05-09-2005, 04:39 PM
Raelynn,May 9 2005, 09:51 AM Wrote:I've gone through all the sacraments but mainly because I was raised Catholic. My biggest problem with the church is it seems to not want to accept that times have changed. The rules that worked in the middle ages either don't work now or are stupid because the reason that they were true isn't the case anymore (big one being limitation on what you eat due to health concern originally).
Another problem I have is all the changes in the true teachings. Taken for what it truely is, the Catholic teachings are some of the greatest in history. They teach acceptance and understanding. Taken for what is actually taught, they seem more like the ancient "eye for an eye" teachings. Too much is taken out of context, or too literally, or just plain wrong.
Don't even get me started on Bible-quoters ;)
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One area where I continue to learn is in the area of Papal Bull and Doctrine versus Scripture. I have to in order to intelligently discuss Scripture versus Doctrine with my kids. The 1870 Bull on the Infallabilityof the Pope . . . Clergy can't marry . . . lots of stuff.
Anyway, doctrine never stops evolving because people keep on thinking and, as you note, the world keeps on changing.
I daresay that is true for the followers of Islam as well.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
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John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete