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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am happy with what I see from the clergy around me that they too are angry and are not at all happy with the mistakes of their older cohort.  I think an enormous part of the Church hierarchy failed badly just as it has time and time again in the past) but the faith of the people has pulled it through.  Being part of the charge is more important to me than protesting the errors by stepping away.  That ultimately serves no purpose except to make a statement.  “I’m leaving the Church!”  Okay.  Then what?

Catholics who leave must be “Catholic” in name only.  If not they would understand that [b]denying themselves the sacraments means they never had faith in them to begin with.[/b][/quote]
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You can't know what it means to them.  It may mean they no longer think the "sacraments" hold any value ,or they think they can find the sacraments in other denominations, or they are not as locked in, as you seem to be, to the notion that only through the Catholic church, can they find salvation.

ALso, it's possible that watching the church's troubles has opened them up to thinking that religious belief is not a good thing.  I know many former Catholic atheists.  They didn't just leave the church.  They left religion completely.[/quote]

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