Anonymous wrote:For the life of me, I can't imagine what the difference is between Liberal and Conservative Catholicism. And I don't think the people who bandy this difference about on here have any idea what they were talking about.

It's the same religion, the same Catechism, the same clergy and largely the same population being served. The teaching and the rules are the same.

We have belonged to Holy Trinity for many years and the message we get every Sunday never takes sides in the Liberal v. Conservative schism. The Jesuits may emphasize different things, but they aren't ever departing from mainstream Catholic teaching.

Some of these schools and their communities may be a little more or less accepting of non-Catholics, but that has nothing to do with Catholicism.

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Anonymous wrote:In my recent experience, a conservative Catholic believes that the current crisis in the church is 100% caused by letting gay men be priests.

Really? And I thought it was caused by not allowing priests to marry and live normal lives, like in other Christian denominations that are not plagued by such scandals...

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Anonymous wrote:For the life of me, I can't imagine what the difference is between Liberal and Conservative Catholicism. And I don't think the people who bandy this difference about on here have any idea what they were talking about.

It's the same religion, the same Catechism, the same clergy and largely the same population being served. The teaching and the rules are the same.

We have belonged to Holy Trinity for many years and the message we get every Sunday never takes sides in the Liberal v. Conservative schism. The Jesuits may emphasize different things, but they aren't ever departing from mainstream Catholic teaching.

Some of these schools and their communities may be a little more or less accepting of non-Catholics, but that has nothing to do with Catholicism.

One major difference in my experience - the conservative Catholics think all non-straight people are going to hell. The liberal ones think it's maybe negotiable.

Joking aside, in my experience the conservatives generally believe the bible is the infallible word of God, while the liberals believe it is the word of God as recounted through flawed human perspectives. Revealed by God (as in word-for-word truth) v. inspired by God (God gives the big picture concepts, human that is a product of his time and place interprets it as best he can) is how it was taught in my (liberal) Catholic high school. And that difference can have pretty big ripple effects.

This is not a Catholic belief.

Anonymous wrote:Weird question. Why not teach your religious values at home and worry more about educational quality. Your kid is going to school...not you.

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Anonymous wrote:Catholics don't teach what they believe. Therefore nobody in the church is sure what exactly they believe. They also don't preach the bible. They don't have bibles in the pews. The idea that comes across is you put faith in your priest and give money. Then your priest is supposed to talk to Jesus for you and get you into heaven when you die. Your duty is to go to church and listen to droning and ineffective unconnected drivel each week half asleep.. Engage in half hearted and whispering level singing of horribly written and embarrassing lyric music and give money twice. At this point you have made your "insurance pa

Anonymous wrote:Catholics don't teach what they believe. Therefore nobody in the church is sure what exactly they believe. They also don't preach the bible. They don't have bibles in the pews. The idea that comes across is you put faith in your priest and give money. Then your priest is supposed to talk to Jesus for you and get you into heaven when you die. Your duty is to go to church and listen to droning and ineffective unconnected drivel each week half asleep.. Engage in half hearted and whispering level singing of horribly written and embarrassing lyric music and give money twice. At this point you have made your "insurance pa

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Anonymous wrote:In my recent experience, a conservative Catholic believes that the current crisis in the church is 100% caused by letting gay men be priests.

Really? And I thought it was caused by not allowing priests to marry and live normal lives, like in other Christian denominations that are not plagued by such scandals...

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Anonymous wrote:For the life of me, I can't imagine what the difference is between Liberal and Conservative Catholicism. And I don't think the people who bandy this difference about on here have any idea what they were talking about.

It's the same religion, the same Catechism, the same clergy and largely the same population being served. The teaching and the rules are the same.

We have belonged to Holy Trinity for many years and the message we get every Sunday never takes sides in the Liberal v. Conservative schism. The Jesuits may emphasize different things, but they aren't ever departing from mainstream Catholic teaching.

Some of these schools and their communities may be a little more or less accepting of non-Catholics, but that has nothing to do with Catholicism.

One major difference in my experience - the conservative Catholics think all non-straight people are going to hell. The liberal ones think it's maybe negotiable.

Joking aside, in my experience the conservatives generally believe the bible is the infallible word of God, while the liberals believe it is the word of God as recounted through flawed human perspectives. Revealed by God (as in word-for-word truth) v. inspired by God (God gives the big picture concepts, human that is a product of his time and place interprets it as best he can) is how it was taught in my (liberal) Catholic high school. And that difference can have pretty big ripple effects.

This is not a Catholic belief.

Oh yes, it is!

Anonymous wrote:all hard left. the only conservative schools are heights and oakcrest

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Anonymous wrote:For the life of me, I can't imagine what the difference is between Liberal and Conservative Catholicism. And I don't think the people who bandy this difference about on here have any idea what they were talking about.

It's the same religion, the same Catechism, the same clergy and largely the same population being served. The teaching and the rules are the same.

We have belonged to Holy Trinity for many years and the message we get every Sunday never takes sides in the Liberal v. Conservative schism. The Jesuits may emphasize different things, but they aren't ever departing from mainstream Catholic teaching.

Some of these schools and their communities may be a little more or less accepting of non-Catholics, but that has nothing to do with Catholicism.

One major difference in my experience - the conservative Catholics think all non-straight people are going to hell. The liberal ones think it's maybe negotiable.

Joking aside, in my experience the conservatives generally believe the bible is the infallible word of God, while the liberals believe it is the word of God as recounted through flawed human perspectives. Revealed by God (as in word-for-word truth) v. inspired by God (God gives the big picture concepts, human that is a product of his time and place interprets it as best he can) is how it was taught in my (liberal) Catholic high school. And that difference can have pretty big ripple effects.

This is not a Catholic belief.

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Anonymous wrote:For the life of me, I can't imagine what the difference is between Liberal and Conservative Catholicism. And I don't think the people who bandy this difference about on here have any idea what they were talking about.

It's the same religion, the same Catechism, the same clergy and largely the same population being served. The teaching and the rules are the same.

We have belonged to Holy Trinity for many years and the message we get every Sunday never takes sides in the Liberal v. Conservative schism. The Jesuits may emphasize different things, but they aren't ever departing from mainstream Catholic teaching.

Some of these schools and their communities may be a little more or less accepting of non-Catholics, but that has nothing to do with Catholicism.

One major difference in my experience - the conservative Catholics think all non-straight people are going to hell. The liberal ones think it's maybe negotiable.

Joking aside, in my experience the conservatives generally believe the bible is the infallible word of God, while the liberals believe it is the word of God as recounted through flawed human perspectives. Revealed by God (as in word-for-word truth) v. inspired by God (God gives the big picture concepts, human that is a product of his time and place interprets it as best he can) is how it was taught in my (liberal) Catholic high school. And that difference can have pretty big ripple effects.

This is not a Catholic belief.

Anonymous wrote:In my recent experience, a conservative Catholic believes that the current crisis in the church is 100% caused by letting gay men be priests.