Have people become ungrateful to the Catholic Church because of a few bad eggs.
They educated generations, kept hospitals going etc.
Should we forget the good because of the bad?
Are we ungrateful?
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Have people become ungrateful to the Catholic Church because of a few bad eggs.
They educated generations, kept hospitals going etc.
Should we forget the good because of the bad?
Are we ungrateful?
Educated by christian brothers and although I got a few thumps in my time I have no axe to grind - probably deserved them at the time. Got to know our parish priest well as I was growing up and at low times in my life he was a great help to me. Got sick a few years ago and insisted I was treated in the Bons as the nuns run the best hospitals - for me the bad eggs don't detract from the good and although I am not a church goer I still respect them. Probably why I have never asked an escort to dress up as a nun.
The real problem was with successive governments turning over nearly all social services to the catholic church. Education, health, financial help to those in need - these are matters for the state. Ours was and is unwilling to provide these for the most part.
The thing about teh Catholic Church is that they have indeed done good works, even helpoed out the poor and the likes. Leaving the peado priests out of it, as in reality its only the small minority that abused. Its as Lucy said the Rules. Catholic church is still living and operating in acient times. Take their views on contraception. No contraception allowed in any circumstances.
The only reason a person can have sex is if they are about to procreate andin todays soceity that isnt going to happen. So instead of looking after their flock they dooming them.
Their issues on homosexuality is still fairly bad
and their refusal to ordain women in the church is very outdated, going back to their being unclean during their menstrual cycle and not allowed to be in the church.
There are indeed many more rules that they bring to the table that are not really ethical in this day an age and headed by a few old men in hats who think in academic terms rather than in practical ones.