Oh I completely agree.......i think it is a good thing that most catholics recognize the....how should I say...."impractical" stance the Church takes on many of these issues.
>I don't necessarily see straying from teaching on birth control as a > bad thing. Unless you truly believe the pope is infallible? I don't > personally, and I think the teaching on birth control is extremely > short-sighted. In Quebec they used to tell women to havelots of babies > so the zCHurch would be strong and the French eventually outnumber the > English. Isn't it time to move past that kind of thinking? > > Dana > > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:47:47 -0600, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Have you ever tried to get an anullment? It is NOT the mere formality >> many >> people think it is. In fact, many divorced people have their anullment >> requests denied. Most of these people end up remarrying outside of the >> church. >> >> I think your criticism of the "American" Catholics vs. "Roman" Catholics >> is >> a valid one if you make a very important distinction. The American >> Catholic >> CHURCH, is very much in line with the Roman CC. Where the divergence >> becomes >> more apparent is in the individual practitioners. Generally, I think >> American Catholics are much more likely to stray from the strict church >> teachings, especially as they apply to the controversial areas you >> mentioned: birth control, divorce, abortion, etc. >> >> > No, he was Catholic also. I just feel like the whole annullment thing >> > has just become another formality. People seem to pick and choose >> > what parts of their religion they want to believe or use to chastize >> > other people for not believing. That's what turned me off on the >> > Catholic faith generally. The Roman Catholic faith is quite a bit >> > different from the American Catholic faith in my opinion. Sometimes >> > when I talk with Catholics and the issue of birth control comes up and >> > I'll mention that the church still does not accept it, the typical >> > response is "true, but in this day and age.....blah blah blah". Birth >> > control and divorce seem to be some basic things that separate the >> > Catholic church from some of the protestant variants, so why would you >> > not become protestant and belong to an organization that believes the >> > same way you do. Could it be that Catholics feel deep inside that >> > only Catholics will be in heaven waving at all of the protestants down >> > in hell. Probably:) >> > >> > Of course most of the protestants I've talked to feel the same:) >> > >> > My wife just went to the Gaither family concert. During the show they >> > had a comedian who had people of different "sects" of christianity >> > raise their hands. Baptists, Lutherans, Catholics, etc. we all in >> > attendance. He said "It's great that so many people of different >> > beliefs can come here and enjoy the music and fellowship and worship >> > Jesus.......(long pause).......too bad somebody's wrong" >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148432 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
