Sorry Dave, but I'm not going to agree with you on this one. dadwags said "Actually, when a "Catholic" does not believe what the Church teaches, he/she ceases to be a Catholic". AS HE STATED IT, is this a true statement or not? You know that this is not true, and that's why I called him on it.
Sorry Dave, but I'm not going to agree with you on this one. dadwags said "Actually, when a "Catholic" does not believe what the Church teaches, he/she ceases to be a Catholic". AS HE STATED IT, is this a true statement or not? You know that this is not true, and that's why I called him on it.
As an absolute statement, what he said is incorrect. For the purposes of sentences like "Catholics believe..." it is correct.
And that's what we were discussing. Reggie seems to not be able to understand who is meant when I use such sentences. If it were up to him, every time I wanted to say "Catholics believe..." I would instead have to write "Catholics who remain faithful and obedient to the teachings of the Church, as opposed to those who have fallen away in part or in whole, believe..."
Do I need to type this every time? Can we not come to an understanding of what is meant?
SD