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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not Catholic. But I have to argue with the PP who says that most Catholics are "conservative." This may be true in a social sense (birth control, abortion, women priests) but it's definitely wrong in an economic sense.  In fact, the Catholic church's anti-poverty mission, led by nuns, really appeals to me (even as the stance on social issues keeps me away). I know many Catholics who are ultra-liberal on economic issues.

So I guess I'm saying, that the blanket hatred here misses some good things (economic liberalism), and some good people (liberal Catholics I know).[/quote]

It's not even true in a social sense. For example, almost every American Catholic uses birth control. Their rates of birth control usage and abortion are roughly the same as the population at large. The one big difference is that they support a church hierarchy that is trying to remove those options for everyone else.[/quote]

While my personal problems are more with the Church's official positions on things, I also feel anger towards what I see as hypocritical adherents of the religion.  That they are supporting the Church while engaging in the behaviors that the Church condemns.  They are taking advantage of medicines and procedures the Church would like to see denied, esp. to women.

My anger is because I feel the church has significant influence over the lives of the poor and esp. poor women in other countries.  I think our comparatively rich Catholics should be fighting to modify the stance of their church to be what I see as more compassionate to the poor.  Why would anyone want a poor woman in Guatemala for example to have another baby she doesn't want, can't feed, can't vaccinate etc.  The church should be giving free birth control to these people to help them reduce family size (if they want to) and climb out of poverty.  Every child born should have parents who want it and food to eat and medicine.  Isn't that what Jesus would want?  I don't recall him talking much about pregnancy, but I do recall hearing a lot about the poor and the sick.

Catholics in this country are also supporting an organization that is still openly misogynistic.  Denying that women can be priests is misogynistic.

Other religions are also misogynistic but "everybody is doing it" doesn't make it OK.  [/quote]

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