Reply #37: The controversial doctrines are a good excuse....

[Bridget Burke]

Many in the US were raised to hate Catholics. The Puritans hated all Popery. The Church uses an ancient language (not so much nowadays), sponsors great art & has a touch of exoticism that offends some. And Catholicism was originally the religion of immigrants--you know, those people who bred like rabbits & didn't speak proper English.

I was raised Catholic but am not currently religious. I disagree with many Church doctrines, but they do not affect me personally. I do hope the Church can change so the good it's done can continue.

But non-Catholics railing against the policies that don't affect them, either, are often showing their upbringing rather than realizations reached as adults. They KNOW Catholicism is evil, they just need to find a hipper reason to speak out.