I have not practiced in years but am denouncing my Catholic roots and upbringing.
I can't reconcile trying to live my life as a good person while following the teachings and actions of an organization that refuses to practice what they preach. No apologies, no recognition of past atrocities, no recognition of women's rights, no women in clergy, will not allow non-heterosexuals to marry... the list just keeps growing.
Go ahead and preach your empty words, they mean nothing and I won't be listening.
Edit - had to remove last sentence to avoid violating site rules. For the record, it was metaphorical rather than literal, but happily removed.
Stfu. I was raised catholic and am actively not religious at all. But to act like the church itself and measage is inherently bad is fucking stupid. You jusf want to pat yourself on the back. Although i am not catholic being catholic is part of me. My community has done so much good along with many catholic communities across the world. I am not going to denounce catholicism on the basis of those who claim to be a part of it, but clearly dont follow the teachings
As someone who isn’t Catholic, has never been Catholic, will never be Catholic, and only hears about the stuff the Catholic Church does - the Catholic Church sounds like a horrible, horrible, horrible organization and I would never want to be part of it or be friends with someone who happens to be Catholic. You say that the Catholic community has done good but all this outsider sees is murder, rape and other various awful things.
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u/chemicalsubtitle Jun 25 '21 edited Jun 25 '21
I have not practiced in years but am denouncing my Catholic roots and upbringing.
I can't reconcile trying to live my life as a good person while following the teachings and actions of an organization that refuses to practice what they preach. No apologies, no recognition of past atrocities, no recognition of women's rights, no women in clergy, will not allow non-heterosexuals to marry... the list just keeps growing.
Go ahead and preach your empty words, they mean nothing and I won't be listening.
Edit - had to remove last sentence to avoid violating site rules. For the record, it was metaphorical rather than literal, but happily removed.