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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 12:55 PM Original message |
This new pope means I renounce my Catholicism. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. my in laws were generations of catholics |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. why shouldn't people just freely choose? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. of course they can |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. good answer |
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piece sine (931 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. gave up on the RCs years ago... |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
60. Why not go to a Protestant church? You think all of them were founded by |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Join the Episcopal Church! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Which one is right? |
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NYC2099 (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. start your own religion - its the in thing nowadays |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Do what Jesus said....Pray in your closet. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
70. I am a lapsed Catholic and have been doing this for four years, now. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
71. When you realize god is within you |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. I say, 'Take the Beliefnet.com test.' |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW... |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
75. Well, yeaahhh. Looks like you're a Neo-pagan! |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. Which one is right? |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
73. Depends on what you're looking for |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Deleted message |
QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Try learning a bit about Anglican history and theology |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Nobody truly has apostolic succession anymore. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Maybe ... but I care about NOW not BACK THEN .. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:31 PM Original message |
This is absolutely not true! |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. No wonder...here is my list: |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I went to Quaker schools growing up |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Please ask her about joining! |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
58. I was raised RC, I now go to a UU church |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Wow |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. I scored 100% Unitarian-Universalist also. |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
72. Thanks so much for this information |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. I fear you're not alone. Many people will regard this as a "final straw." |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. that would be like denoucing your country because Chimpoleon is pResident |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I must be really dense |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Perhaps. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. renouncing ratzinger is not the same as renouncing your church |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. Denounce... |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. renounce...i am tired |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. both, from the sound of things |
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dignan27 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. Come on over! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. My family has been without Catholicism for over 10 generations |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. My family has been without Catholicism since 1530's or so. |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Roots? |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Hello from Iowa |
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aneerkoinos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Norse |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Well, we do get loud |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. pedophile priests just weren't quite enough eh? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Many people hoped for another John XXIII |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. ummmmm didn't John HIDE Cardinal Law? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Cardinal Law was ordained in 1961 and John XXIII died in '63 |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. sorry |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. whah? |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Well, if you look at all the negatives at once... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
27. You really need to speak to your parish priest about this. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
42. Congratulations! |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. I do too. I resign. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Congratulations to you, too. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's not hard to do.. you just quit going to mass, and stop giving $$ |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. You don't need an institution to be with God |
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n2mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Call me a skeptic |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. Well, you have a choice what you want to do. I'm very skeptical myself. |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
50. I left the Catholic Church about 20 years ago |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
51. Good for you. |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
53. Stand up and leave during the homily this Sunday, or over prayers for |
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Rocketdude (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Which Cardinal would you have prefered? N/T |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I don't have a "preference" anymore. I stood up and left during the |
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Rocketdude (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Just curious |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:31 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. If you look back on John Paul I (i.e. the Smiling Pope) he was ready |
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Rocketdude (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. What was the change to be? |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. The allowance of several forms of birth control instead of the rhythmn |
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Rocketdude (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Good Choice |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. But, he is more open minded about debate on these things. If you |
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Rocketdude (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 09:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Agreed |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:21 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Thanks Rocketdude! and Belated Welcome to DU. |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
61. I do too!! |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-05 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
65. Even though he's older than dirt? |
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Is It Fascism Yet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
69. Sorry for whatever personal loss this means for you, but |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-05 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
74. Good deal. |
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