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Originally posted by valkyrie
Okay, this is kind of related -- so there are some who think the Catholic church should become more, I don't know, progressive and change with the times. There are others who disagree.
Keeping in mind that I'm not Catholic, can someone explain to me why the church should be expected to change? I mean, if you're Catholic, shouldn't you behave according to the rules as they exist now? If you don't agree with much of what the church as a whole has to say on various issues, would you be better served to find a different religion with which you actually agree?
I'm not trying to be a smartass but I want to understand this.
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I completely agree. When I was a member of a church with whose theology I no longer agreed, I left.
According to the BBC, there are 1.086 billion baptized Catholics worldwide. That 1% would translated into 1,086,000 abused children. Of course, you have to take into consideration that many Catholics who later join other churches would still be counted as "baptized Catholics".
Now the weird part (for our family, anyhow): the phone has been ringing all night, because the new pope looks
exactly like my late grandfather, and is from the same area that my grandfather's family was from!