Why do Catholics criticize other Catholics?

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It’s so hard today to find Catholics who agree with you on the same Church teachings as you believe.
Even though you were probably taught the same things in the Catechism, if you don’t agree it’s frightful!
Case in point: Invitations to “gay marriages”. What can you say, except no?
 
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I do not have to obey my children if they give unreasonable requests.
 
You can say “yes”.

Then you can add to that whatever you wish.
 
What are you talking about? No one asked you to obey them, and actually, I was asking the OP.
 
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The Church allows for a variety of different ideas when interpreting Church doctrine. Some Cardinals have a more liberal interpretation of doctrine. The Church does not disapprove of this, because they are valid interpretations.

For example, Cardinal Marx thinks we can bless same sex “unions”. Cardinal Burke says this is terrible as an idea. Is either wrong? No, they are just speaking in light of an interpretation of Church doctrine.

That is why we disagree.
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This is not a good example. Same-sex unions could never be blessed by the Church. Cardinal Marx is wrong. Something that is intrinsically evil and against Church teaching can not be blessed.
 
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Surely we are to be in this world, but not of this world. And not to conform ourselves to this culture but to be a light shining for all. If we are striving to be citizens in the City of God, then if we conform ourselves to this world, wouldn’t this put us outside the City of God and in the city of man instead?
 
It doesn’t matter if it is actually wrong or right as an example of why Catholics criticize each other. It was an example of why, not a taking of sides. I believe the poster was saying that even bishops disagree with what the Church says, and hearing different things is why people criticize each other.
 
I was saying really that other lay people, like your peers, who used to practice will still call you a bigot for the same beliefs you both learned-like saying “I need to go to mass first before coming to your party”, can be reacted to by " oh, don’t worry about Mass, pray at home". Or attending civil weddings, when one’s a Catholic; if you believe it’s a sin to attend, as I do, you’ll be called old-fashioned or judgmental.
 
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