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In reply to the discussion: This is hard... [View all]liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)Not everybody claims that all Catholics are bad or that the entire religion of Catholicism is bad, and I hope you do return. I have left DU before too. I am a liberal who is not afraid to criticize democrats when they don't govern well and yes, gasp, I have even criticized Obama. but I have never accused everyone who supports democrats or Obama as complicit in bombing small children or killing sick people for not legalizing marijuana or for not using executive order to implement single payer health care. Just because people have died does not mean democratic citizens are responsible for their deaths. And you and other Catholics are not responsible for the abuse perpetrated by authorities in the church. There are many, many, many people out there that realize there are good Catholics out there and we will go on treating Catholics with respect and love. And even though I have come across some hateful atheists on this board I know there are good atheists because my beautiful children are atheists and they are very respectful and loving. So, I will go on treating atheists with respect also. Hope to see you back here again soon.
As someone who did join the Catholic church while on my spiritual journey but later settled on Buddhism just let me say: Peace Be With You