Typical liberal, she don't want to be judged by you, me, society or God!
For some folks, its all about the buggery.
If you're a woman and have had an abortion you might as well give up because God is going to smite you.
Apparently, our correspondent is unfamiliar with Sacramental Confession.
If this writer really cared about not being a hypocrite, she might want to consider not being a liberal...............but why confuse her even more?
These questions are answered in Jewish Oral Tradition. And besides, don't Catholics believe Genesis is mythology anyway?
Some Catholics may call me a fair weather Christian because I only believe in part of the Bible
Catholics by definition only believe parts of the Bible. What's the writer's problem?
While I respect those who believe in the Christian faith, the biggest question I have been struggling with is how I can believe in a God that loves me conditionally.
I was not aware that belief in G-d was supposed to be conditioned on His love for us. This is one of chr*stianity's greatest crimes. Loving G-d is a mitzvah (commandment), not a "deal."
"Some Catholics may call me a fair weather Christian because I only believe in part of the Bible and don't attend church regularly. But I've started realizing that it's more about being a good person and having morals that you believe and not about being a "model" Christian."
Shannon, the Bible calls you an apostate and a heretic. And Jesus the God of love prophesied about the falling away from the truth and the hatred of it. Wake up, kid.
Too bad if you choose to commit sins - because there are consequences to those actions. The author misses the point entirely, mistaking the fact the unrepented sins have bearing on the salvation of the individual for the idea that God doesn't love all sinners.
Love the sinner, but hate the sin... The author cannot reconcile that one can love a person without endorsing their behavior.
I teach a class, which meets tonight, called Keeping Your Faith after Highschool. We address dorm life, challenges to faith in both the classroom and workplace. This will be a great article to read and discuss. Maybe I'll assign them to come up with their own rebuttle.
I guess the writer doesn't believe the part about no one is good.
If that was the case, Heaven would be a pretty lonely place. This poor child may have been forced to go to mass every Sunday, but she missed the point entirely.
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Hey, Shannon - it's not about you.
What a ridiculous strawman this little girl creates.
Carl Jung, hardly an orthodox Christian, made an astute observation about disillusionment. Disgruntled Protestants change to another denomination. Disgrunted Catholics typically become atheist. I add my prayers to yours for this young lady.
These college (or high school) student crises of faith are all alike.
I wonder if there's a lesson in that ...
As I became a teenager though, my Sunday school teachers started adding a disclaimer next to "all-loving." I started realizing that he is only all loving if you are a Christian heterosexual man or woman who follows every commandment to a tee.
This is one of the things about mainstream Christianity that turns off some people. Only about 1/3 of the world's population calls itself Christian. That means that, even taking them all at their word, by mainstream theology 2/3 of the world is condemned to eternal damnation. A lot of people have trouble believing in that.
LOL......can you say........where's the"cafeteria"??
Seriously though, I found myself laughing and crying simultaneously as I read this piece. Laughing because she seems to believe that she's pioneering a spirituality which is both original and authentic. There's an air of pretentiousness about her half-baked theological ruminations.
Crying, because she's an archetypal member of the lost generation of Catholics. Poorly catechised (from the sounds of her understanding of the Church's position on homosexuality and abortion), caught up in secular humanism and drifting towards shipwreck on the rocks with nobody to guide her spiritually. There are millions like her.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
They'd have gotten your head straight and your knuckles would need attention.
This was just a really sad post. I grew up in the 70's and 80's with the 'Jesus is your friend' religion classes. There was absolutely no substance to our CCD classes. She appears to be a victim of this.
I hope she learns to pick up some good Catholic literature soon. It took me awhile but I finally found those books. It appears like she thinks she's so smart and yet her article screams of lack of information. It's just really sad!
"I started realizing that he is only all loving if you are a Christian heterosexual man or woman who follows every commandment to a tee. "
That is correct. God is angry with you. If you can keep all of the Law, you are righteous. There is a Savior otherwise, but He does require repentance.
There now. That wasn't so hard.