[conservonator]

C'mon Harley, don't be an ass, the disobedience of a few hardly amounts to an official endorsement by the Church.

[HarleyD]

You Catholics like to tout the doctrinal solidarity you have in the church as evidence of solid Bible doctrine established by the church fathers. I’ve said it on another post and I’ll say it here; when doctrine is established but ignored-even for a “few”, then you have no doctrine.

While the Catholic Church has specific doctrines for homosexuals, birth control, etc., they tend to be quietly ignored in order to placate those in disobedience. Don’t take my word. Look at the furor caused by one righteous Cardinal refusing to administer the Eucharist to pro-choice politicians. (At least some are willing to take a stand.) And we won’t even talk about the pedophile priests who are quietly reassigned.

You may call me an “ass” but when you Catholics start touting your virtues while ignoring your problems, you come off to me as a noise gong or a clanging symbol.