So? You know one reason from one person and all of a sudden ALL former Catholics fit that profile?
Teddy Kennedy was a Catholic, even got a Catholic funeral. Shall we paint all Catholics as a Kennedy, as adulterous, murdering, liars??
Using your standards.......
So? You know one reason from one person and all of a sudden ALL former Catholics fit that profile?
Profile? Sure. Some disagree with the Church's stand on homosexuality; others marriage; others the Sacraments; others (open the Catechism at random and somebody will have a beef with it). But it all comes down to the idea of me, myself and I. I choose what to believe, when I want to believe it, where I want to believe it, how often I want to believe it, and how long I want to believe it before I wander off into something else.
The magic of Martin Luther's Reformation is the idea that one can create his own beliefs, theology and religion, like his 'every milkmaid' that he rued as he realized what he had done.
Teddy Kennedy was a Catholic, even got a Catholic funeral. Shall we paint all Catholics as a Kennedy, as adulterous, murdering, liars??
Far too many are. Far too many Baptists, Pentecostals, Methodists, Reformed, and what have you are as well. Can you name me any Baptists that have been excommunicated? Count for me the free will or the Calvinist Baptists that have been refused a Baptist funeral. Will you actually need a second hand of fingers, or will one do?
Using your standards.......
Please do. And show me where Freaky Freddy Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church has been dealt with in the manner that they appear to need. I don't mean to pick on the Baptists - I like the Baptists just fine. Select another denomination if you prefer.