Catholic Discussion Thread

[Esponnise]

Hello everyone! This is a thread inspired by the popular Christian Discussion Threads, but this is specifically for discussing the Catholic Church. This is for discussing Church history, doctrines, the Holy Father, your personal beliefs, etc., and is open to anyone.

Please be respectful. As everyone knows, discussing religion can get pretty ugly. While debate is encouraged, everyone who posts needs to act somewhat civilized.

Have fun and may God bless you all!

[Tyriece]

I am Buddhist atheist and I do like the new pope. He seems to be more open to homosexuals and more progressive in general.

[Ifreann]

Is the Christian discussion thread somehow not suitable for discussing Catholicism?

[Adab]

God bless you, sir/ma'am, but may I suggest that you use the Christian Discussion Thread instead? I believe it's suitable enough for Catholic-specific discussions (well, it's Christian, after all).

[Benuty]

Why not an Abrahamic Discussion Thread?

Besides the Bahai, Samaritans, Yazidi, Druze, Mandeans, Babist faith, and the Rastafarian religions are in need of representation.

[Imperial Esplanade]

God bless you, sir/ma'am, but may I suggest that you use the Christian Discussion Thread instead? I believe it's suitable enough for Catholic-specific discussions (well, it's Christian, after all).

Yes, but while all Catholics are Christians... not all Christians are Catholics.

[Benuty]

Is the Christian discussion thread somehow not suitable for discussing Catholicism?

Nope the Catholics seceded from the thread to form their own thread.

[The Scientific States]

I feel like this belongs in the Christian Discussion Thread.

[Ucropi]

If this is a thread solely for the discussion of Catholicism then let's talk about The sexual abuse cases that run rampant throught the religion

[Imperial Esplanade]

Is the Christian discussion thread somehow not suitable for discussing Catholicism?

Nope the Catholics seceded from the thread to form their own thread.

Yep, it's kinda like history in reverse.

[Angleter]

We're the majority of Christians. We don't need our own thread, we can just take over the CDT.

[Benuty]

We're the majority of Christians. We don't need our own thread, we can just take over the CDT.

Define "majority"?
Are you talking about Catholicism vs everybody else or are you compartmentalizing the individual sects?

[Puerto Tyranus]

Is the Christian discussion thread somehow not suitable for discussing Catholicism?

Nope the Catholics seceded from the thread to form their own thread.

I see what you did there.

[Conscentia]

God bless you, sir/ma'am, but may I suggest that you use the Christian Discussion Thread instead? I believe it's suitable enough for Catholic-specific discussions (well, it's Christian, after all).

Yes, but while all Catholics are Christians... not all Christians are Catholics.

Irrelevant. The Christian Discussion thread renders this thread superfluous. The moderators will most likely lock this thread or merge it.

[Imperial Esplanade]

If this is a thread solely for the discussion of Catholicism then let's talk about The sexual abuse cases that run rampant throught the religion

Believe me, sexual abuse runs MUCH more rampant in other religions than in Catholicism. I would know since I'm a Catholic Youth Minister who has undergone extensive Safe Environment Training. You're much more likely to be abused by a Jewish rabbi than a Catholic priest. You've always had been and always will be. If you are concerned about the recent public outcries regarding the actions a of a select couple of priests around the country (minority doesn't begin to give justice to just how few priests are actually found guilty of such crimes), don't be.

[Ucropi]

Wow you guys really are catholic, ignoring the sex abuse crimes just like the vatican.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Yes, but while all Catholics are Christians... not all Christians are Catholics.

Irrelevant. The Christian Discussion thread renders this thread superfluous. The moderators will most likely lock this thread or merge it.

Not irrelevant since there are plenty of topics Catholics can exclusively discuss, such as the Pope, the Saints, the Eucharist, Catholic Church history, etc.

It'll be a shame if they did, though, since they wouldn't understand the significant differences Protestant Christians have with Catholic Christians over this sort of stuff.

[Puerto Tyranus]

If this is a thread solely for the discussion of Catholicism then let's talk about The sexual abuse cases that run rampant throught the religion

Believe me, sexual abuse runs MUCH more rampant in other religions than in Catholicism. I would know since I'm a Catholic Youth Minister who has undergone extensive Safe Environment Training. You're much more likely to be abused by a Jewish rabbi than a Catholic priest. You've always had been and always will be. If you are concerned about the recent public outcries regarding the actions a of a select couple of priests around the country (minority doesn't begin to give justice to just how few priests are actually found guilty of such crimes), don't be.

It always seemed to me that the outcry got so bad because people realized that crying out about it would actually do something to the Church. The Church is an organization after all, it is easy to blame and you know that, if you throw enough flak at it, it'll do something to make people stop. Other Religions aren't as Militarily organized as the Catholic Church.

[Imperial Esplanade]

Wow you guys really are catholic, ignoring the sex abuse crimes just like the vatican.

Not ignoring it whatsoever, the media just blows it way out of proportion. I would venture to say that it's borderline slander.

The Vatican actually does a tremendous job on handling sexual abuse cases, but you would never even know by tuning in to Western media.

[Ifreann]

Why not an Abrahamic Discussion Thread?

Besides the Bahai, Samaritans, Yazidi, Druze, Mandeans, Babist faith, and the Rastafarian religions are in need of representation.

Rastas prefer to call it the Rastafari Movement, as opposed to a religion or Rastafarianism. -isms are a Babylon thing.

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Is the Christian discussion thread somehow not suitable for discussing Catholicism?

Nope the Catholics seceded from the thread to form their own thread.

Some sort of schism has taken place, you say?

[Conscentia]

Irrelevant. The Christian Discussion thread renders this thread superfluous. The moderators will most likely lock this thread or merge it.

Not irrelevant since there are plenty of topics Catholics can exclusively discuss, such as the Pope, the Saints, the Eucharist, Catholic Church history, etc.
It'll be a shame if they did, though, since they wouldn't understand the significant differences Protestant Christians have with Catholic Christians over this sort of stuff.

How does that make it relevant?

[Conscentia]

Why not an Abrahamic Discussion Thread?
Besides the Bahai, Samaritans, Yazidi, Druze, Mandeans, Babist faith, and the Rastafarian religions are in need of representation.

Rastas prefer to call it the Rastafari Movement, as opposed to a religion or Rastafarianism. -isms are a Babylon thing.

I thought they'd be all in favour of adding an extra i in there.

[Ifreann]

Wow you guys really are catholic, ignoring the sex abuse crimes just like the vatican.

Not ignoring it whatsoever, the media just blows it way out of proportion. I would venture to say that it's borderline slander.

The Vatican actually does a tremendous job on handling sexual abuse cases, but you would never even know by tuning in to Western media.

So then how is it that you know they do such a good job?

[Ifreann]

Irrelevant. The Christian Discussion thread renders this thread superfluous. The moderators will most likely lock this thread or merge it.

Not irrelevant since there are plenty of topics Catholics can exclusively discuss, such as the Pope, the Saints, the Eucharist, Catholic Church history, etc.

So what's the deal with transubstantiation?[/jerryspringer]

[Imperial Esplanade]

Not ignoring it whatsoever, the media just blows it way out of proportion. I would venture to say that it's borderline slander.

The Vatican actually does a tremendous job on handling sexual abuse cases, but you would never even know by tuning in to Western media.

So then how is it that you know they do such a good job?

Well, avoiding CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC, etc. is a good start.