[cloudmountain]

I agree. Sometimes, it is sin. Other times, it is pursuit of a relationship with Christ, understood in a different way. I support the second, but not the first.

Does the "understood in a different way" mean that they decided NOT to be Catholic...or is there something obscure you're trying not to say? You support what? How does one understand Christ in a "DIFFERENT" way? He preached, suffered, died, rose from the dead and ascended into heaven. How does that differ OUTSIDE the Church? Christianity is Christianity.

Also, how is leaving the Church to pursue Jesus in a "different way" NOT a sin when one believed for all of one's life, then suddenly DOESN'T BELIEVE? Sounds like the work of Satan to me.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Does the “understood in a different way” mean that they decided NOT to be Catholic...or is there something obscure you’re trying not to say? You support what?”

If you reread my post, I point out two reasons people leave.

“How does one understand Christ in a “DIFFERENT” way?”

Different than by staying Catholic.

“Christianity is Christianity.”

On that we agree.