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<\/a> Vecellio Tiziano, Bacchanal of the Andrians<\/span> c.1523<\/p>\n\u2026 have you ever noticed the reoccurring theme when you converse with ex-Catholics about their faith, or their current lack of it? <\/p>\n
They all have the same basic lament about Catholicism\u2026 the guilt. Oh that famous \u201cCatholic Guilt\u201d. According to them, Catholicism represents an ideology that everything is a sin and a source of shame. It\u2019s oh-so-inconvenient to have a moral conscience. Especially in this day and age when every modern psychologist will tell you it\u2019s unhealthy to feel guilt. Don\u2019t be ashamed to masturbate. Embrace your homosexuality. Pornography is good for you; it will spice up your sex life and improve your marriage. Don\u2019t repress your desires, your desires are natural. Those bad old Catholics just want to ruin every body\u2019s fun. <\/p>\n
So when I hear people say that Catholicism is losing followers in records numbers and should \u201cget with the times\u201d [read- condone homosexuality\/immorality\/hedonistic behavior] it\u2019s not an indication to me that the Church is the problem. In fact it says to me the exact opposite. The Church is doing something right if people who can\u2019t cope with having morals and realizing that sin has consequences are leaving. It\u2019s so much easier to leave or blame the Church when things start to get uncomfortable. <\/p>\n
When I have conversations with these ex-Catholics all I hear is someone who gave up when things got a bit squeamish, spiritual quitters if you will.<\/p>\n
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