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Savita's death is just the latest in a long line of tragedies directly attributable to the doctrines and beliefs of the Roman Catholic church. I acknowledge that there are many good, progressive Catholics, but the problem is that the church isn't a democracy, and those progressives have no voice or vote in its governance. The church is a petrified oligarchy, a dictatorship like the medieval monarchies it once existed alongside, and it's run by a small circle of conservative, rigidly ideological old men who make all the decisions and choose their own successors.
This means that, whatever individual Catholics may do, the resources of the church as an institution are bent toward opposing social progress and positive change all over the world. Every dollar you put into the church collection plate, every Sunday service you attend, every hour of time and effort you put into volunteering or working for church organizations, is inevitably a show of support for the institutional church and its abhorrent mission. When you have no voice, there's only one thing left to do: boycott. Stop supporting the church with your money and your time. For lifelong Catholics, it's a drastic step, but it's more than justified by the wealth of reasons showing that the church as an institution is beyond reform, and the only meaningful response is to part ways with it. Here are just a few of those reasons:
more at the link, above...
I've wondered here, more than once, why ANY woman, especially, would associate with patriarchal religious institutions. It looks like I'm not the only one...
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Journeyman
(15,044 posts)JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)They have never stopped the crusades.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Too many are over reaching the power over abortion. I am pro choice myself, a decision to be made by the pregnant female. No big favors are providing services a patient requires, as far as I am concerned those who refused to help this lady is guilty of murder.
Deep13
(39,154 posts)pnwmom
(109,024 posts)What kind of Catholics do you think are DUers?
We know the Church has problems, but it also does good in the world -- witness the nuns on the bus. Or Joe Biden. Or Ted Kennedy. Or all the other Catholic politicians whose views on social justice came from their Catholic upbringing.
Do you lecture Muslims about 9/11? Do you post OP's telling people to boycott Muslim services because some women have been murdered by religious fanatics?
I don't think so. But it's fine to single out Catholics.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Do IV's kill babies? Does BP monitoring kill babies? I had an ectopic pregnancy (ruptured as it turned out) in a Catholic Hospital. My doctor ordered all those procedures but all I got was a pregnancy test (turned out negative) and an "We don't do abortions". Excuse me, but you cannot abort something that is already DEAD, besides which, killing a WOMAN if fine and dandy?
aikoaiko
(34,186 posts)The GD SOP prohibits posts about religion, but you may find a good place to discuss the OP in one of the Religion & Spirituality groups.
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