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Zoeisright

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34. Complete fail.

Reply to corneliamcgillicutty (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2013, 05:30 PM

Feb 2013

The harm done by the Catholic church far outweighs any good done by individual members.

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MY ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH USER FRIENDLY TO DUrs. [View all] corneliamcgillicutty Feb 2013 OP

Good on you! warrprayer Feb 2013 #1

You betcha! I still have the scars on the back of my right hand by the nun that inflicted them on me Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #29

As a child, the meanest people I ever knew were Nuns. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #33

in 8th grade warrprayer Feb 2013 #36

I would consider joining the church, if one day I decided to join organized religion quinnox Feb 2013 #2

Well. As an atheist, I don't find this post very user friendly iwillalwayswonderwhy Feb 2013 #3

We KNOW the pope actively covered up crimes around the world. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2013 #4

the catholic church is the worlds oldest criminal organization madrchsod Feb 2013 #12

and that's their good side. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2013 #23

+1 Go Vols Feb 2013 #25

I come from a family of Catholics Marrah_G Feb 2013 #5

well said, M. Well said. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2013 #6

With all due respect to your response, I am not im any way defending the corruption/evild within the corneliamcgillicutty Feb 2013 #16

Frankly I do not understand why American Catholics are loyal to Rome Marrah_G Feb 2013 #17

They use fear as a great motivator. "But what if your sole goes to hell because you ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2013 #24

My mother was abused by her Catholic Priest uncle FunkyLeprechaun Feb 2013 #7

Kudos to you. I was an Episcopalian, which is essentially like the Catholic church RebelOne Feb 2013 #9

I wish I'd had a better experience with the RC church Siwsan Feb 2013 #8

Tim Minchin speaks for me... backscatter712 Feb 2013 #10

rofl lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #21

my problem with the church is the pope and his boys in the vactican madrchsod Feb 2013 #11

A church isn't necessary for that untiring work. Brickbat Feb 2013 #13

No longer a Catholic, but it has nothing to do with the nuns fadedrose Feb 2013 #14

I never was like that, but I do see it often here. Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #15

They regard women as second class just to pick one thing that needs to change but probably wont. libtodeath Feb 2013 #18

Is this in 2 parts? I seem to be missing the "attempt" part. retread Feb 2013 #19

There are lots of good Catholics, priests, nuns and parishes. And they cbayer Feb 2013 #20

Millions of people...ok, so how many of those millions hold these derelict Bishops accountable? MichiganVote Feb 2013 #22

Aren't the millions of followers EternalOptimist Feb 2013 #26

It is the message (Catholic teaching), not the messenger (Pope, HockeyMom Feb 2013 #27

I was born LGBT. Please, explain to me why I should not have a serious problem Zorra Feb 2013 #28

I have no ill feelings toward the Catholic church or its followers. RebelOne Feb 2013 #30

The Catholic Church should continue to be the blessing it is for the poor and lost but it needs to Lint Head Feb 2013 #31

As a not too active Catholic, after 12 years of Catholic life long demo Feb 2013 #32

Complete fail. Zoeisright Feb 2013 #34

But why do you need to be part of that church to "do good" for people? Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #35