To Hope:
NONE of my references in this thread about attacks to me were about you. Look at the times, look at the dates, for Pete's sake! Wolseley and I took a thorough hosing in a thread about the scandal of the priests and a supposed coverup by the Church. I've also gotten blasted in other threads where people challenge the Catholic Church. You should look at some of the other areas on this board, and read through the threads, SEE what ZooMom, Wolseley, nyj, patriarch, avila, and others have had to contend with. The Catholics have taken a beating and as it is, we still have a hard time justifying a "separate forum" where we can go lick our wounds and recuperate.
You don't hurt me, Hope, you can't. You frustrate me. I have poured myself into my posts to you, to try to open your mind and educate you as to what your Catholic Church is really about. I put a great deal of thought, of research, and of preparation into each one. And you pick apart the posts to find things that "you don't agree with" and run away with them and "your opinion."
Religion isn't really about ANYONE's opinion.
All the scenarios I gave were hypothetical, just to get you to see something other than your side of the story. I never insulted Protestant ministers and their families! I also never recommended that priests marry strippers. The supposed "attacks" that you claim "hurt you" don't exist, there was merely an attempt to educate.
There are non-Catholics out there who delight in tearing apart the Church, and demeaning Catholic teachings. I'm here to share my love for God, and to try to share the wonderful things my Church has done for me, and what it can offer others. My Spiritual Gift is the ability to write, to use words, to present things in a way that makes it easy to understand. I enjoy doing this.
If you see my words as a personal attack, then perhaps YOU need to re-read my posts. There was no attack, either express or implied. I was educating, Hope.
Peace be with you,
~VOW