Well, I was raised Catholic, left it at age 18, went back at age 26 because I found a church that offered the traditional Latin Mass, which I think is beautiful and very spiritual, but I stopped going to Mass again because I was only there for the beauty of it, and not the spirituality, but here's my question: what's weirder, scientology or Catholicism?
Let's see, Scientology preaches that Xenu, an intergalactic warlord send millions to their death on planet Earth and that their souls inhabit the world today. One can clear one's body of these remaining souls through auditing, which can cost up to $100,000. Scientology preaches against pyschiatry, and was founded by a college flunkout, thrice married, third-rate science fiction writer who nearly got tossed out of the Navy, falsified his life story several times and has a son who detested him and another who committed suicide. He was also a known homophobe yet many in the acting community, which has a multitude of closeted homosexuals, are drawn to this "religion."
Then there's Catholicism: let's see, the Pope is infallible (but the previous Popes, who were also infallible, were wrong on Limbo and Jewish culpability in Christ's murder, as well as what language should be used in the liturgy), Limbo no longer exists despite being affirmed at one time by infallible church leaders, even though Jesus's apostles were married, priests in the Roman rite have to be celibate, there's a purgatory (non Biblical), bishops threaten to deny communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion rights, but those who support the death penalty (condemned by Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI) get a free pass, bread and wine are literally transformed into the body and blood of Jesus Christ (sorry, but I don't like eating human flesh as I'm not a cannibal), millions are spent paying off victims of molestations committed by priests who were sheltered, today's churches and their liturgies are utterly tacky spectacles compared to the solemn dignity they once had....so, what's the verdict. Then again, I'm just an ignorant bigot! I guess that will be the verdict.
Let's see, Scientology preaches that Xenu, an intergalactic warlord send millions to their death on planet Earth and that their souls inhabit the world today. One can clear one's body of these remaining souls through auditing, which can cost up to $100,000. Scientology preaches against pyschiatry, and was founded by a college flunkout, thrice married, third-rate science fiction writer who nearly got tossed out of the Navy, falsified his life story several times and has a son who detested him and another who committed suicide. He was also a known homophobe yet many in the acting community, which has a multitude of closeted homosexuals, are drawn to this "religion."
Then there's Catholicism: let's see, the Pope is infallible (but the previous Popes, who were also infallible, were wrong on Limbo and Jewish culpability in Christ's murder, as well as what language should be used in the liturgy), Limbo no longer exists despite being affirmed at one time by infallible church leaders, even though Jesus's apostles were married, priests in the Roman rite have to be celibate, there's a purgatory (non Biblical), bishops threaten to deny communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion rights, but those who support the death penalty (condemned by Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI) get a free pass, bread and wine are literally transformed into the body and blood of Jesus Christ (sorry, but I don't like eating human flesh as I'm not a cannibal), millions are spent paying off victims of molestations committed by priests who were sheltered, today's churches and their liturgies are utterly tacky spectacles compared to the solemn dignity they once had....so, what's the verdict. Then again, I'm just an ignorant bigot! I guess that will be the verdict.