I’m having a great deal of trouble understanding where your objection intersects with the article you have posted.
Are you saying the Roman Church no longer teaches the 10 items listed or that you simply disagree with all 10?
Regardless I agree with your initial objection that “just about every case” has to do with people not understanding what the Church teaches. Well I suppose it could be the case for the author but every ex/former Catholic I’ve ever met in real life left over “procreative issues”. They understood exactly what the Catholic Church teaches in that area.
I am quite sure that people do exist who had some other reason, I have a great deal of difficulty doing the right thing and assuming good will on the part of persons who claim that sexual “freedom” had nothing to do with the decision though. Every time I’ve gotten into any sort of deep conversation in the real world with someone who left the Catholic Church it eventually boils down to some variation of “the Pope no playa da game, he no maka da rules”... which is sort of like saying “the only good therapist is a psychotic therapist”, but there it is.
Beyond all that, whatever else you may think the Catholic Church teaches, let’s make one thing abundantly and unavoidably clear: Jesus Christ, without Him nothing matters. He is the only reason for doing anything that’s worth doing.
Without Him being exactly Who He is our existence is pointless, and He is the Eternal Son of the Ever-living Father. God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God. Anything less and there’s just no reason to get out of bed in the morning.
Jesus Christ is the ONLY hope for a lost and dying world. His mother can’t save anyone and His Father won’t save anyone who tries to get around the Son.
That’s what the Catholic Church teaches, at least that’s what the Church has taught me and anyone who hasn’t had that all but crammed down his throat isn’t paying attention to the Church. Everything else hinges on the glorious, adorable, worshipful, Person of Jesus Christ. Praised be Jesus Christ, now and forever!
No matter what year AD someone believes the Roman Church started there is no way for an honest person to avoid the only message that Church has shouted, cried, screamed, yelled and begged a fallen humanity to hear throughout all those centuries: Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, He lived, suffered and died, for YOU! and He rose from the dead that we might have eternal life. Hear Him, and do whatever He tells you.
Do fallen men, within and without, confuse the message? Of course. Do wicked men, within and without, actively attempt to obscure it? Of course.
Is that an excuse to claim the message isn’t there? I hope it is but all signs point to: No.
One can say, “but the Romans also teach X and Y and I think they even believe Z!” However one should never forget, and never obscure and never confuse or downplay in any way the bottom line upon which all else rests:
“Cling, therefore, to Jesus in life and death; trust yourself to the glory of Him who alone can help you when all others fail.” - The Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis
“the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success; nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. Neither does it depend on arms and human industries, but on Jesus alone.” - St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
“Love God, serve God: everything is in that” - St. Clare of Assisi
Beautifully written, thanks.
Seeing additional and continued attacks from self proclaimed Christians makes this non-Catholic wonder who is making common cause with whom? And why?