These People Call Themselves Catholic!

[tinytherese]

I wonder what she as a secular humanist thinks of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Wasn't she someone to follow in the example of?

[Nihil Obstat]

Apparently she'd prefer to quote Catholics who say they "hate religion".

[Galloglasses' Alt]

One question I would ask such 'Catholics': What is so 'morally' wrong about Religion that makes you dislike it so much?

[VoTeckam]

Perhaps I would be worked up if I understood the context in which that was written, but as it stands I don't get what is so unsettling. The way that I read it did not lead me to believe that she necessarily felt the saints were static, distant or make believe characters. I am sure that she knows better. But if you talk to most Catholics I think you would find that they do not udnerstand sainthood as anything attainable. To them saints lived in a different time and under much different circumstances. They are certianly wrong, but that is common thought. IMHO it seems she was just speaking her to her audience.

[Nihil Obstat]

Wouldn't that be just as wrong? If she's going to present herself as a 'faithful' Catholic, one who can speak to other Catholics about Faith, then she has to do a much better job than just descending to their level... which is what this is at best.[i][/i] I'd tend to think that she's already there, personally...