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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:49 PM Original message |
That Darned Catholic Church! |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm Catholic. Could not nor would I want to |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
61. Ditto, Emily |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not Catholic any more really but the Catholics I know |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 02:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
63. I agree E |
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serrano2008 (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent post! |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
62. My pleasure Serrano |
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ReliantJ (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. On top of all these threads |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. It is a shame that the good works of some Catholics |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Why would good work be "swept away" by the corruption of the powerful? |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. You thinking the Catholic church has a sparkling image? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. And we know that image is what counts over everything else. |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. As I've said above using different words |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Well, no. That isn't what you said initially. Maybe you should try |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. As I said, best of luck. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Lol. No, you didn't upset me. But you did shift your statement. |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Nope. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. You think the U.S. has a sparkling image? |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Exactly. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Well, except that the laity have absolutely no say |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #50 |
72. Exactly. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Too true |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Yep. I went from thinking of perhaps joining the convent |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. How do Catholics deal with the knowledge of what some of our religious leaders |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. You are absolutely right. |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 02:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
64. Thanks for the kind words, B |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. Catholic Worker House and Catholic Charities serve the MOST down-and-out Americans there are. |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 02:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
65. Good points patrice |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. As a former Cahtolic I say.... |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
60. Interestingly |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Good job, kanrok. |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
66. Thanks Rug |
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walkaway (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. And yet two weeks before the 2008 presidential elections... |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
58. There were some priests who did this |
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tanngrisnir3 (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. Did you think about it on a boat? Did you think about it with a goat? |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
59. LOL |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. I know that in the catholic community there is very good people but |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. The page you link to has been pulled. n/t |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. An another one: |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
67. Sandrine |
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Sandrine for you (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #67 |
78. An almost impossible task for most: |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Thank you so much for posting this. K&Red. |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
68. Thanks, Tommy |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. What you're missing about the screeds |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yes, they did. Because congregants ARE the Church as much |
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robdogbucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Say what you will |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. "Say what you will" is not a response, but the avoidance of a response. n/t |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. And that 'title!' |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It should have been edited or locked much earlier. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Clearly! But as I've said before, I guess it depends on who |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. DU admins and mods always seem to trend to free speech. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Agree. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. The Church is extremely authoritarian, I wouldn't call the laity members of the church but more... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The so called laity is the church as well and not subject unless they live in Vatican City, no? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Of course not, but then again, who has power within the Church? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. The archbishop in my home town was the guy who put H8 together |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. True, but most of that work is usually done outside of the Church itself... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Agree about Kerry and Kennedy but not about most of the work. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Most of that work is usually noncontroversial within the Church... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Growing up, I heard many times |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. But don't you see that the reason such men are in a position |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
69. I've made no comment whatsoever on what I think about |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Nope, not anti-Catholic at all. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Sounds like the hierarchy to me |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes, it's a finely nuanced piece of writing. |
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rtassi (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 08:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Attention Choir ... Nance is outraged AGAIN .. you may pay tribute now ... |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
54. You attack my Church - you attack me. |
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kanrok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
57. Thanks for the thoughtful reply, Warpy |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. There are good people who do good works. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. An opinion not forwarded in the OP. n/t |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. "That Darned Catholic Church"... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 04:38 AM Response to Reply #56 |
70. No, it doesn't. The OP doesn't say you must be Catholic |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Did she mention any non-Catholics |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. The Catholic Church is overdue for a good Schism. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
53. Not to mention the lesbian who died alone on her death bed because of your church. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-07-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
55. Ex-Catholic Here! |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-08-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
75. You are proud to be a member of an organization which spends lots and lots of money |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-09-09 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
76. I grew up in the Catholic Church is Mass |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. You're probably right about that |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-16-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. And the effect it continues to have. |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
77. The major problem has and will continue to be that it is a hierarchy. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-11-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. I think that's so, too. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
81. Thank you for posting this. Remember that |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-15-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Amazing, isn't it, |
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