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    Which Newspaper?

    I definitely prefer to read The Guardian.
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    Quiz: What kind of Catholic are you? - Share your results

    I got Moderately Traditional Catholic, though I would put myself between there and Moderately Progressive.
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    Punishment of Hell

    I believe hell is a state of eternal separation from God, but not of eternal physical suffering. Also we do not know if there are any souls in hell.
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    What did we do before...

    I read more books in the days before I used the internet.
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    Can you live without sex?

    I am not married and I live happily without sex.
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    What does "liberal Catholic" mean?

    I would say that in the United States Commonweal Magazine and the National Catholic Reporter are liberal Catholic publications.
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    NY Gay Marriage Vote and the American Bishops

    The following quotation is from a letter dated 2 August 1938 from Cardinal Francesco Borgongini Duca [Apostolic Nuncio to Italy] to Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, about his meeting with Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian foreign minister: It is taken from the book Hitler, Mussolini and the Vatican by...
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    NY Gay Marriage Vote and the American Bishops

    In his post dated 4th April 2012 Elvisman uses the term "homosexual lifestyle" several times. There is no such thing, neither is there a heterosexual lifestyle. It is offensive and reductive to characterize gay and lesbian relationships as being solely sexual. Unless by homosexual lifestyle...
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    Has Anyone Ever Been Banned From A Catholic Forum For Liberal Views

    I visited Catholic Answers Forum last Tuesday and discovered that one of the moderators there is an Episcopalian.
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    NY Gay Marriage Vote and the American Bishops

    If I am not a Catholic because of my views on gay marriage then neither was Gareth Moore, a British Dominican priest who died in 2002. Two or three years ago I read his book A Question of Truth: Christianity and Homosexuality - Amazon.com: Question of Truth: Christianity and Homosexuality...
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    What really is the "Sin of Sodom"

    I took the interpretation of the story of the city of Sodom from the book The Body in Context: Sex and Catholicism by Gareth Moore OP.
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    MBTI Poll (Christians only please!)

    I am INFP.
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    What really is the "Sin of Sodom"

    Lot said to the men of the city of Sodom who wanted to rape the two angelic visitors: "I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. Behold, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please; only do nothing to these men, for they have...
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    NY Gay Marriage Vote and the American Bishops

    I am not American and have not been following the controversy over the legalisation of gay marriage in New York state, but I agree with the article in National Catholic Reporter. I believe that two men or two women who love each other and want to make a binding public and lifelong commitment...
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    Has Anyone Ever Been Banned From A Catholic Forum For Liberal Views

    I have read posts in Catholic Answers but I am not a member. It is very conservative, though there are a few liberal members. All the questions there asking "is such and such an action sinful" encourage scrupulosity.
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