[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

At that point I hold my nose and convert to Roman Catholicism! 16 posted on 02/10/2004 6:00:40 AM PST by meandog

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Good will come out of this.

[meandog]

When I wrote "hold my nose", I didn't mean it as a denigration of RCs. My main objection is the celibacy of to priesthood (which I believe should be confined to monastic orders or the convent). I say so, because I cannot imagine how a priest can counsel a troubled marriage if he is not married himself. I also note that the Church, until the Dark Ages, allowed priests to marry. I also am a bit troubled by Marian philosophy, although I believe I could accept Her as the mother of the Church. I have been accused before on FR of being a Catholic basher, which I am not (I have RCs as family members) and I remind those who truly are Catholic bashers that there would be no Christianity without the Catholic church. But I would like the see the Church more in step with its beginnings. Vatican II was a move toward that step, I just want to see more progress.