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accorn
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Hi,
I was raised catholic but feel away from the church as a teenager.
I was feeling the call to return to the church as a young adult but then the sex scandal fully unfolded - and it has effected me greatly.
I’ve been conflicted for years now, praying to god for guidance but getting no real answer. I’ve looked at every major religion, and there is something about the catholic church that calls me, yet I can’t get over the conflict.
I understand we all sin, but there seems to be a difference between normal human sin which we all struggle with and complete acceptance of evil. When I look at the evidence of what has happened in the church - after reading “Goodbye, good men” and reading the evidence of how the church has covered up the crimes , it seems clear to me that the church itself has been overrun by evil from the lowest priests up to the highest authorities (in the form of a homosexual & liberal culture).
My big issue then, as a lay person I am supposed to submit myself to the authority of the church - recognizing them as my moral authority. But how can this be asked of me when the evidence suggests the church hierarchy have given themselves over so completely to evil? I mean if a Bishop could not see why it was important to protect innocent children and are actively supporting perverts, which is something so obviously wrong to any parent, how can I trust them with anything? These same authorities that are the ones defining church law, which has been changing in a liberal direction from original traditional church teachings - how can one know these teachings are from god and not evil?
Furthermore I now have a 2 year old daughter who has not been baptized in the church, and am feeling guilty on one hand for not providing spiritual guidance, but at the same time fearing that I could be bringing her to darkness just because I was raised by it and it was comfortable to return to that.
Sorry if this sounds dramatic, but it’s how I feel.
Was just hoping to get another perspective on that.
Thank you
I was raised catholic but feel away from the church as a teenager.
I was feeling the call to return to the church as a young adult but then the sex scandal fully unfolded - and it has effected me greatly.
I’ve been conflicted for years now, praying to god for guidance but getting no real answer. I’ve looked at every major religion, and there is something about the catholic church that calls me, yet I can’t get over the conflict.
I understand we all sin, but there seems to be a difference between normal human sin which we all struggle with and complete acceptance of evil. When I look at the evidence of what has happened in the church - after reading “Goodbye, good men” and reading the evidence of how the church has covered up the crimes , it seems clear to me that the church itself has been overrun by evil from the lowest priests up to the highest authorities (in the form of a homosexual & liberal culture).
My big issue then, as a lay person I am supposed to submit myself to the authority of the church - recognizing them as my moral authority. But how can this be asked of me when the evidence suggests the church hierarchy have given themselves over so completely to evil? I mean if a Bishop could not see why it was important to protect innocent children and are actively supporting perverts, which is something so obviously wrong to any parent, how can I trust them with anything? These same authorities that are the ones defining church law, which has been changing in a liberal direction from original traditional church teachings - how can one know these teachings are from god and not evil?
Furthermore I now have a 2 year old daughter who has not been baptized in the church, and am feeling guilty on one hand for not providing spiritual guidance, but at the same time fearing that I could be bringing her to darkness just because I was raised by it and it was comfortable to return to that.
Sorry if this sounds dramatic, but it’s how I feel.
Was just hoping to get another perspective on that.
Thank you