[TheSpottedOwl]

When beliefs become so internalized and so unpolite in common discussion - that we feel we must be personal and private about them, that we dare not bring them to any public discussion, those same beliefs become, for a society, meaningless.

I agree to a point. My parents were old enough to be my grandparents when I was born. My father, having been in the Army and then a postal worker, was more attuned to society in general, while my mother chose to hide behind attitudes that were learned back when Irish Catholicsm was treated harshly and with predjudice. I am very disappointed with the Catholic Church. I no longer attend. The only thing I can do is do my best to keep to the Ten Commandments and The Golden Rule.

I have a lot of things on my plate right now; how I worship God is indeed my personal business...

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Sure it's your personal business, as it should be. Something would be wrong with a faith that isn't. But what I'm getting at is that as a public issue, we don't talk about faith stuff anymore - to our detriment as a society. It's so personal that it's silent. And now when someone makes an accurate (true to the gospels) movie about the Passion of Christ - it's a big deal.

[Zack Nguyen]

I am very disappointed with the Catholic Church. I no longer attend. The only thing I can do is do my best to keep to the Ten Commandments and The Golden Rule.

I understand being disappointed with the church (it is, after all, run by mere men), but you should find somewhere to attend. Church is one of the primary places where the Word of God is proclaimed, and you need to subject yourself to that. Living by the Ten Commandments and Golden Rule is excellent, but remember Christ came to "forgive us our sins", not to encourage us to simply live better.