Reply #21: Long lapsed catholic

[rurallib]

I have many reasons, some very personal. I was a victim. But that is not my main reason.
Like many organizations that have power, the catholic church is more consumed with maintaining power than with doing what is right. So much like a current administration those in power do whatever they can to stay in power. This includes fear ( 'you'll go to hell if.....') and maintaining the power structure within a chosen group. (Gee why are there no female priests?). You can see these same traits in many such organizations some more vile, some not so vile. But for the most part very hypocritical.
Throughout the history of catholicism, when met with a crisis, the church's first reaction is preservation of the status quo only. Only when threatened with major upheaval is anything done.
It's the hypocracy that bothers me. Just as it does with the fundies and the RW muslims and the Republicans and with the Dinos.
It's a fight I know I'll never win. The catholic church and repubs and wahabis and fundies will exist long after I am gone. I just hope to open the eyes of those who are important to me, then let them make their own choices.