own church yet call the John sKerry House of Terrorists.
btt
Right-up-your-alley Ping.
Your state continues to reelect Joe Biden.
How about YOU petitioning against him?
Welcome to the reformation.......
The Anglicans love Queers
The Presbyterians love Arafat and the murderers in palestine
The Babtists are splitting yet again.