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Originally posted by Beryana
First I'm going to ask my question: for those that are Catholic, WHY are you Catholic is you don't follow Her teachings?
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I'm Catholic because I have recieved Baptism, Confermation, and Holy Communion.
I choose to exercise my judgement and intelligent to evaluate whether the teachings past and present are valid for myself and for my Church. Just as you have chosen in some part what teachings to follow so have I - however we both practice the same faith, and adhere to the same core teachings... if not practices. For example I do not believe in the infalibility of the Pope (temporal and secular) because the weight of history proves that wrong on so many levels.
I did some checking with family and friends within the Church... and all I have to say where hestitant about aspects of the "orthodox" movement within the Church - not the movement itself, but the people that it tends to attract...
However I think it is more important to reach out to members of the Church that may be going astray, instead of pushing them away by denying their faith in the Church.