LOL! You aren’t even giving me credit for having a brain and a conscience — saying I depend on others for my decision making.
You are really warping what I say, aren’t you?
You posted: You aren’t even giving me credit for having a brain and a conscience — saying I depend on others for my decision making.
Before that you posted: We welcome you home at any time. Sit down with a priest and get your questions answered truthfully...........not according to your own interpretation of Scripture.
I was responding to your insinuation that I need a priest to give me truth and deliver me from my own interpretation of Scripture.
Actually, I do believe you have a brain and a conscience, and respect your ability to use them and form your own conclusions, otherwise I am wasting my time speaking with you.
Do you believe everything a priest tells you? Do yuo believe everything a priest, or a body of priests tells you is true about the Bible or what is required of the faithful servant of God to be so?
If not, then you are “guilty” of your own private interpretations...which I applaud you for.
So if I had questions, will any priest do, even the ones that are excoriated on FR Catholic threads as being homosexual, or otherwise unfit for ministry, or do I need to pick my priest with care.
In case of the former, I think I’ll pass. In case of the latter, won’t I need to use personal judgment or discernment, as I do with Scripture.