[Warfish]

Originally Posted by SafetyBlitz

Well, ethnically/culturally I'm Roman Catholic. I was raised in it, church every Sunday.

I went to Catholic High School, was baptized, had communion, was confirmed, and know the New Testament along with Church History and when I have kids some day, they'll be baptized, have communion, and be confirmed - so they can have the same good sense to reject it that I did.

So as I said, your claim of being a Roman Catholic was not accurate, and you are instead a lapsed inactive former Roman Catholic.

But the point is, I can speak about that religion with some authority - certainly enough to know where the money goes... for that new parking lot, those marble floors, the Vatican, hiring lawyers to defend priests and that Bishop in the luxury apartment in Manhattan.

I have serious doubts that you can speak "with authority" on the Catholic Church simply because you were raised in the faith and then went lapsed early in your life. Perhaps you may recall some dogma, yes. But detailed knowledge (i.e. authority) on how and where "the money goes", no, I do not believe that.

Just because they might use 1/3 of your tithe on helping the poor, it doesn't make up for the 2/3 that they spend on themselves.

A perfectly reasonable position to take if true, and your termination of active membership of that group would certainyl be in-line with such a position.