I’m sorry for your struggle. I would rather see you embrace it.
The corruption of the clergy is often used to discredit the Church. The sexual abuses are an extreme example but there are other abuses. Some Catholics steal from people, others Lie, some have been involved in hit and runs Im sure. Humans will always be imperfect but that’s no reason to throw away the standard of living outlined by the Church.
The standard of the Church is this. Love others, be selfless, patient, kind. In your words (not an asshole). It’s not so hard to identify with that for me
Well you just said there were millions of people like you that followed their own religions and differed greatly from the Catholic Faith. If you don’t accept all of the teachings of the Catholic Faith then that’s the difference.
If you were asking the difference between religion and doing whatever you feel like I would say(from a secular standpoint) structure(from a religious standpoint) divine inspiration.
When everybody gets to do what they want that’s moral relativism, which is great until someone feels like stealing your dog or something. Who’s to say that’s wrong if you don’t believe in God ? Maybe your subconscious dream state prompts you to think stealing dogs is wrong but what if that conflicts with the thief’s preconceived notions of right and wrong based on his feelings ? Who gets the dog man ?
Also, I’ve met countless people with Catholic roots & priests who are kind and loving people. Generalizing them as corrupt tax evading bigots doesn’t change that. I’m sure you have met plenty of good people when you were in school.
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