Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:08:13 +0530 From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]>
Mario's vehemently-argued perspective is an interesting insight into the stranglehold conservatives like to have on religion, and to shape the realm of god in their own image and likeness. Mario responds: I am not surprised that a Marxist sympathiser like Red Fred would try and confuse and distort what I have said with such snide and bogus comments. These liberals consider even a religion as a plaything for their social experimentation. Well, there are many other Christian sects with flexible philosophies where they will find a congenial home and they are welcome to join any one of those. My "vehemently-argued perspective" can be summed up as follows, with no vehemence whatsoever: a) There is a difference between sinners who have repented and shown remorse and those who continue to openly and publicly defy Church teachings. Every practicing Catholic would know this. b) If their beliefs are sincere, those with contrary views can easily leave the Church and continue their advocacy within an alternative setting rather than dilute the Church's teachings and deflect it from its mission. What about any of this is so difficult to understand? Everyone has free choice, and the Church is simply defending its own closely-held beliefs from internal sabotage.
