no more Pope.

[ziggytrix]

Originally Posted by KevinTheOmnivore

Okay, you should probably calm down. I didn't say you hated religion, I was simply using a clever little saying from the modern lexicon.

You've said it before. *shrug*

I'm trying to understand what your point here is. It's topical, I'll grant you that. But I guess I'm just curious to know what dog you have in this fight, that's all.

My point is simply this: I don't like moral absolutism. It's the reason my my grandmother is afraid my uncle is going to hell, because he goes to the wrong Church every Sunday.

Actually, that's the big chip on my shoulder about religion in general. I wish to God I could resolve that - I'd walk around with a beatific smile on my face every day.

and secondly, what the heck then is the point of being a religion based on scripture, faith, principles, and tradition

I believe you listed those in the wrong order. It seems to me, and this is just an opinion, that the Catholic Church has historically had a problem with valuing tradition and papal edicts over scripture, and THAT is what makes parishoners vulnerable to Protestant conversion and apostatism.

if it were to basically become like the unitarian universalist church in order to reach that popularity, then I'd go elsewhere! I'm guessing I'm not alone in that boat.

Yep, you get to go to Heaven and they're all screwed, cuz they picked the WRONG CHURCH! Stupid Unitarians!

Okay, so your solution then is make women priests. I disagree, but you're not alone in feeling that way.

Why not women priests? Because of tradition?