Raised Catholic-started question around 12 the reasons why my Church still practised segregation in the south. Little things-like the inquisition-the bad popes-the tenets like transubstantiation,(Could never get around that one) the arrogance of priests. That started my path from the Church. As I grew older-the birth control,divorce,homophobia, the whole "paid for annulment issues"-women being treated as humanitie's fringe element. A hundred other things too.

My epiphany came with Madeline Murray O'Hare-she dared to say the things I'd been thinking. That it's all a fairy tale. The bible, IMO is like Grimms Fairy Tales. People take their oath on the bible & say they believe in it totally! As we know, there are so many dreadful depictions of hate & violence-it cannot be taken literally-yet most Churchgoers do.
The baby must be thrown out with the bathwater. If you buy some of it-you must buy all of it.

I've just been reading about John23rd-he said there was no hell. The new pope has brought hell back. Limbo (was on leave also) is back too. Wish they'd get it straight. Somewhere I seem to recall that a Catholic has an obligation to follow his conscience.I know right from wrong. Works for me!

Many years ago, William F. Buckley said, "If there is a God--He is not a good God." Works for me!
Lastly, I think often of the vatican's vaults-were they opened-they could feed the hungry of the world.