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While I'm not completely new to Freerepublic, I am kinda new to posting ideas, I wish to ask a question....
Are posted stories only to be responded to by people who agree 100%?

I personally like to be challenged about my spiritual, political, or other beliefs. Defending what I believe helps me to have a better understanding of what it is that I believe.

One of the reasons I like Freerepublic is the ( generally ) well educated positions that get posted. Since my spiritual beliefs are what I find to be most important, I like to peruse the RELIGION topics. Since I am a non catholic, and have problems with catholic doctrine vs. scripture, I like to debate to learn more.

However...I have noticed, as of late, that some catholic posters don't want outside comments. Unless, this RELIGION section is just for Catholic posters, then I think that opposing views should be welcomed.

Maybe there could be a tag line added to posts that say something like, "for Catholic discussion only", or "Open for disscussion". Well, that's my two cents.

While I'm not completely new to Freerepublic, I am kinda new to posting ideas, I wish to ask a question.... Are posted stories only to be responded to by people who agree 100%?
I personally like to be challenged about my spiritual, political, or other beliefs. Defending what I believe helps me to have a better understanding of what it is that I believe.
One of the reasons I like Freerepublic is the ( generally ) well educated positions that get posted. Since my spiritual beliefs are what I find to be most important, I like to peruse the RELIGION topics. Since I am a non catholic, and have problems with catholic doctrine vs. scripture, I like to debate to learn more.
However...I have noticed, as of late, that some catholic posters don't want outside comments. Unless, this RELIGION section is just for Catholic posters, then I think that opposing views should be welcomed.

Maybe there could be a tag line added to posts that say something like, "for Catholic discussion only", or "Open for disscussion". Well, that's my two cents.

Sincere questions and invitations to dialog are always welcome. However, there are on this forum a few people who, for whatever reason, prefer instead to exploit Catholic threads for the purpose of spewing anti-Catholic propaganda. Some of the more popular notions are refuted on Catholic Answer's Anti-Catholicsm web page. A few of them are:

These are the kinds of themes to which I refer. If they are posted in innocence by people seeking the truth, then we try to help out. Often it comes down to sincere and respectful differences of opinion, and we can agree to disagree. Sometimes, though, it is nothing more than bashing of our faith, and that gets rigorously defended. Notwithstanding, one grows weary of this third group, and it is to them that I was referring.