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In reply to the discussion: This is hard... [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)I've not bashed a single Catholic on a single thread, BUT I do understand the frustration that some feel about this situation. Catholicism is a hierarchical religion with the economic. social and political power wielded from the top down. If you are a Catholic, you must accept this hierarchy OR YOU AREN'T A CATHOLIC! That's something that the Church itself says.
I don't hold with bashing anybody because of their religion or lack of same, but if you agree to be a Catholic, you must bear a little responsibility for the leadership of the Church because the Church says the leadership IS due obedience. I don't bash individuals because, just as you said, individual Catholics don't have to obey or even believe in some of the more outmoded dogma of the Church. But that probably makes you a BAD or lapsed Catholic in the eyes of the Church.