Catholicism is a cafeteria religion. Catholics pick and choose which ever beliefs or scriptural interpretations they want, and then put them on their food tray. So, they are not united in a common faith, only in a common cafeteria.
I have news for you: catholicism isn't the only christian religion! Protestant faiths do exactly the same thing and impose just as much guilt on their followers, but without the relief of confession.
I love it how the pope is infallible but can change things: eg the current one is relaxing the divorce laws for catholics, so what happens to all those catholics burning in hell for disobeying the previous laws and remarrying after divorce? What happened to the souls of all those poor little unbaptised babies when the church decided limbo doesn't really exist?
You raise a couple of good issues here. Firstly, infallibility cannot apply to the laws of man. (Canon law). There are many other restrictions. Read the Wikipedia article for more clarity. It's a good read.
Secondly, many mainstream Protestant religions pick and choose as well. Here in the US, the Catholics are notorious for lack of unity in religious ideas.
IIN to pick and choose our beliefs
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Yes, it's normal.
Catholicism is a cafeteria religion. Catholics pick and choose which ever beliefs or scriptural interpretations they want, and then put them on their food tray. So, they are not united in a common faith, only in a common cafeteria.
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"cafeteria religion", I like that.
I have news for you: catholicism isn't the only christian religion! Protestant faiths do exactly the same thing and impose just as much guilt on their followers, but without the relief of confession.
I love it how the pope is infallible but can change things: eg the current one is relaxing the divorce laws for catholics, so what happens to all those catholics burning in hell for disobeying the previous laws and remarrying after divorce? What happened to the souls of all those poor little unbaptised babies when the church decided limbo doesn't really exist?
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You raise a couple of good issues here. Firstly, infallibility cannot apply to the laws of man. (Canon law). There are many other restrictions. Read the Wikipedia article for more clarity. It's a good read.
Secondly, many mainstream Protestant religions pick and choose as well. Here in the US, the Catholics are notorious for lack of unity in religious ideas.