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To: Mrs. Don-o

By your very own definition, it’s hypocrisy.

The Catholic church pretends to be something it isn’t.

It puts on a good show in words and more than falls short in action.

Nobody cares so much about what people say.

But they sure do care a lot about what people DO.


46 posted on 05/11/2018 3:30:52 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: metmom
You are right, if you mean these LGBT-celebrating people claim to be good Catholics. In that sense, they are hypocrites.

But I did not mean to defend them -- AT ALL -- because I think what they are doing now is worse than hypocrisy. Hypocrisy hides its vices. But this new infidelity consists in not hiding vices, but rather celebrating them.

A hypocrite might, for instance, preach wholesome Christian marriage while secretly committing adultery with the choir director. But worse, is a person who does not *even* preach wholesome Christian marriage: a person who (to continue the example) suavely says he's juggin' the choir director and it's OK, it's "love," it's "open marriage."

In other words, worse than a hypocrite is a shameless person who won't even hide his vices and *pretend* to be following the perennial laws of God wgich the Church has always taught.

These people do not represent "The Church". They represent the betrayal of the Church. I'm sure you can see that.

49 posted on 05/11/2018 4:50:17 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (The Holy Catholic Church: the more Catholic it is, the more Holy it is.)
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