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God Made Me A Skeptic
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Originally posted by VOW
Oh yeah. And I think he regretted that teaching as soon as he saw just how many "wrong" interpretations were floating around.
Well, to be fair, I think the Catholic Church has had a certain share of boneheaded decisions... But, in the end, forgiveness is still core doctrine of *all* Christian belief, so I guess that's no big deal. The only way I'd count it as a serious problem is if there were convincing evidence that mistakes were made for lack of concern, which I don't think is the case.
And today, you'll find that when Catholics explain Scripture, they preface everything with, "Now, the Church teaches..." If others agree with what the Catholic Church teaches, no problem. The fist-fights (especially here on Christian Forums) begin when they DISAGREE.
Oh, that's not a big problem. Lots of us disagree about various points of doctrine. The problem is when people say that the Church is lying to people, or whatever. It's one thing for me to say "I'm not sure I accept the Church's interpretation of this story." It's another thing entirely to continue "...because they are LYING to us to try to IMPOSE A NEW WORLD ORDER! LISTEN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!" and start frothing about the "close connections" between the RCC and the various communist parties.
My experience has been that almost everyone is pretty much okay with differences of interpretation. We all seek God's will, and sometimes we can't tell exactly what it is.
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