Author Topic: Why Catholics stop going to church when they leave the Faith (Read 925 times)

Matthew · « **on:** May 25, 2009, 02:14:50 PM »

Two words: Bishop Katherine

Matthew · « **Reply #1 on:** May 25, 2009, 02:17:19 PM »

I should clarify -- I have nothing against Bishop Katherine in particular -- but I, as a man, could never follow some woman with a hairdo, earrings, lipstick, a woman's voice, etc. as an authority figure.

She might be a nice wife, mother, etc. but she could never be a good bishop.

God meant for men to be the leaders, especially for His Church -- that's why their nature is such from the time they are born.

Even the post-Vatican II Catholic Church hasn't sunk to the depths of having female ministers.

Anyhow, I understand why Catholics give up "altogether" when they stop going to Mass every Sunday. They might want to follow sin, some vice, laziness, the world, etc. but why bother with sentimental nonsense like you get in most protestant faiths?

Matthew

TheD · « **Reply #2 on:** May 25, 2009, 02:33:45 PM »

BARF ALERT!

Classiccom · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2009, 03:00:04 PM »

partial quote" why bother with sentimental nonsense like you get in most protestant faiths? "

Sounds like a trad talking. See how they love one another might include some sentimental nonsense. Of course that would be a layman's attribute that the rigid structure of the infallibles would not accommodate.

Matthew · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2009, 03:18:06 PM »

Sorry, Classiccom, the Old Catholics aren't part of the Church Christ founded any more than the Methodists.

It figures you'd take issue with this, considering you're a Protestant yourself. Breaking away from the true Catholic Faith because you're against the doctrine of the infallibility of the Pope.

I know that I give leeway to all things Crisis on this board --

But when I talk about the Crisis in the Church, and the leeway thereof, I'm referring to what happened in the Church in the 1960's -- not the 1860's!

If the Church collapsed in the 1860's, the world would have already ended by now.

Any movement that refers to St. Pius X as "one of those 'infallibles'" is ludicrous.

Matthew

topsy-turvy · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2009, 03:21:52 PM »

She feels the need to use a word used as a greeting by a people that number 14 million worldwide:

http://www.episcopalchurch.org/presiding-bishop.htm

Gee, I wonder who her handlers are?

http://www.cathinfo.com/index.php?a=post&s=reply&t=7461#

Matthew · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2009, 03:28:43 PM »

Yes, exactly.

Why the hebrew word Shalom? Since, as pointed out, it is used by a small minority of only 14 million people worldwide. The Jєωs are a small group even compared to other minority groups.

topsy-turvy · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2009, 03:45:42 PM »

And of those 14 million Jєωs, probably only the religious ones use it. I know Jєωs and I've never heard one them use that greeting, even with other Jєωs, unless their using it self-consciously to poke fun at the fact that they are so disconnected from their heritage. So lets cut that number down to, say, 7 million.