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What it means to be a Catholic today? In regard to faith, and the teachings of the faith, it should be the same as it was 2,000 years ago.

ArteDeLaNoche 2 weeks ago

It's quite a pejorative label to claim that moral absolutism is something that is 'black and white'. Church teaching is based on natural law, and while I agree it's an issue of survival and conscience, it doesn't mean that one's conscience is the final word. Church teaching IN ITS FULLNESS works for everyone, it just means that bipolar, and your difficulty in accepting teaching, is YOUR CROSS, and we deal with it when we listen to Christ within His Church. Praying for you, GB

LetsJamFunk 1 month ago

why dont you study the bible, there you shall find all the answers to your problems.

i think if you pray to jesus and say his name over and over, ask jesus to give you peace, ask jesus to guide you, ask jesus to be your savior.,

jesus christ is the answer to everything.

999Thip 3 months ago

How can you take your Catholic Faith seriously, and then refuse to believe central and serious teachings of the Church. Don't kid yourself Darlin. If the teachings of the Catholic Church don't "ring true" for you, then you aren't Catholic. Getting to heaven should be your highest priority, and you do that by following faithfully all the teachings of the Church. Staying alive spiritually is more important that any physical life.

Staarker99 3 months ago

People really kid themselves that they are " following their conscience", when really they are just following their own selfish will. People don't have to listen to the Church, just like they don't have to get to heaven. It's their very easy choice. Reject the Church teaching, and do what ever you feel, hell has just never been so easy to get to.

Staarker99 3 months ago

Conscience does not mean you can make things up as you feel. It's not some get out of jail free card. The teaching of the Church says contraception is wrong, knowing this, means that your conscience has been informed that contraception is wrong. So having been told this, you are rebelling against the Church and God ultimately and against your own informed conscience. Conscience is no defense when you reject the Church teaching that informs your conscience. Don't get caught in the old trap of fo

Staarker99 3 months ago

OP, as a Catholic, I would say that you aren't Catholic because you don't believe in the teachings of the Catholic Church.

WHCUSR3230 7 months ago

People can't depend on the RCC for truth. People need to find that out for themselves by reading the scriptures and using their own brains. The RCC has a long history of abuse, and continues on that path. I have seen much neurosis, depression, and anxiety in members of the RCC... which is born by believing doctrinal falsehoods presented by it's leaders. Scripture is truth...tradition is not.

caycug1 11 months ago

So you like so many modernist "catholics" you conscience is now god...

Canisius19 11 months ago

Paragraph 1776, taken out of the context of the complete catechism, (cherry picked) might work that way, but we know that conscience is supposed to be properly formed, and in the case of a catholic, that means knowing your faith, knowing right from wrong, accepting what the church teaches and so forth. A properly formed conscience is then a santuary because it is reliable. You want what you want, and if that means twisting your conscience so it tells you what you want to hear, then so be it.

jdangiel 11 months ago

yawn

tacotony24 1 year ago

I wondered if this lady would be better in a protestant church? However, if it's ok for this lady to use birth control then it must be o.k. for everyone else. I wish the church would! However, it doesn't and I'm not sure this is what the church means by consience? However, from the sizes of families I see in Church I think the majority of Catholics probably use birth control? I've never heard a priest ask people who use birth control to refrain from receiving communion.

modomnoc1 1 year ago

Sorry. I found your name on this video after my post. Hi Therese. =)

NCWMedic 1 year ago

Hello Miss...Beliefnet??

I just wanted to echo what many have said about following the Church & not reading so much into "conscience"as to create some kind of a sanctuary to moral relativism.

I understand what you are saying regarding your struggles and I truely believe that you have struggled with a number of issues and/or teachings of Holy Church. Welcome to the club. I really believe the key is a deep prayer life and total submission to the Church. Not easy, but nessesary.

NCWMedic 1 year ago

I've thought long and hard, and I believe my conscience has led me to know that theft is perfectly ok. Are people really going to miss their stuff that much? That's materialistic, stealing is fine according to my own truth.

addictedkoala 1 year ago

We can't just go out there and choose because of our single interpretation otherwise there would be as many Churches as Beliefs, and if someone just don't like that fact I recently made mention they shouln't call themselves "Catholics", just pick another faith, that doesn't mean you're bad.

Steelidea 1 year ago

I'm going to quote the first words of Pope 6th when he inagurated his pontificate

-"Eglesiam Sua", it means "The Church is his".

Our conscience is inferior therefore we can not base ourselves simply on that. The fact of the matter is that Hitler had that conscience aspect as well, and look at what happened.

Simple human conscience is committed to lot of things and I'm going to redound but they are called Commandments not Options.

Steelidea 1 year ago

@Steelidea so primacy of conscience as a dogma of the catholic church mean nothing to you? you are actively choosing to dismiss one of the most important dogmas of the church. i guess it is you who shouldn't call yourself a catholic.

socialnoocrat 1 year ago

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Steelidea 1 year ago

You forgot to bother yourself on pointing for me what are these you call: "Most important dogmas of the church" when you replied my comments.

Another thing you forgot to point me out is, (exactly when or where did I said was a catholic?) I sure don't remember that thing either.

Steelidea 1 year ago

@Steelidea i didn't. PRIMACY OF CONSCIENCE. all dogmas "de fide" (top tier) come through reason by divine revelation. primacy of conscience can be traced in the catholic church as far back as augustine's works on natural law, and as recent as declarations by the current pope. it is also discussed in the vatican ii declaration dignitatis humanae.

socialnoocrat 1 year ago

@Steelidea and i do apologize for making that assumption. when you said "we" and "our" i thought you meant catholics, not humans. and because you said "as many Churches as Beliefs" that sounded like a very right wing catholic thing to say. and a reductio ad absurdum is not expected from an atheist (?? i don't want to assume again). our conscience is inferior to what exactly? scripture was revealed to a person, through his/her conscience. traditional revelation is of less importance than your own

socialnoocrat 1 year ago

I accept you apology, these days it takes a lot for most people to do that. Revelatios were casted into men chosen by God for a reason, and if someone is not going to follow them excatly how they are people should just not follow them instead of following the wrong way.

This concept I just made mention of is called "Pragmatism" and Catholicism recognize it as a premise.

Plus the Catholic Institution is a creation of "men" (as well) based on Judeo-Christian religion.

Steelidea 1 year ago

@Steelidea Following revelations exactly as they are is literalism, which is the opposite of pragmatism. Catholicism rejects both. literalism is impossible because of the many contradictions in scripture,meaning that god's revelation was often misunderstood by men. it's like playing a game of broken telephone. that's why one's own conscience trumps scripture, which should serve as a guide but not law. pragmatism is viewed as a selfish doctrine since practicality takes more value than goodness.

socialnoocrat 1 year ago

@Steelidea the conscience debate is still ongoing in the church. but you seem to be looking at the church as monolithic in its beliefs. that is not correct. there is a great diversity of beliefs and interpretations within the catholic church. that is why dogmas have a hierarchy. as you say, it is a human institution, with many figure heads who often disagree.

socialnoocrat 1 year ago

Endeed I agreed with you, that's exactly the reason why is up to your logical deduction whether if joint a cult with so much many human flaws on its own or believe in something solid and accurate, so I should address that back in way to Catholic followers who refuse it.

Steelidea 1 year ago