tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11653780.post7833558046911740205..comments2024-01-12T02:50:35.638-06:00Comments on Problem Girl: Losing my religionJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13170131429639166827noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11653780.post-66756948347599868702010-06-27T11:27:46.007-05:002010-06-27T11:27:46.007-05:00Don't tell them you make rude gestures to prot...Don't tell them you make rude gestures to protesters every time you PASS Planned Parenthood, tell them you make rude gestures every time you GO TO Planned Parenthood.<br /><br />Or assault the pope. I'd love to see you on TV.<br /><br />That story you wrote about is appalling. Good luck on your excommunication.Stimeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09685801693683588805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11653780.post-42151858187878154482010-06-18T14:47:18.894-05:002010-06-18T14:47:18.894-05:00The Catholic Church in Brazil is kind of crazy lik...The Catholic Church in Brazil is kind of crazy like this. You'll see this kind of thing in places like Latin America and parts of Africa where a lot of the ultra-conservative leadership was put in place by the "Father Butthead" type old guard. Contrary to selective media reports, Pope Benedict has actually been doing more to clean out the molesters and other such offenders. There's a chance what happened in Brazil will be overturned eventually.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10170022915332546512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11653780.post-19198142109442923382010-06-17T08:14:29.462-05:002010-06-17T08:14:29.462-05:00I did a little more research into the excommunicat...I did a little more research into the excommunication bit. It appears all that does is prevent you from receiving the sacraments. They still consider the excommunicated person to be a member of the church. This is from Wikipedia-Catholic Church Membership. There is a way to "formally withdraw your membership" , but you have to discuss the matter with a priest, and if successful, a notation will be placed with your baptism record, but you are still a baptized Catholic. If I understand their rules, once a Catholic, always a Catholic according to the Church. So, I think the easiest thing is to just ignore their rules altogether. Jen, I'll snail mail you the info I found. Good luck on your quest with the Catholic Church.<br />Love to all of you..... Grandma JudyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11653780.post-67611382497270610262010-06-16T19:17:49.776-05:002010-06-16T19:17:49.776-05:00I was brought up Catholic, but became disillusione...I was brought up Catholic, but became disillusioned after my mother died in high school. It was also around the same time I started to hear about the pedophile priest issue. The church disgusts me. Another recent headline was the nun in California who was excommunicated for approving an abortion for a woman who was 11 weeks pregnant with severe health issues. Her doctors gave her a 0% chance of survival without the abortion. The nun approved the procedure and the mother lived. However, the bishop excommunicated the mother, the nun and everyone else involved at the hospital. Totally ridiculous! So this woman saved a woman's life and she was excommunicated, but these priests that molest children are just scolded and shuffled around? Seriously?Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02754200943447654663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11653780.post-39830773053770026762010-06-16T16:31:13.003-05:002010-06-16T16:31:13.003-05:00the bright spot in catholocism for all of us pseud...the bright spot in catholocism for all of us pseudo-catholics (this coming from a lutheran girl with a fascination for the catholic church): liberation theology. yep, I'm a cafeteria catholic without even BEING catholic.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16870527550255669643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11653780.post-44435977816898014302010-06-16T15:41:26.531-05:002010-06-16T15:41:26.531-05:00Oh Wow... I have been disillusioned with the Catho...Oh Wow... I have been disillusioned with the Catholic Church for quite some time. But I think it is all organized religion, although the Catholics (of all the Christian religions) are the worst offenders against women and children. Other Christain religions allow women as ministers, thereby women do have some say in the direction the religion takes. Organized religion is about power, control, and guilt, plain and simple, which is the reason for all the rules. Excommunication is a form of "punishment" for breaking the rules (or course, it does have to be really bad, although you would be in good company, Galileo, Copernicus) My comment is why would anyone want to be bothered by disentangling themselves with the Catholic Church? It is their rules and you are not abiding by their rules anyway. So what, if they want to count you (us) in their inflated statistics. It's not putting any money in their coffers. And there are much more important things to be doing like raising your children to be loving, caring and helpful people (which you are doing a great job of by the way!) I consider myself to a recovering Catholic. If it makes the church feel beter, they can count me in their statistics and pretty much it means nothing to me anyway. (And if you haven't been attending Mass and participating in the sacraments, you probably are off their radar anyway.) My Mom always made the distinction between "man-made" rules and "God-made" rules. She used to say about attending Mass, not eating meat on Friday, all that stuff were man-made rules and didn't really matter (I agree). God made ones are basically based on love and respect for each other, which even Jesus said that greatest was to "love one another as yourself"...That I can agree with. So, just sort out what works for you, but I think it is important to separate the institutions from the "God Concept".. If we don't do that, that's where all the murkiness and hypocrisy comes into play. Okay, I am off my soapbox, now.<br /><br />Love to all... Grandma JudyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11653780.post-43080937104973331112010-06-16T14:31:27.130-05:002010-06-16T14:31:27.130-05:00I wonder if you can get excommunicated if you offi...I wonder if you can get excommunicated if you officially become part of a different religion? Like I was baptized Catholic and participated in all the Sacraments up to Confirmation, if I become Jewish will that pull my membership?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com