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In reply to the discussion: Juan Cole: Dear Rightwing Catholic Islamophobes [View all]hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)33. I would say most liberal Roman Catholics don't worry if they don't obey the pope on something.
He does not have a good and bad list.
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"Cafeteria Catholic" means Catholics who pick and choose among Catholic teachings
Fortinbras Armstrong
Apr 2013
#4
I would say that you have a basic misunderstanding of Hell and how one goes there
Fortinbras Armstrong
Apr 2013
#7
No, my answer to your question is that you don't really understand
Fortinbras Armstrong
Apr 2013
#14
Another person who wants to do whatever he wants without consequences
Fortinbras Armstrong
Apr 2013
#29
That is very true that parts of the bible would not be considered moral by todays standard.
hrmjustin
Apr 2013
#41
I think he makes the distinction very eloquently and it is an important one to make.
cbayer
Apr 2013
#12
Should liberal Catholics have their behavior contrasted with that of the new pope as well?
trotsky
Apr 2013
#13