Does Catholicism lead to Crimimals?
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Christianity believes that as long as you claim you love Jesus and believe he is the Son of God right as you die, you'll go to Heaven. So, be Atheist, kill everybody, and then right before you die say you believe Jesus is the Son of God... and you're in Heaven... sounds like it does to me. :)
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Yes, Catholicism does.
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This is not a situation a blanket judgment can account for.\n\nIt is possible for a priest to mislead his parishioners, either accidental or deliberately.\n\nBut it is far more likely that the average Catholic parishioner would be mistaken, again, either accidental or deliberately.\n\nEither way, assigning blame won't solve the problem. Proper admonishment of the sinner and proper instruction of the ignorant will.
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Yes, it is.  My religion does not preach this, and it's one of the reasons that I chose to believe what I do.  Actions have consequences.  People should be made to deal with them, even if it's just a guilty conscience.
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I just read your last question and I think that any organisation that hides the fact there are paedophiles within it are sick. The fact that this is the Catholic Church is even worse. There are of course pedos in every walk of life, but the fact that it is the church makes it even worse. They preach to people about this and that but when it comes to themselves they cannot admit that they have a failing. They hide it so they cannot be criticized and any catholic that supports the protection of these people within the church is a hypocrite to their faith.\nHope you get my meaning and I'm not a catholic by the way!!!
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Catholicism and soccer - wine - olives and not very good morals
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Catholics have more fun.  Especially alcoholic ones.  That's the whole point of Catholisism.  Pain old deubochery is good for peoples souls and Okay at St. Peters.  God don't want no prude...period.
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no I dont think so\n\nmaybe morality in some areas would go down but things like rape and murder are in society's best interest to prevent and punish.\n\nYou have evidence of this in atheistic communist countries that still had laws against theft murder and rape.
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I am not Catholic (used to be as a kid-but now I know better)\nI learned a lot from the answers posted.\n\nI was just curious of the answers because I've always resented that catholic is catholic and EVERYTHING ELSE is protestant.\n\nI think thats highly self righteous of catholicism and overplays the validity (altho false) of catholicism. History and numbers of followers do not validate a false religion. \nFurther, from the pope on down, I believe they know the truth which they withhold from their followers. If they loved their followers they would tell them the truth.\nThey love the money. As I recall, it was a 365 days a year's worth of envelops given to followers, with bogus celebratory days noted on each envelop.\nYou realize my concerns for catholic people is that they are being led to the slaughter.\nThe pope is the only Catholic who can answer that charge. No followers of Catholicism can answer with absolute knowledge.\nCatholic or Protestant? Thats pretty lofty.
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The vast majority of Catholic priests are not child molesters.  \n\nAnd the vast majority of child molesters are not Catholic priests.  \n\n.
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Absolutely.  Priests are in a position of trust.  Parents trust them to counsel and advise their children.  Children look up to and respect them.  If they are perverts, they should not be placed into a position where they can harm children or any other unsuspecting individuals.
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As a catholic i am ashamed of those priests and greatly troubled about how they have tarnished the worlds views of catholics.  Not to point fingers though just as many abuses happen all over the world in many different faiths.  The simple fact is that those priests should be (and many are) excomunicated or kicked out of the priest hood.  Another thing that in needed to be pointed out is how hard it is to actually get into the priest hood now as compared to when these pedophiles where geting in is increadably harder now.  They go through an intence screening prosesses and pschologicle testing.  Please do not compare all priests and the many catholics in the world (11% of the worlds population is catholic) to these men.
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I disagree with Don S that Islam is the perversion of Judaism and Catholicism is the perversion of Christianity.\n\nI believe it is not the religions that promote intolerance, but people themselves who have trouble reconciling the fact that someone can be different and be a good person. \nReligious people who truly believe their faith get along; those who do not allow for tolerance and other beliefs aren't really following their religion.
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The Catholic faith also make sense! When you are in a war situation it legally is not murder, because you are defending the common good. Likewise it is not a mortal sin according to the Catechism.
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Given the following:\n\nA) Non-Catholics were not only seen as heretics, but because church and state were so intertwined, they were also traitors, and\n\nB) People tend to be as harsh and hostile as their environment, and\n\nC) the lack of any real technology made theirs a harsh environment with high mortality rates, and\n\nD) being basically ignorant of any realistic concept of how the universe works, and\n\nE) fearing that divine displeasure would result in the destruction of the realm,\n\nit therefore followed that anyone who rocked the boat was a definite threat to the "natural" order of life.\n\nSo, one removes the threat. It's a matter of survival.\n\nLook at it from THEIR viewpoint. Given what I said, they were actually being rather kind. They gave those accused a chance to recant and save their souls at least. By their lights that was Christian.\n\nDo not judge the past by the mores of the present.\n\nWere it to happen today we would be incensed. I know this because the Muslim fundamentalists are busy doing the same thing, with one exception. They kill you without a trial. And look how we responded to the news that a perfectly nice young man was to be killed for becoming a Christian. We're NOT medievals anymore. Muslim fundamentalists may be, but we're not. We've grown up beyond being scared of the dark.\n\nBTW, it wasn't, strictly speaking, merely Catholic involvement. It was Catholic inspired and Crown ordered. The Inquisition was carried out by members of the clergy, but always under orders from the king.
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Of course not. All individuals are different. I've seen some Satan worshippers behave in a more Christian manner than do some "Christians" I know!\n\nI'll take a drunken Muslim over a sober "Christian" who spends his time, say, raping children, any day!\n\nAnd this "Biblical" alcohol prohibition is just plain silly. Wine was (and still is) a major part of the culture in Jesus' neighborhood and epoch. Drunkenness might be a sin in some cases, but alcohol isn't. (An inanimate object CAN'T sin) I doubt seriously  that Jesus, even though He has a great sense of humor, would use His first public miracle as a means to tempt the entire population of Cana into eternal damnation.\n\nPeople were so finicky and stubborn back then that if the wedding host served Kool Aid instead of wine, the party would have ended in fifteen minutes...before Jesus and His Mom even arrived.\n\nGod made man to be rational and sensible beings. He expects us to use His gift!\n\nAll that said, I agree that generally the world could probably do without alcohol, but there’s lots of other things that we could do without too, such as candy. Both can be "bad" when used to excess. (For that matter, so can water!)
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Not all Protestants said ugly things about the pope.  I make it a point to never say anything about Catholics, I'm Southern Baptist. Guess you taught me a lesson, huh?