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patphil

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4. I was born and raised as a Catholic.
Sat Sep 14, 2024, 12:56 PM
Sep 2024

I attended Catholic Grade School and High School.
I walked away in my early 20's because it didn't fulfill my spiritual needs.
There was way too much emphasis on fear, guilt, and punishment.
The Pope has no more business sticking his nose into secular affairs as secular governments have in sticking their nose into religious affairs.
As Jesus said, "Render unto Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and unto God the things that are God's".
I don't see abortion, as defined by Roe v Wade, as a sin, anymore than I see homosexuality as a sin. As Genesis says, God breaths spiritual life into the nostrils of a baby; something that can't be done unless the baby can breath. And, I see God as acknowledging love as love with no consideration of sex at all.
But there will always be men who are anxious to put their words in the mouth of God.

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