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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sort of. My faith is intact. I still believe in God, and Jesus, and Mary and the saints and being a good person and loving all, etc. But I've long disagreed with many official holdings of the church - birth control, homosexuality, women can't be ordained, priests can't marry, etc. And of course, I'm disgusted by the decades (probably centuries) of sexual crimes and cover-ups. So basically, I dont consider the church any type of moral authority. The church leaders are just people, as flawed as anyone else. Certainly the church does some good in the world, and most priests are good people, but I don't see how it can hold itself out as a voice for justice and human rights and morality until it makes a LOT of big changes.

So yes, I can still be Catholic inasmuch as my faith guides my personal life. But I feel no loyalty to the institution of the Catholic Church. I hope one day the church can live up to it's potnential and promise. [/quote]

I feel much the same, PP. Having been raised Catholic, I will always be a “cultural” Catholic, but I left the church years ago when I realized I couldn’t look my daughter in the eye and say I was taking her to a church that valued her brother more than her. As a human-made institution, the church, like all others, is inherently flawed. I never expected it to be perfect but it had all gone too far way before yesterday’s news. Makes me sad and angry. [/quote]

I'm catholic and one of the reasons I like the catholic church is that it honors women both current and saints. I don't see an issue with the Catholic church for honoring men over woman at all. I've never considered a priest the only respectable vocation. I love how the catholic church both honors women and asks that we all pick a vocation. For years most of the schools had nuns, so I can't see how the church didn't respect women for teaching the congregation.

[b]I do not like that other Christian religions allow divorce.[/b] I think they are going against Jesus's teachings. I also don't like how many of them change with time in their beliefs. Whether I agree personally or not, it makes me feel like they don't stand for anything.[/quote]

I don't want to be harsh, PP, but SPARE ME the line that the Catholic Church doesn't allow divorce.  If you have money and power, you can pay for an annulment.  Did you not read about the Archdiocese of Boston's annulment of Joe (son of Bobby) Kennedy's 12- year marriage to his first wife Sheila?  The annulment would have made his 2 sons illegitimate in the eyes of the Church.  What an a$$ to do that to his first wife and children.  He wanted to marry again in the Catholic Church -- this shows Catholic Church and Kennedy corruption at its worst.  Good for his ex-wife for fighting that corruption and getting the Vatican to overturn the ruling:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-463631/Vatican-overturns-Kennedy-wifes-annulment-10-year-battle.html

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I don't disagree that there is corruption as I think I said before that I think similarly to the person quoted above on pedophiles and other issues within the church. But the difference to me is that other religions say divorce is just fine and I don't think Jesus said that in the bible and in fact said the opposite. So whether there is corruption or not is different than the actual teaching. Kind of strange that you decided to post an annulment though that was overturned by the Vatican. Goes against your point.[/quote]

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