Newsflash: Catholics Sin!
Written by Jack O'Reilly on April 11th, 2005The New York Times just keeps ‘em coming. This article is perhaps more priceless than the last, detailing that not only do Catholics sin but that many of them are ignorant of the reasons for Church doctrine. This is the perfect example of a puerile understanding of dogma:
But some younger Catholics say they can no longer live their lives in keeping with doctrine. Adam Williams, 17, goes to Mass at Mount Carmel, the Catholic high school he attends in Baltimore, but rarely goes to church otherwise. The church’s prohibitions on “almost everything a kid can do,” Adam said, has made him ever more reluctant to identify himself as Catholic.“At school, they taught us that there are so many people in Africa with AIDS,” Adam said, as he took a break from working after school last week at Vaccaro’s, a local pastry shop. “But the church won’t let them use condoms. I think that’s stupid.”
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“At school, they taught us that there are so many people in Africa with AIDS,” Adam said, as he took a break from working after school last week at Vaccaro’s, a local pastry shop. “But the church won’t let them use condoms. I think that’s stupid.”
No Adam, you’re stupid. But I really can’t come down on you that hard, your parents, and your Catholic school have failed to educate you. Prepare for a life of confusion and strife.
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I agree. It’s so sad how poor the Catholic education system is in America.
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The Church has brought this upon themselves, they can blame “popular culture” all they like, but most Catholics know the truth: too many within the Church don’t even seem to believe in it any more.
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The Church may be greatly to blame for not properly educating their students. But in its defense, I don’t think that the Church was ready to adapt to a secular government run education system where it is taboo to say the name of God in class.
While the Church should work harder to educate in the faith, it doesn’t matter if not a single person practices what it teaches.
To paraphrase G.K. Chesterton: Right will always be right even if no one is doing it, and wrong will always be wrong even if everyone is doing it.
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