On the attacks on the Catholic Church

[Raine1967]

278. I've stayed out of these threads -- until now.

I'm of german heritage.

My four grandparents were brought to America by my great grandparents. I have vivid memories of two of my great grandmothers.

Let me make this clear: I have german heritage.

You know what that means? That means my parents, born in the forties grew up with having to explain to people that they were not nazis. I actually grew up learning of german atrocities and

I was baptized as a Lutheran. I have largely left the Church, not because of Luther. MARTIN LUTHER! I still identify with Lutheranism -- and I still acknowledge being a German. My family history has a lot of blots. My heritage does as well.

Germans are not bad people. Lutherans are not bad people.

Catholics are not bad people. Does the Hierarchy of the Catholic church have serious issues? I say probably, but so did the country mygreat grandparents and grandparents were born in.


I despise the attacks on the Catholic Church and its members I am seeing here on DU. We should be better than this -- as a community.