Simple but true
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Try substituting X=divorce or X=“artificial contraception” or X=abortion or X=“same-sex intercourse” and see if you can even get pass the second line.
It’s not just the Catholic Church, many denominations and many religions have absolute “thou shalt nots.” Whoever made that little graphic is either ignorant or deliberately chose to ignore basic facts about the Catholic Church.
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Maybe true in some parishes but others don’t just say “you’re free to do that go ahead”, they exclude them from some of the benefits and/or ceremonial aspects of membership in the church.
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Maybe true in some parishes but others don’t just say “you’re free to do that go ahead”, they exclude them from some of the benefits and/or ceremonial aspects of membership in the church.
@jon-nyc said in Simple but true:
Maybe true in some parishes but others don’t just say “you’re free to do that go ahead”, they exclude them from some of the benefits and/or ceremonial aspects of membership in the church.
My mom would get hand-written notes under her wiper that said "You can't be Catholic and vote for Barack Obama you should be ashamed of yourself" and similar. (She had an Obama bumper sticker. Curiously, my mom, while atheist, would go to my uncle's masses every time she was in town.)
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@Mik said in Simple but true:
I don't think the church was behind that.
No, but when parishoners treat others that way, that's precisely how you get the mentality of the "person" in the above joke.
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@Mik said in Simple but true:
I don't think the church was behind that.
No, but when parishoners treat others that way, that's precisely how you get the mentality of the "person" in the above joke.
At the very least “You’re completely free to do that but you will burn in hell for eternity” is a little passive-aggressive.
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@Catseye3 said in Simple but true:
Like the wise man said, "Take what you want -- and pay for it."
As an even wiser man once said, "I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member"
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@Catseye3 said in Simple but true:
Like the wise man said, "Take what you want -- and pay for it."
As an even wiser man once said, "I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member"
@Doctor-Phibes Yeah, you win that round!
