tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post8928668988172043526..comments2023-09-28T06:33:11.190-07:00Comments on Chariot of Reaction: The Catholic Church Must Stand and Fight the HHS MandateJehuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-78322936207700515182012-06-04T04:12:12.746-07:002012-06-04T04:12:12.746-07:00My uncle has been a Catholic priest for 30 years a...My uncle has been a Catholic priest for 30 years and recieved many honors. I can tell you that Catholicism, like most churches, is fighting for it's life. The number of genuine Christians is much smaller then the number of Christian posers, but without the posers the church as an organization would collapse overnight. <br /><br />Balancing the need for genuine religion with the need to appeal to the masses isn't some dilemma lost on the church, there just aren't a lot of good answers if you don't want to shrink massively.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-7331277238920243942012-06-01T16:21:13.655-07:002012-06-01T16:21:13.655-07:00Anonymous,
I wager a lot of people feel the same w...Anonymous,<br />I wager a lot of people feel the same way. I'm a Quaker, but I'd swim the Tiber if the Catholic church broke out the excommunication hammer in a big way and cleaned house.<br />I'd take Pope Benedict's suggestion that Protestants are operating with an impaired spiritual supply line much more seriously if his church institutionally acted like it believed it.Jehuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-30550811524195981292012-06-01T15:43:29.559-07:002012-06-01T15:43:29.559-07:00I'd join the church if it showed some balls. ...I'd join the church if it showed some balls. So far it appears that everyone in the church had their balls surgically removed when they became priests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com