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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am Catholic.  My husband was raised Lutheran, and we looked at several churches before coming back to Catholicism.

I also enjoy the quiet and contemplative mass.  Despite the reputation to the contrary, I don’t feel that I am told what to believe about social and political
topics during Catholic mass.  I also feel that there is definitely room to disagree and debate the tenents of Catholicism.  My husband went through RCIA, and he was very skeptical and had a lot of questions.  I think that at times he was frustrated that he got less answers than he wanted, but I don’t think that I have ever heard anyone discouraged from questioning.

I hope that you consider returning, op.  I think you will find that you see some things differently with adult eyes.  [/quote]

It may not be the "tenants of Catholicism" that bother OP so much, but rather the child sex abuse.[/quote]

The same tired refrain, over and over, with no acknowledgement of the age of many of the accusations; the frequent absence of any corroboration beyond the word of the accuser, often against a dead person; the identical issues in other institutions including other churches and governmental entities;  the steps the Church has taken to correct things; or the fact that sex abuse claims against the Church long ago became an industry because of the Church’s deep pockets, institutional size and presence, and reticence to defend even obviously false claims. Not to mention the political value of the scarlet letter to distract from the truth of the Church’s teaching on certain issues, particularly the right to life. [/quote]

Wow -- talk about "the same tired refrain"![/quote]

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