99% of people are hypocrites. Do you want to drop out of the human race too?
mk

People who are Catholic that are actually trying to live up to the Catholic ideal, are called practicing Catholics. Not accomplished Catholics, but practicing. If I only went places where everyone did what they said they would do, or “never sinned” I’d never be able to go anywhere. I’d rather hang with people who are at least attempting to attain a higher standard than those who say it can’t be done, therefore don’t even try.

But that’s okay Lauren. With “practice” even you might get the hang of it.
MK

Oh, I know. I just didn’t feel like opening up that can of worms.

Perhaps a better reply would have been to say, “Which half of the Bible do Catholics ignore?”

What I said above applies here as well.

I think she means in doctrine, not practice.

John, like you said, we are all hypocrits. It makes it kind of hard to look at us and say we are doing something wrong by celebrating Christmas while people are starving when you refuse to give up lingerie to give to the needy and wear a burlap sack while people are starving…

Actually, Lauren, you’re wrong. It’s not 99% of Catholics who are hypocrites.

It’s 100%.

We believe that we should act in a certain way and avoid sin, and try to be a good example to others. But we end up doing the opposite of what we should, and we sin. A lot.

So as much as we’d like to not be hypocrites, we are hypocrites.

If that’s a reason why you’ve left the Church, it’s a pretty lame one — not to mention an extraordinarily unoriginal one.

and secondly catholics ignore like half of what’s actually in the Bible.

What I said above applies here as well.

Religion does not equal morals.

Whoever said it did?

Religion does not equal morals.

Being a Catholic or a Christian is not easy. If it was, everyone would do it. But the truth is being a Catholic requires admitting that you don’t know everything, that there is a higher authority, that you must deny your “self” and love Someone more than your own being, and that you must act accordingly. I could be wrong, but I suspect being Catholic was just too plain difficult.

# “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried.” – Chapter 5, What’s Wrong With The World, 1910 G K Chesterton

MK

Your link did not link to anything I was referring to. I’m just wondering why you haven’t posted anything about it. Also, there is nothing miraculous about this ridiculous waste of time. Spend your time feeding someone and instead of spending the money to a nativity scene there are people literally blocks away that are in need of shelter and warm clothes. Tis the season!

Mark Shea pretty much summed it up.

(BTW: Your comment pertains to this post…how, exactly?)