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To: Aliska

Unfortunately, I have done nothing to alert Rome to this, however I am pretty confident they already know. What's the point of having rules, if everyone gets to break them?


28 posted on 02/03/2006 2:16:17 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl (As soon as I remember it, I'll type it in....)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
Unfortunately, I have done nothing to alert Rome to this, however I am pretty confident they already know. What's the point of having rules, if everyone gets to break them?

Nor I. Unfortunately, my gut feeling is that the church takes a dim view of complainers. Surely they have been informed by now. As to the point of having rules, I have learned to live with minor infractions depending on the situation, but this goes to the very heart of what the church should be about and sets it apart from all the others.

Actually, one would think premeditated murder would carry the penalty of excommunication. Only abortion does as far as I know.

Some lady who converted the same year I did went to the bishop's meeting about the abuse scandals in the capitol, (is it ol or al?), I'm rusty, of our state. The sound bite has been, "the church is for sinners, we are all sinners." True enough; however the ancient church was very firm about serious violations of moral law; through the centuries I suspect some exceptions were made for wealthy or worldly advantage now and then concerning dispensations; however for all these centuries, the church has run a pretty tight ship overall and paid dearly in a few historical eras.

36 posted on 02/03/2006 4:16:12 PM PST by Aliska
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