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faith4ever
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I have left the Catholic Church, and since I have been gone and studying the issue I have been struck by how little most laity and priests really know about church history or doctrine.
It started a few years ago when I looked at the comments at the bottom of an internet article very critical of Pope Francis. These “conservative” Catholics were going on about how evil Martin Luther was. I pointed out that all the things in his 95 points have been eliminated by the Catholic Church (it was all about selling indulgences, after all). They viciously jumped on me and attacked me saying that is not true, when it is a simple fact if history.
I have had so many conversations like that with Catholics I came to see that they really have no idea about the facts of their faith. Like my last parish priest in Salem, Oregon who openly stated in a church group that papal encyclicals are “too hard to read.” I know it’s not all Catholics, but it’s 90 per cent. It is a monument to ignorance. I am not going back, but I suggest those of you who still care work to change that.
It started a few years ago when I looked at the comments at the bottom of an internet article very critical of Pope Francis. These “conservative” Catholics were going on about how evil Martin Luther was. I pointed out that all the things in his 95 points have been eliminated by the Catholic Church (it was all about selling indulgences, after all). They viciously jumped on me and attacked me saying that is not true, when it is a simple fact if history.
I have had so many conversations like that with Catholics I came to see that they really have no idea about the facts of their faith. Like my last parish priest in Salem, Oregon who openly stated in a church group that papal encyclicals are “too hard to read.” I know it’s not all Catholics, but it’s 90 per cent. It is a monument to ignorance. I am not going back, but I suggest those of you who still care work to change that.