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Marrah_G

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17. Frankly I do not understand why American Catholics are loyal to Rome

Reply to corneliamcgillicutty (Reply #16)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 08:11 PM

Feb 2013

The Church will not ever changed until they are forced to. If they don't change you are right, the church will end up dying. But right now, I would prefer to see the Vatican empty and bankrupt as opposed to what is now and has been since the beginning. It is a destructive power. It rewards secrecy and deception above truth, love and respect. Good priests will never get ahead in the Church as it stands because a truly good priest would NEVER agree to play the game.

It can't just be one or two Catholics saying they are mad. The Vatican doesn't care if they are mad as long as they do what they are told and continue to give them money. It needs to be oceans of Catholics saying NO MORE and backing that up with actions. It is not just enough to say "I don't like what they do" when at the same time supporting that structure who abuses the very people it professes to serve.

The Catholics in this country to do a world of good if they broke away from the corruption and used their own resources to create positive change.

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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