[RinaseaofDs]

Missing the forest for the trees.

Every single church, every one of them, is populated with 100 percent sinners. Not a single church can boast a person who does not sin on a regular basis.

As for Churches condemning any one, that isn’t their place. A church is a place for people to find forgiveness for their many sins.

It’s when churches start monkeying with the definition of sin is where things start to go aglee.

[ravingnutter]

A church is a place for people to find forgiveness for their many sins.

A church does not forgive sins, the Lord does.

[NYer]

“I knew that I did not want to remain Catholic as a result of their views on homosexuality. I could not become a member of a church that would condemn my sister. If a church would not accept my sister, then they would not accept me.”

Totally ignorant statement! The Catholic Church does not "condemn" her sister; it condemns the 'active' homosexual lifestyle. Were the sister to leave the lover and embrace a christian life, she will always be welcome in the Catholic Church.

[mgist]

Yes we are all sinners, but the church must remind people what Our Father expects from us, and what is right and wrong.

Even withing the Catholic church I have seen so many divisive groups ty to confuse church doctrine, thank God we have our God given Catechisis and Magesterium that makes things clear.

Sin is something that brings suffering and bondage. Not only to ourselves but to those who love us. So those who love God, understand that our perfect Father wants us to try to do what is right. He gave us our church to help us. He gave us the Blessed Mother to remind us what a true Christian woman is. He gave us Jesus to remind us that our suffering will be redeemed if we ask.

If you had a son, wouldn't you want him surrounded by good friends and people who reminded him that he may be doing something that will hurt himself and others? Wouldn't you want positive people around him? That is what the church and Christian community is called to do.

Nobody is perfect, that doesn't make those act in ways that offend God acceptable.

We are called to love, but love God the most.

I have friends who are homosexual, I'm sad for them and treat them with love. I would be devastated if my child were homosexual. To me it is the same as drug addiction, being in a cult, alcoholism, etc.

I'm not prefect, but I would never accept any of those problems in someone I love. Because of my love, I would be broken hearted.

[SQUID]

...but when people want to turn a sin into a holy sacrament then there is a problem don’t you think?