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50. Oh, didn't know that about Colbert. How terrible!

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I am Catholic and this is quite disturbing to me! [View all] imanamerican63 Feb 2023 OP

Yep, agree! A lot of religions are getting rather bizarre. They are aligned with Trump, that RKP5637 Feb 2023 #1

Some of those Catholic bishops in Western Wisc Tetrachloride Feb 2023 #2

Many years ago I remember moniss Feb 2023 #5

Got you beat DENVERPOPS Feb 2023 #9

I was in school moniss Feb 2023 #36

I remember exactly what you do. What's more, I... TreasonousBastard Feb 2023 #44

And you, for stirring mine, moniss, Thank you......NC DENVERPOPS Feb 2023 #97

I remember. kskiska Feb 2023 #67

And in Missouri. debm55 Feb 2023 #73

;-( elleng Feb 2023 #3

Look into your heart.. your heart.. Deuxcents Feb 2023 #4

Very good advice. At one time I wanted to be a Sister of Charity. I didn't. I felt my mission in debm55 Feb 2023 #6

I was raised Roman Catholic, attend kindergarten and first grade PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2023 #7

So many of us.. one way or the other, we've..can I say..survived? Deuxcents Feb 2023 #25

Yes. you have it. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2023 #27

THIS!!☝️ onetexan Feb 2023 #31

So was I. And I started questioning things a few years in, myself. calimary Feb 2023 #33

I Went To Catholic Schools... ProfessorGAC Feb 2023 #53

I grew up Catholic as well. I left when I realized three things: phylny Feb 2023 #72

Two things we need to be wary of FakeNoose Feb 2023 #8

GREAT ONE, FN NC DENVERPOPS Feb 2023 #98

You can thank JPII and Benny for that... regnaD kciN Feb 2023 #10

Wow. ShazzieB Feb 2023 #23

Yes, that's correct. JPII really got the party started with the diocese-packing. That led to... keep_left Feb 2023 #40

Oh! Well, that explains a lot! I'd already left The Church 50 yrs earlier so didn't pay... electric_blue68 Feb 2023 #51

Lol. The German Priests are in an all out opposition DenaliDemocrat Feb 2023 #63

IMO, the Catholic Church has always been a huge grifting scam. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #11

American Catholic bishops have been awful my entire life, as far as I've been aware of them. RockRaven Feb 2023 #12

Catholics are the enemy of The KKK. AKA Southern Baptists. czarjak Feb 2023 #13

Sorry, I think you've really missed the truth. arthritisR_US Feb 2023 #20

The kkk used to be very anti Catholic, markodochartaigh Feb 2023 #34

And the Catholic Church is the enemy of women. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #21

The KKK tried to pull their bigoted anti-Catholic bullshit here in Iowa. old as dirt Feb 2023 #43

So what?! That doesn't erase the Church's centuries of anti-women brutality and oppression! Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #56

+1 Celerity Feb 2023 #59

So what??? old as dirt Feb 2023 #90

Just because you are white doesn't make your religion "superior" (nt) old as dirt Feb 2023 #91

WTF?! When did I say that? I don't have a religion. I think ALL religion is stupid. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #95

Religion The root of all evil! EOM tiredtoo Feb 2023 #14

Please. summer_in_TX Feb 2023 #28

+1,000,000 wnylib Feb 2023 #38

Well said. electric_blue68 Feb 2023 #49

Ignorance, fear and gullibility to grifters: The root of religion. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #58

Look, I once shared the prejudice. summer_in_TX Feb 2023 #87

The whole framing of Christianity is incredibly damaging to women. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #96

I find the Christian myth has a great deal of truth. Enough truth to be worth believing. summer_in_TX Feb 2023 #99

All evil? Dr. Strange Feb 2023 #93

I grew up in South Bend, IN hoosierspud Feb 2023 #15

I remember back moniss Feb 2023 #37

The Christian Church, Catholic or otherwise, has a long history of intolerance and prejudice vlyons Feb 2023 #16

Don't even pay attention to them. It's the same group of Catholic bishops that *always* go after... Hekate Feb 2023 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Dum Aloo Feb 2023 #18

"True Catholic" and "True President" work fine for this atheist. (nt) old as dirt Feb 2023 #70

As a Lapsed, I *will*judge them. I've held on to nostalgia for"the olde religion"(after Henry VIII). UTUSN Feb 2023 #19

Realize that this is the new Right Wing that claims they are Catholic PlutosHeart Feb 2023 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Feb 2023 #75

They're extremely conservatives ... aggiesal Feb 2023 #24

I always remeber their anthem........... DFW Feb 2023 #26

I was raised Catholic and attended samplegirl Feb 2023 #29

How dare they say that? PlanetBev Feb 2023 #30

Oh, didn't know that about Colbert. How terrible! electric_blue68 Feb 2023 #50

You know you've been powerfully brainwashed Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #80

Hey, Fadda Coughlin! Mopar151 Feb 2023 #32

Uh-oh! old as dirt Feb 2023 #52

look at it this way orleans Feb 2023 #35

Biden should leave the church Dirty Socialist Feb 2023 #39

Why should he allow himself to be bullied out of his own religion? old as dirt Feb 2023 #42

Exactly! That's like us being told to vote for a republican! imanamerican63 Feb 2023 #48

Don't give up. old as dirt Feb 2023 #88

I agree. No liberal should support the RCC. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #79

More arguing over woo about sky beings and the wilful suspension of disbelief that is necessary to Celerity Feb 2023 #41

Well said! Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #57

It is just sad that the world's oldest con (the human invention of god/gods) is still not only Celerity Feb 2023 #61

Totally agree! And there is a YUUUUGE double standard on this site Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #65

Do Catholic Cultures have a right to exist? (nt) old as dirt Feb 2023 #84

This message was self-deleted by its author old as dirt Feb 2023 #92

My grandmother gave up on the Catholic church when.... TreasonousBastard Feb 2023 #45

President Biden is in good company. old as dirt Feb 2023 #46

I'll tell you what's disturbing, putting money in a plate on Sunday that goes to Catholic lawsuits JuJuChen Feb 2023 #47

Not to mention, if you're a woman supporting the Catholic Church, you're supporting Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #60

My wife is unlikely to quit her culture. old as dirt Feb 2023 #74

I don't really identify with a particular culture Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #78

In historical writings, I usually see that referred to as "la culture mayor". old as dirt Feb 2023 #81

No offense. But if you've recently discovered this: that surprises me. shrike3 Feb 2023 #54

No offense, but you have a history of attacking Black Catholic Cultures in the Catholic group. old as dirt Feb 2023 #77

I think the abortion issue has caused a schism in the U.S. Catholic church JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2023 #55

The Liturgy is not the Magesterium DenaliDemocrat Feb 2023 #62

we need their names and for US parishioners to dmemand this shit stop. nt Baltimike Feb 2023 #64

Most Catholics don't follow the Church's teachings on contraception milestogo Feb 2023 #66

Not to mention divorce. old as dirt Feb 2023 #69

When I was growing up, it was uncommon for Catholics to divorce. milestogo Feb 2023 #71

A Blast from the Past old as dirt Feb 2023 #82

You can always write these Bishops letters, telling them what you think. hunter Feb 2023 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Feb 2023 #76

Now that I think of it, ... old as dirt Feb 2023 #83

Some bishops love playing the No True Scotsman card sakabatou Feb 2023 #85

I always think it's better GenThePerservering Feb 2023 #86

When I was young - in middle school, we used to have womanofthehills Feb 2023 #89

Anyone who claims to speak for God does not have a voice worth listening to. Earth-shine Feb 2023 #94