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goddess40

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3. I quit a long time ago

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 07:59 PM

Feb 2012

Didn't like the way they treat women.

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Open letter to Liberal Catholics: �It�s time to quit the Catholic Church� [View all] cleanhippie Feb 2012 OP

After a lifetime of being taught how to feel guilty, you want them to feel good? ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2012 #1

No, I want people to THINK about what they are doing and how it affects everyone. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #2

You're counseling people to think and yet you insult them, tell them they are irrational, insane. CBHagman Feb 2012 #78

Thank you for your concern. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #85

you're right~ I call myself a recovering Catholic pkz Feb 2012 #8

But it is tolerable, and even curable. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #10

I quit a long time ago goddess40 Feb 2012 #3

Good for you. That was the first step toward true empowerment. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #4

I quit 20 some odd years ago. phylny Feb 2012 #14

How nice of you to tell me what to think and do. TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #5

If you need to tell yourself that to sleep at night... cleanhippie Feb 2012 #6

So you would be one of those slaves who thinks abolition is a good idea, TalkingDog Feb 2012 #29

If there's anything worse than a proselytizing religious fanatic... DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2012 #52

Fanatics suck n/t TexasProgresive Feb 2012 #71

A few notes: Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #7

Your #1 is not true in many cases. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #40

i have the most pragmatic form of protest flexnor Feb 2012 #9

I have been a Recovering Catholic since 1990. lib2DaBone Feb 2012 #11

Seems like a parasitical relationship. Glad you got that leech off of you. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #12

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #13

Pointing out the bigotry of an organization is bigotry? JoeyT Feb 2012 #16

Enjoy your stay on DU. nt TheWraith Feb 2012 #17

I gave it up at age 12 when the priest gave me the "God works in mysterious ways" runaround. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #15

All the terrorist bombings and stonings of women.... texasleo Feb 2012 #18

Proud to have done that long ago ButterflyBlood Feb 2012 #19

This is rude. n/t Lil Missy Feb 2012 #20

It -is- rude. So is knocking on my door and trying to give me "the Good News" Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #21

Catholics don't do a lot of door knocking. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #31

My point is, yes, this is rude, and so is "Jesus loves you" Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #42

If you think this is true, you haven't spent much time in the Religion forum. kwassa Feb 2012 #79

I wonder how progressive Catholics can reconcile continued support of that organization, honestly Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #81

Sometimes the truth is rude. 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #22

Rude? What is rude is an institution that hides child-rapers and advocates misogyny. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #37

This unquestionably violates the Statement Of Purpose and should be locked. bananas Feb 2012 #23

In ways, it does. mmonk Feb 2012 #25

I view the Church as nothing more than a hate group against, women, homosexuals, atheists... Humanist_Activist Feb 2012 #24

I narrow it down to the Roman Catholic Church (and some others). mwooldri Feb 2012 #28

+1 Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #68

Done years ago. As an advocate for children, proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #26

I actually got rebaptized because I was so ashamed of that ButterflyBlood Feb 2012 #77

I loved being Catholic as a kid proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #83

The day libtodeath Feb 2012 #27

No thank you. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #30

Wow, do you not see the irony in your statement? cleanhippie Feb 2012 #32

Meh, some priest gives his opinion treestar Feb 2012 #34

Yet they are trying to pull off crap here they can't get away with in Europe MattBaggins Feb 2012 #35

European countries, if anything, would have more church influence treestar Feb 2012 #47

I think the catholic church has even less infleunce in Europe MattBaggins Feb 2012 #59

The RCC really has no influence here either treestar Feb 2012 #64

Correct. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #75

"They have no power of people in the US" Le Taz Hot Feb 2012 #82

Yeah, apparently it's DU. Fawke Em Feb 2012 #74

True. treestar Feb 2012 #33

Since when is child rape and institutionalized misogyny "a lot of good?" cleanhippie Feb 2012 #38

You're taking the actions of a few treestar Feb 2012 #46

A few? The entire organization, from the pope down, actively hid child-rapers. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #55

Absurd. treestar Feb 2012 #56

Like I said, you deal with these facts how you like. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #60

Well the facts are that there are only so many priests who were guilty treestar Feb 2012 #66

The HEAD of the church, The POPE, actively participated in hiding child-rapers. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #70

It's the truth. For decades, it was church policy to protect and hide pedophile priests. smokey nj Feb 2012 #67

one or two or three issues, and only for 800, 1200, 1600 years or so. DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2012 #51

Which proves how much there is to know treestar Feb 2012 #57

It's totally relevant. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #63

Like what? treestar Feb 2012 #65

I see that reasonable debate is out of the question. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #69

You can't. earthside Feb 2012 #49

If I were a Catholic, I'd take the classic approach... backscatter712 Feb 2012 #36

If you disagree with their teachings... Mumble Feb 2012 #39

I'm an ex-catholic newspeak Feb 2012 #45

I suppose it was simply a matter of time LanternWaste Feb 2012 #41

I suppose it was only a matter of time cleanhippie Feb 2012 #43

Second verse, same as the first... LanternWaste Feb 2012 #44

I've quit the church, but I want the liberals to stay put for counter balance. firehorse Feb 2012 #48

k and r dembotoz Feb 2012 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author MANative Feb 2012 #53

I don't support the raving lunacies and sinful behavior of the Church hierarchy... hunter Feb 2012 #54

No they just let the government collect it for them. unapatriciated Feb 2012 #58

What right do you have unionworks Feb 2012 #61

The author is not telling anyone what to believe. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #62

Your article comes from an athiest advocacy website. This author is telling people what to believe kwassa Feb 2012 #80

Thank you for your concern. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #86

Come on over to us Episcopalians. mistertrickster Feb 2012 #72

I'm Catholic but stopped going to my parish over disability issues w/pastor Green_Lantern Feb 2012 #73

Kick! sarcasmo Feb 2012 #76

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