Reply #2: They could be wrong about a lot. i don't know much about other relgions, but having been raised in

[ejpoeta]

catholic church and going to catholic school, i feel i have aright to weigh in on the catholic church. and i am not saying it to denigrate the fine nuns and priests i came in contact with who were there to do good things. i will bet there are a lot of people who participate to help people. but the organization as a whole is a bloated and corrupt entity. you have a pope who sure looks like some kind of royalty. they go around covering up priests abusing children proving their only true concern is themselves. I can't help but wonder... the jesus that i was taught about in the bible they claim to believe in.... he would be rallying against the catholic church. he would have nothing to do with them. and frankly i think they would call him delusional and that he couldn't be jesus were he to come today. If there ever was any truth to the bible beyond some story, I believe it would have long been perverted by those who had a reason to make things suit themselves. they go around with pomp and circumstance with a vatican city and fine linens and robes and a summer house when the man they claim as their savior was a simple man who wore plain clothes and would not be very happy with what they are today.

I am not a catholic... i call myself a recovering catholic. I started questioning things a long time ago and found that they did not like questions... which made me question even more. I do not believe the bible. I do believe in God, but not religion. so i guess i have some bias. Personally i do not know how anyone can participate in the church considering the scandals of child abuse nevermind all the other stuff.