This anti-Catholic crap is getting to be annoying [View all]

[King_Klonopin]

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not to mention insulting and condescending (i.e. If you are
a Catholic, then you must be either evil or an idiot.)

These posts are the equivalent to my responding with:
"If you don't believe as I do, then you're going to Hell; and God likes
me better than you!" Such statements would be rightfully dismissed
as a proselytizing rant. Well, I'm tired of the proselytizing rants of the
church-haters who want Catholics to abandon their faith and beliefs.

It's easy to sit upon a throne of judgment and point out the faults
of a person or an institution. The republicans do it all the time when
they criticize and belittle "The Federal Government", which has its obvious
faults, but also employs a lot of good people and does a lot of good for
a lot people.

The Catholic Church is a living, evolving, HUMAN organism -- just like
you and me. It's never been perfect and never will be -- just like you
and me. And evil has made its way into the fold many times, no doubt.
Jesus warned us that there would be "wolves in sheep's clothing",
"false prophets" and bad shepherds. How should I respond?

Should I take the easy way out by abandoning my faith and my church, or
should I stay and be part of a force for the good? Should I dwell on the
horrible things people in the church have done, or should I choose to
focus on what is right and good about my faith?

These repeated bullet-points on DU are also getting tiresome:

There are pedophile priests in the Catholic Church, therefore
the whole church and everyone in it is corrupt and evil (by association.)

There are horrible things happening all over the world which God/
Religion hasn't fixed, therefore God/Religion is useless.

All religions are corrupted, have hidden motives, cause only harm, and
all Christians are basically nutjob evangelicals. That is the very definition
of bigotry, plain and simple.

I don't shove my Catholicism down anyone's throat. Please, stop
shoving your atheism and Catholic-bashing down mine.


It has been about 12 hours since posting, and I am now officially done
with this thread.
I hope everybody feels better after getting all that stuff off their chests.

I'm still not ashamed that I'm a Catholic, despite all the efforts to convince
me otherwise.