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Originally Posted by joeydb
Don't you think the "idiots" line I used is an accurate paraphrase of the quote above? Every sentence smacks of calling Catholics stupid.
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I've said on here many times that (overall) I think Catholicism does the best job of encouraging Christians to follow Christ's teachings. Most other forms of Christianity do a pretty poor job of that (they prefer to focus on encouraging the hate that people already have.) I used "stupid" as an adjective. The noun was "the idea" that men with attachments can be celibate. Then, I used the word "weird" as an adjective. The noun was "the idea" that Catholics think they're actually eating Jesus. The reason I say Catholics believe that is because it's the position of their church. So, there are 2 examples of unusually naive beliefs. It doesn't shock me to find out that priests think sexually abusive priests can be healed by faith. If you take the naive belief in celibacy and combine it with Christ's teachings on forgiveness etc., then it's a set up for some of this. I don't think Catholics are stupid, or idiots. I do think the idea of celibacy for intact males is stupid. So, I think their church has a stupid policy, and most of this damage was caused by it.