Originally posted by Sesquipedalian
[The Crusades]...Which were a horrible travesty of Christianity. A bunch of guys in the Middle Ages screwing up doesn't change the fact that what the Pope is saying now is right.
Excuse me? What the Pope is saying now is right?
Let's have a look at that, shall we?
Today the Pope says:
--Using contraceptives is a sin and Catholics shouldn't be allowed to use them.
--Women are not allowed to be ordained to become priests simply because none of Jesus' disciples were women.
--Gay marriage is not to be allowed or blessed by Catholic priests.
--The laity is not to be given a greater voice in deciding the fate of priests accused of sexually abusing children.
--No action of reprimand is to be taken against church officials who knew about abusive priests but covered it up. (Why does Cardinal Law still have his job, BTW? SHouldn't he have been fired long ago?
)
The Pope can claim to be the infallible Vicar of Christ all he wants, but I think all of the above three things (all of which the Pope stands for!) are all wrong. Thus, I think the Pope is wrong, thus, in my view, the Pope is
not infallible.
And it's not just me who says this. There are millions of pro-choice, pro-gay right, pro-women ordainment Catholics living here in America.
My mother, God bless her soul, was one of them. So was I, until my conscience told me to become an agnostic.
Whatever, so long as there are good Catholics like my mother who know enough to think for themselves, uphold their faith and be true to their consciences and beliefs and not pay any attention to the pope when he makes grandiose proclamations that would go against those beliefs, then Catholicism will survive.
Poll
