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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“I don’t care about any of the issues with the church” - what? I can perhaps see remaining a Catholic while fighting for change/reform - but staying in a faith that allows the abuse of children, is misogynistic and homophobic makes no moral sense.  “I don’t care” negates any sense of ethics or personal responsibility. I left because of these factors - the superiority, clericalism and hate for others was not Christian.[/quote]

You might try actually researching things before posting these calumnies:

1. The Church does not “allow” the abuse of children; like other institutions, it has handled such allegations poorly at some times and places and better at other times and places. At present, the Church (particularly in the US) has child protection programs that vastly exceed those of many other institutions.

2. The Church is not “mysogynistic.”  It treats men and women differently in virtue of their unique characteristics. How can a Church that venerated the Mother of God as co-redemptrix, and produced hundreds of canonized female saints be mysogynistic?  Focus on perceived ministerial opportunities to the exclusion of all else is narcissistic and ignores the plethora of opportunities within the Church for women to live lives dedicated to their Faith and the well being of others.

3. The Church is not “homophobic.”  It draws a distinction between persons and their actions. Homosexual orientation is recognized as morally neutral. Homosexual actions, like heterosexual actions outside Christian marriage, are objectively sinful.

Have you ever actually studied the theological and philosophical underpinnings of the teachings and practices you deride as making “no moral sense?”

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Yikes you have your head in the sand. Blind followers like you scare me and is partly why I left.[/quote]

My head is neither in the sand nor in the clouds, nor anywhere else it doesn’t belong. I’m no blind follower. To the contrary my beliefs are the product of a lifetime of experience with the Church, including its failures. [/quote]

Yeah you keep telling yourself that.[/quote]

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