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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Catholic and I don't understand why people harp on abortion and BC so much.

The teachings of the church are very strict and [b]nobody follows them 100% because we are human[/b]. I just don't understand why people are so up in arms about BC and abortion.

Nobody is like.. hey you are not Jewish because I saw you eat a BLT or you drove you car after sunset on Friday.

Of course I think abortion is killing and I agree it is wrong but I also understand why it is legal, just like war, the death penalty, etc.

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Some people DO follow the rules very closely and when they falter, they go to confession and communion to return to a state of grace.

Those Catholics who don't are not just human they are also people who are choosing to live in sin.[/quote]

You definitely need to confess being self righteous and try to work on that, judging others is God's job not yours.

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Catholicism has a whole heirarchy of sins that every catholic learns about.  It's not a matter of "judging others"  -- all catholics learn as children what is acceptable to the church and what is not.  There's noting to confess about upholding Catholic dogma.  Catholics are supposed to do that.  Sinning Catholics are always welcomed back into the church.  All they have to do is go to confession, make a good act of contrition and go to communion and their souls will be wiped clean of sin.[/quote]

I don't think you truly understand the Catholic teaching. I have 16 years of Catholic education and your understanding of the Catholic religion is sophomoric.

There is no ranking system on who is a "better" Catholic. Sinning all week and going to confession before communion does not make you a "better" Catholic.

If you understood the teaching you would not be so self righteous.

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I don't see anything about a "ranking system" or "sinning all week" except in the response above.   The teaching about confession and communion is so simple to undersand that it  is taught to small children.  Catholics know what the rules are.  Some people choose to follow them and some don't.  Nothing "self-righteous" about it.[/quote]

The reason confession and communion is taught at a very young age is because it is so simplistic, but the actual teachings are not that simplistic. That is why I say your understanding is sophomoric, it's actually at the level of a 3rd grader, when this is taught.

You are a sinner, plain an simple, everybody is except Mary and Jesus. Are you one of those?  Picking which sins are better or worse and pointing them out to others is not actually part of the teachings.You need look inwardly instead of outwardly at finding the truth in God.

Your simplistic display of understanding the mechanics of the Catholic Religion but your inability to follow the true meaning of loving other as yourself and following the WWJD teachings is apparent in this post. It is embarrassing to the rest of the Catholics who truly try to live out our lives as Jesus would. [/quote]

THe reasons confession and communion are taught at an early age is because they are important teachings that children need to understand before they take their first holy communion at the "age of reason" -- seven.   The post just above is embarrassing because it belittles the church's motives in teaching children the essentials of Catholicism -  Not just confession and communion, but the whole catechism. Catholic children complete their required church education with confirmation at the age of 14, one year before they atually become sophomores.  So perhaps it's part of the Church's plan for most of its members to have just this level of education.  As people grow to adulthood, some build a stronger faith, while others drift away or are repelled by church teachings once they consider them from an adult perspective.

The church makes it easy to return.  No additional classes are required.  THere's no need to become more sophisticated or less sophomoric. You just need to go to confession, make a good act of contrition and receive communion and your soul is clean again.[/quote]

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