You were disagreeing with:
“Secondly, it is easier to live up to Protestant requirements than to live up to Catholic requirements. Non-Catholic Churches do not exact so high a standard of their followers as does the Catholic Church of hers.”
And then, incredibly, you wrote:
“I’ve met plenty of Catholics who felt free to get smashed, commit adultery, etc, provided they went to Mass a couple of times a year. And Pelosi & Kerry & Kennedy don’t seem too restrained by their faith...”
And you think those things - drunkeness, adultery, etc. - are Catholic standards? You’ve got to be kidding. The original point, “it is easier to live up to Protestant requirements than to live up to Catholic requirements” is absolutely true and in fact undeniable. We do not allow divorce and remrriage. Most Protestants do without many qualms. We don’t allow birth control. How many Protestant sects can claim that?
Comparing beliefs is one thing. Claiming Catholics live more spiritual lives is silly.
The posted article claims Catholics have a higher standard - “Non-Catholic Churches do not exact so high a standard of their followers as does the Catholic Church of hers.”
So I pointed out that many Catholics feel very free to ignore that standard, whatever it is, and a standard that followers are not held to is not a standard you can boast about.
If I started a school, and boasted that OUR students had to be rocket scientists, you’d be well within your rights to point out that 45% failed to meet grade standards set by the state.
You don’t allow divorce - but you allow annulments. You rather oddly don’t allow birth control, but very few Catholics pay any attention to that restriction. Shoot - Catholics are more likely to accept abortion than Evangelicals.
I did not write nor post the article. I’m only commenting that it is unfair to boast of having such high standards if your adherents don’t pay attention to them.
“We don’t allow birth control. How many Protestant sects can claim that?”
Hopefully, NO Protestant ‘sects’ claim that. Protestants use the Scripture for a guide, and I don’t remember any verses about condoms in the Bible.
So - how many Catholics OBEY your no birth control standard?
. We do not allow divorce and remrriage.
Unless you have enough money to get an annulment.