[bremenboy]

"if the truth be told and the catholic church had its way no one would be permitted to think, speak or write against it in any way

If you say so..."


no that is offical catholic church doctrine

[jo kus]

no that is offical catholic church doctrine

Can you show me the paragraph in the Catechism? Or are you just presuming you know official Catholic teachings without any sort of evidence?

[InterestedQuestioner]

"if the truth be told and the catholic church had its way no one would be permitted to think, speak or write against it in any way.....no that is offical catholic church doctrine."

What Jo Kus said was correct. People are free to think in any way they want. Of course they can also write and speak against the Church as well, something they do all the time. The Church teaches that Truth is it's own best advocate, and that the individual has the freedom and the duty to pursue truth. The recognizes that the individual has rights with respect to the Church and the State. The idea that the Church has rejected is individual or group expression with no limitation from either church or state. This is something our society recognizes as well. Basically, the individual has rights vis a vis the church and state, but the state also has rights in relation to the individual, and so does the Church.